Petros Molyviatis

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Petros Molyviatis Πέτρος Μολυβιάτης

Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 17 May 2012 – 21 June 2012
Prime Minister	Panagiotis Pikrammenos
Preceded by	Stavros Dimas
Succeeded by	Dimitris Avramopoulos
In office 10 March 2004 – 15 February 2006
Prime Minister	Kostas Karamanlis
Preceded by	Tassos Yiannitsis
Succeeded by	Dora Bakoyannis
Personal details
Born	(1928-06-12) 12 June 1928 Chios, Greece
Political party	New Democracy
Alma mater	University of Athens

Petros G. Molyviatis (Greek: Πέτρος Γ. Μολυβιάτης) (born June 12, 1928) is a Greek politician and ambassador who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 17 May 2012 to 21 May 2012 under Prime Minister Panagiotis Pikrammenos caretaker government. He had previously served Minister for Foreign Affairs as from 2004 to 2006.^[1]

Born in Chios, he studied Law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and entered the Greek Foreign Ministry after graduation. As a career diplomat, he served in the Permanent Delegation of Greece to the United Nations in New York and NATO in Brussels. He also served in the Greek embassies in Moscow, Pretoria and Ankara. From 1974 to 1980, Molyviatis was diplomatic advisor and director general of the political cabinet of Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis. During the terms of office of Constantine Karamanlis as Greek president from 1980 to 1985 and 1990 to 1995, he was secretary general of the Presidential office. In the 1996 and 2000 legislative elections he was elected a member of the Greek parliament for the New Democracy party. He was appointed Greek Foreign Minister in May 2004 following the victory of New Democracy party in the parliamentary elections of March 7, 2004. He speaks English and French. He is chairman of the Konstantinos Karamanlis Foundation. He is married and has one daughter and one son.

His name was mentioned as a potential candidate for prime minister of Greece of the coalition government decided between government and opposition in November 2011.

In 17 May – 21 June 2012, he served again as Foreign Minister in the caretaker cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos.

References

↑ Remarks With Greek Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis After Meeting. U.S. Department of State, 24 March 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2011.

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Political offices
Preceded by Tassos Yiannitsis	Minister of Foreign Affairs 2004–2006	Succeeded by Dora Bakoyannis
Preceded by Stavros Dimas	Minister of Foreign Affairs 2012	Succeeded by Dimitris Avramopoulos

v t e Foreign Ministers of Greece

First Hellenic Republic (1822–1832)	Negris^§ Al. Mavrokordatos^§ Glarakis^§ Sp. Trikoupis^§^†

Kingdom of Greece (1832–1924)	Sp. Trikoupis Al. Mavrokordatos Rizos-Neroulos von Rudhart Zografos Paikos Christidis Rizos-Neroulos P. Deligiannis A. Metaxas Mansolas Sp. Trikoupis Kolettis Tzavelas Kolettis Tzavelas Mansolas Kolokotronis Londos Glarakis Londos P. Deligiannis Paikos Argyropoulos Al. Mavrokordatos Sp. Trikoupis Rangavis Palamidis Thr. Zaimis Krestenitis Papalexopoulos Christopoulos Theocharis Diamantopoulos Kalligas D. Mavrokordatos Th. Deligiannis Kalligas P. Deligiannis Th. Deligiannis Kalligas Th. Deligiannis Boudouris Vrailas-Armenis Deligiorgis Christopoulos Koumoundouros Deligiorgis Valasopoulos Valaoritis Deligiorgis Ch. Trikoupis P. Deligiannis Th. Deligiannis Valaoritis Deligiorgis Christopoulos Thr. Zaimis D. Voulgaris Spiliotakis I. Deligiannis Ch. Trikoupis Kontostavlos Deligiorgis Kontostavlos Deligiorgis Koumoundouros Ch. Trikoupis Th. Deligiannis Ch. Trikoupis Th. Deligiannis Ch. Trikoupis Koumoundouros Rikakis Ch. Trikoupis Koumoundouros Th. Deligiannis Louriotis S. Dragoumis L. Deligiorgis Meletopoulos S. Dragoumis Kontostavlos N. Deligiannis Skouzes Skouloudis Al. Zaimis Romanos Al. Zaimis Skouzes G. Theotokis D. Rallis Romanos Skouzes Baltatzis Christakis-Zografos Mavromichalis Kallergis Gryparis Koromilas Panas Streit El. Venizelos Christakis-Zografos Gounaris El. Venizelos Al. Zaimis Skouloudis Al. Zaimis Karapanos Zalokostas Al. Zaimis Politis D. Rallis Kalogeropoulos Baltatzis Stratos Baltatzis Kalogeropoulos Papanastasiou

Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935)	Roussos Rendis Roussos Michalakopoulos Hatzikyriakos Rendis Hatzikyriakos Kanakaris-Roufos Argyropoulos Michalakopoulos Karapanos Argyropoulos Michalakopoulos Papanastasiou Michalakopoulos I. Rallis Michalakopoulos Mavroudis Maximos P. Tsaldaris Maximos P. Tsaldaris Maximos I. Theotokis

Kingdom of Greece (1935–1967/74)	Demertzis I. Metaxas Koryzis Tsouderos G. Papandreou (Sr.) Sofianopoulos P. Voulgaris Politis Kanellopoulos Sofianopoulos Rendis K. Tsaldaris Pipinelis S. Venizelos Plastiras S. Venizelos Politis S. Venizelos F. Dragoumis Stefanopoulos S. Theotokis Averoff Pesmazoglou Averoff Pesmazoglou Averoff Pipinelis Oikonomou-Gouras S. Venizelos Xanthopoulos-Palamas Kostopoulos Melas Tsirimokos Stefanopoulos Toumbas Oikonomou-Gouras

Military Junta (1967–1974)	Oikonomou-Gouras Kollias Pipinelis Papadopoulos Xanthopoulos-Palamas Tetenes

Third Hellenic Republic (since 1974)	Kypraios Mavros Bitsios Papaligouras G. Rallis Mitsotakis Charalambopoulos K. Papoulias G. Papoulias Samaras Mitsotakis Papakonstantinou K. Papoulias Pangalos G. Papandreou (Jr.) Giannitsis Molyviatis Bakoyannis G. Papandreou (Jr.) Droutsas Lambrinidis Dimas Molyviatis Avramopoulos Ev. Venizelos

^§ variously as Chief Secretary/General Secretary of State ^† officially considered the first foreign minister of independent Greece

Persondata
Name	Molyviatis, Petros
Alternative names
Short description	Greek politician
Date of birth	June 12, 1928
Place of birth	Chios
Date of death
Place of death

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