Maira Myrogianni appointed Secretary General for Public Diplomacy and Greeks Abroad

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Maira Myrogianni has taken over from John Chrysoulakis as Greece’s Secretary General for Public Diplomacy and Greeks Abroad.

Myrogianni publicly extended her appreciation to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for being appointed.

Myrogianni is a lawyer and an expert at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Immigration and Asylum issues. She is a graduate of the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Law School of the University of Lille II, France.

She holds a Master’s Degree in Social Discrimination, Immigration and Citizenship and is a PhD candidate at the School of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Peloponnese.

Her research area of interest is Human Rights and European Law.

“It is an honour to serve the Greek Diaspora and advance our country’s public diplomacy through culture, language, communication, education, history and international cooperation, with the valuable support of Greeks abroad, who are our country’s finest ambassadors in their communities,” Myrogianni said on her new role.

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