Background
Giannou, Chris Paul was born on September 16, 1949 in Toronto. Son of Paul Chris and Anastasia (Fotinos) Giannou.
Giannou, Chris Paul was born on September 16, 1949 in Toronto. Son of Paul Chris and Anastasia (Fotinos) Giannou.
Bachelor of Medicine BCh, University Cairo, 1975. Mean Corpuscular hemoglobin, National Cancer Institute, Cairo, 1979.
Chief resident Gaza Hospital, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Beirut, 1980-1981; director Nabatieh (Lebanon) Hospital, Palestine Red Crescent Society, 1981-1982; director Bedawi Hospital, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Tripoli, Lebanon, 1983; director Palestine Hospital, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Cairo, 1984; director Beit-El Maqdaas Hospital, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Sanaa, Yemen, 1985; director Shatila Hospital, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Beirut, 1985-1988; surgeon, International Committee Red Cross, Berbera, Somalia, 1990; surgeon, International Committee Red Cross, Mongkol Borei, Cambodia, 1991; surgeon, member flying surgical team, International Committee Red Cross, Somalia, 1992; surgeon, International Committee Red Cross, Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 1993; surgeon, International Committee Red Cross, Kibuye, Burundi, 1993-1994; medical coordinator campaign against anti-personnel mines, International Committee Red Cross, Geneva, 1995-1996; surgeon, International Committee Red Cross, Novye Atagi, Chechnya., Russia, 1996; medical coordinator, International Committee Red Cross, North Caucasus, Russia, 1996-1997. Member Executive Committee Palestine Red Crescent Society, 1987-1990.
Prisoner of war, held by Israeli Army, 1982, physician-in-charge Israeli POWs held by Palestine Liberation Organization, Tripoli, 1983. Member Physicians for Human Rights.
Married Saida Arezki Belas, July 19, 1971 (divorced August 1984).