Background
Son of the Cypriot diplomat, poet, and writer Nikos Kranidiotis, he studied law at the University of Athens and continued with postgraduate studies in international relations at Harvard and Sussex University.
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Giannos Kranidiotis
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Education
Harvard University; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. University of Sussex.
Career
He held a number of important posts at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs: secretary of European affairs (1984–1989), deputy foreign minister (July 8, 1994–January 1995 and from February 3, 1997), and alternate foreign minister (February 19, 1999 until his death). He held an honorary doctorate in international relations from the Democritus University of Thrace. Twenty minutes before its landing in Bucharest the plane lost altitude and suffered severe in-flight pitch oscillations injuring or killing many of its passengers.
Membership
Member of the Panhellenic Socialist Party (Panellinion Socialistikon Kinema (Panhellenic Socialist Movement)) from 1976, he was an advisor on the Cyprus dispute to prime minister Andreas Papandreou from 1981 to 1984. Kranidiotis also served as a Member of the European Parliament (1995–1997) and was elected a member of Panellinion Socialistikon Kinema (Panhellenic Socialist Movement)"s Central Committee in March 1999.
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Born
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Nationality
Greece -
Political Party
Socialist Party