Background
Chrysanthopoulos, Themistocles Leonidas was born on August 9, 1915 in Canea, Crete, Greece. Son of Leonidas Themistocles and Jeanne (Gallenca) Chrysanthopoulos.
Chrysanthopoulos, Themistocles Leonidas was born on August 9, 1915 in Canea, Crete, Greece. Son of Leonidas Themistocles and Jeanne (Gallenca) Chrysanthopoulos.
Degree in law, Athens (Greece) University, 1938.
Attache, Greek Ministry Foreign Affairs, Athens, 1945-1946;
member, Paris Peace Conference, 1946;
political advisor, Greek Military Government, Rhodes Dodecanese, Greece, 1947-1949;
vice-consul, Greek Consulate General, Cairo, 1949-1951;
2d secretary, Greek Embassy, Beirut, 1951-1952;
press officer, Greek Embassy, Washington, 1952-1953;
1st secretary, Greek Embassy, Washington, 1953-1958;
counsellor, Greek Embassy, Washington, 1958-1959;
charge d'affaires, Greek Embassy, Washington, 1958. Delegate for Greece Founding Conference, International Atomic Energy Agency, New York, 1956, United Nations General Assembly, New York, 1956. Consul general Istanbul, Turkey, 1961-1965.
Ambassador Sofia, Bulgaria, 1966-1967, Tokyo, 1971-1975, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1975-1978, Beijing, 1978-1980.
Second lieutenant Greek military 1938-1945. Member International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Married Maria Botsaris, December 3, 1944 (divorced 1981). Children: Leonidas, Daphne. Married Marie-Hermine de Magnin, March 1, 1984.