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Consul General Ioanna Efthymiadou joined the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1992, serving in the prime minister's diplomatic cabinet and in the Protocol Department in Athens, Greece. From 1995 to 1999, she served as secretary of embassy at the Greek Embassy in Bonn, Germany. From there, she continued as deputy chief of mission and consul at the Greek Embassy, Ljubljana, Slovenia. In 2003 Ms. Efthymiadou served at the consulate general of Greece in Boston. Between 2004 and 2008 she went back to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Athens and served as head of section at the Directorate for European Countries (2004-2005), head of the Economic Affairs Directorate, Hellenic Aid (2005-2006) and as the chief of staff of the secretary-general for International Economic Relations and Development Cooperation (2006-2008). In 2008 she was appointed deputy chief of mission at the Greek Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia. She was appointed consul general of Greece in Chicago, covering the Midwest, in April 2011. Ms. Efthymiadou has a degree from the Faculty of Philosophy (Athens University), a D.E.A. (Sorbonne University, Paris IV) and an M.A. from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University). She speaks Greek, English, French, Spanish, German and Italian. |
