Embassy of Greece, Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Greece in Washington, D.C. is the Hellenic Republic's diplomatic mission to the United States. It is located at 2217 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the Embassy Row neighborhood, near Sheridan Circle. The embassy complex consists of three buildings.History of the Embassy The current ambassador is Alexandra Papadopoulou (since 2020) and first woman in this post.

History After the War of Independence, which started in 1821, Greece was declared an independent state but it was not until 3 February 1830 that the Independence was recognized by the Great Powers with the signing of the Protocol of London. On 7 May 1832 Otto of Greece arrived in Nafplion and Greece became a Kingdom. The United States, however, recognized the Greek state only in 1833. In December 1837 a commercial treaty was signed, which regulated trade between the two countries. The first Greek consulate to be established was that of New Orleans, in 1866. Records indicate that Nicolas Benachi was the first Greek consul in New Orleans. In 1867, Demetrios Nicholas Botassis was named Consul General of Greece in New York City.

Former Ambassadors

December 23, 1907 Lambros Koromilas, Minister Resident July 29, 1909 Lambros Koromilas March 13, 1913 A. Vouros, Charge d'Affaires August 17, 1914 Agamemnon Schliemann December 7, 1914 A. Vouros, Charge d’Affaires a.i. September 21, 1917 October 25, 1920 Georgios Drakopoulos, in charge of Legation December 15, 1920 Georgios Drakopoulos Charge d’Affaires a.i. January 11, 1923 , Charge d’Affaires a.i. May 22, 1924 , Charge d'Affaires a.i. June 30, 1924 Vasilios Mammonos, Charge d'Affaires a.i. August 21, 1924 Konstantinos D. Xanthopoulos, Charge d’Affaires a.i. December 12, 1924 Charalambos Simopoulos April 26, 1935 Dimitrios Sikelianos February 7, 1940

Legation raised to Embassy October 6, 1942 December 6, 1946 Pavlos Oikonomou-Gouras, Charge d'Affaires a.i. June 3, 1947 December 8, 1954 Athanase George Politis October 6, 1958 February 13, 1962 Alexandros Matsas September 20, 1967 November 13, 1969 Basil Vitsaksis December 1, 1972 Ioannis Argyrios Sorokos February 27, 1974 September 3, 1974 August 16, 1979 , Charge d’Affaires ad interim September 4, 1979 December 15, 1981 Georgios Sioris, Charge d’Affaires ad interim January 13, 1982 Nikolaos Karandreas September 10, 1983 Georgios Sioris, Charge d'Affaires ad interim September 19, 1983 Georgios Papoulias September 21, 1989 June 15, 1993 July 6, 1998 Alexander Philon July 2, 2002 Georgios SavvaidisFormer Greek Ambassadors

Diplomatic agrément Diplomatic accreditation ambassadorChief of Protocol, Diplomatic Representation for Hellenic Republic September 29, 2005 October 3, 2005 Alexandros Mallias June 24, 2009 July 20, 2009 Vassilis Kaskarelis September 17, 2012 September 19, 2012 Christos Panagopoulos June 2016 Haris LalacosHaris Lalacos, cv

Consulates The embassy is also responsible for other eight Greek diplomatic missions (six consulates-general and two consulates) throughout the United States, each one responsible for certain states:

General ConsulatesGeneral Consulates in the United States Consulate General in Boston States of Jurisdiction: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Consulate General in Chicago States of Jurisdiction: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin Consulate General in Los Angeles States of Jurisdiction: Arizona, California (Zip Codes 90001-92999), Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, South Nevada Consulate General in New York City States of Jurisdiction : Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania Consulate General in San Francisco States of Jurisdiction: Alaska, California (Zip Codes 93000 and up), Idaho, Montana, North Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming Consulate General in Tampa States of Jurisdiction: Alabama, Florida, Mississippi ConsulatesConsulates in the United States Consulate in Atlanta States of Jurisdiction: Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee Consulate in Houston States of Jurisdiction: Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands

See also Consulate General of the United States in Thessaloniki Diplomatic missions of Greece Statue of Eleftherios Venizelos, installed outside the embassy Embassy of the United States in Athens Foreign relations of Greece Greece–United States relations List of diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C. List of ambassadors of the United States to Greece

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