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'''Christos Xanthopoulos-Palamas''' was a [[Greeks|Greek]] diplomat, foreign minister and permanent representative of [[Greece]] to the United Nations. | '''Christos Xanthopoulos-Palamas''' was a [[Greeks|Greek]] diplomat, foreign minister and permanent representative of [[Greece]] to the United Nations. | ||
| − | Xanthopoulos-Palamas graduated from the [[University of Athens]] and entered the diplomatic corps in [[1929]]. He served, among other posts, in Rome, in Paris, Washington and at the Council of Europe and was a member of the Greek Delegation at the Paris Peace Conference. | + | Xanthopoulos-Palamas was the nephew of poet [[Kostis Palamas]]. He graduated from the [[University of Athens]] and entered the diplomatic corps in [[1929]]. He served, among other posts, in Rome, in Paris, Washington and at the Council of Europe and was a member of the Greek Delegation at the Paris Peace Conference. |
He was the permanent representative of Greece to the UN between [[1954]] and [[1960]]. During his tenure, the [[EOKA]] uprising in [[Cyprus]] took place as did the Suez crisis, etc. | He was the permanent representative of Greece to the UN between [[1954]] and [[1960]]. During his tenure, the [[EOKA]] uprising in [[Cyprus]] took place as did the Suez crisis, etc. | ||
He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs twice: during the caretaker government of [[Ioannis Paraskevopoulos]] in [[1964]] and during the rule of the [[Junta]], in [[1973]], under PM [[Spyros Markezinis]]. | He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs twice: during the caretaker government of [[Ioannis Paraskevopoulos]] in [[1964]] and during the rule of the [[Junta]], in [[1973]], under PM [[Spyros Markezinis]]. | ||
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Revision as of 16:31, July 13, 2009
Christos Xanthopoulos-Palamas was a Greek diplomat, foreign minister and permanent representative of Greece to the United Nations.
Xanthopoulos-Palamas was the nephew of poet Kostis Palamas. He graduated from the University of Athens and entered the diplomatic corps in 1929. He served, among other posts, in Rome, in Paris, Washington and at the Council of Europe and was a member of the Greek Delegation at the Paris Peace Conference.
He was the permanent representative of Greece to the UN between 1954 and 1960. During his tenure, the EOKA uprising in Cyprus took place as did the Suez crisis, etc.
He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs twice: during the caretaker government of Ioannis Paraskevopoulos in 1964 and during the rule of the Junta, in 1973, under PM Spyros Markezinis.