Stavros Lambrinidis Σταύρος Λαμπρινίδης |
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European Union Special Representative for Human Rights | |
Assumed office 25 July 2012 |
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Preceded by | Position established |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 17 June 2011 – 11 November 2011 |
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Prime Minister | George Papandreou |
Preceded by | Dimitrios Droutsas |
Succeeded by | Stavros Dimas |
Personal details | |
Born |
Athens, Greece |
6 February 1962
Political party | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Spouse(s) | Phoebe Capuanou |
Alma mater |
University of Chicago Amherst College Yale University |
Religion | Greek Orthodoxy |
Website | Official website |
Stavros Lambrinidis (Greek: Σταύρος Λαμπρινίδης; born 6 February 1962) is the European Union's Special Representative for Human Rights.
He previously held the positions of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece; Vice President of the European Parliament; the Director General of the International Olympic Truce Center; Ambassador at Large of the Hellenic Republic; Secretary General of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs; attorney at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Washington, D.C.; and Managing Editor of the Yale Journal of International Law at Yale University Law School.
After graduating from the Athens College high school, EUSR Stavros Lambrinidis was admitted to the University of Chicago in 1980 and transferred to Amherst College in 1981, where he received his B.A. degree in economics and political science with the distinctions of Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa and a scholarship for the rest of his studies. He completed his education in 1988, with a J.D. degree from Yale Law School.
At Yale University he worked as a Teaching Assistant in the School of Organization and Management, as well as the Managing Editor of The Yale Journal of International Law.