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Stavros Lambrinidis

Stavros Lambrinidis
Σταύρος Λαμπρινίδης
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European Union Special Representative for Human Rights
Assumed office
25 July 2012
Preceded by Position established
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
17 June 2011 – 11 November 2011
Prime Minister George Papandreou
Preceded by Dimitrios Droutsas
Succeeded by Stavros Dimas
Personal details
Born (1962-02-06) 6 February 1962 (age 55)
Athens, Greece
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.


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