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CURRICULUM VITAEPetros T. Nacouzis
Date of birth: 22 July 1964
Place of birth: Nicosia, Cyprus
Marital status: Married with two daughters
and a son
EDUCATION
Larnaca Lyceum |
Degree in Law, University of Thessaloniki, Greece |
LLM in International Law, University of Hull, United Kingdom |
CAREER
1992 – 1993 | Practicing Lawyer, Larnaca, Cyprus |
1993 | Joined Cyprus Foreign Service |
1993 – 1996 | Attaché, Political Affairs Division, MFA Nicosia |
1996 – 2000 | Second Secretary and Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Rome, Italy |
2000 | Promoted to First Secretary |
2000 – 2001 | Protocol and Consular Affairs Division, MFA Nicosia |
2001 – 2003 | Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic |
2003 | Promoted to Counsellor B´ |
2003 – 2005 | Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Moscow, Russian Federation |
2005 | Promoted to Counsellor A´ |
2005 | Division of Cyprus Question and Turkey, MFA Nicosia |
2005 – 2011 | Protocol Division, MFA Nicosia (Deputy Chief of Protocol since 2009) |
2011 | Promoted to Minister Plenipotentiary |
September
2011– Aug. 2015 | High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus to the Republic of South Africa with parallel accreditation to the Republic of Namibia, the Republic of Mozambique, the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Botswana, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the Kingdom of Lesotho and the Republic of Zimbabwe |
Sept 2015-Aug 2016 | Head of the Sub-Saharan Africa Department, Political Affairs Division, MFA Nicosia |
Sept 2016- Oct. 2017 | Head of the Consular Affairs Department, Schengen and Consular Affairs Division, MFA Nicosia |
Oct. 2017-
today | Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the Islamic Republic of Iran and High Commissioner to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
LANGUAGES
Greek (mother tongue), English, Italian and a good knowledge of French |
PUBLICATIONS
“The Historical Tchiftlik Fountzi and its Founders”, Nicosia 1991 |
Various articles published in Cypriot newspapers on the history of Cyprus |
DECORATIONS
Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of
Austria, (2007) |
National Medal of Cedar – Officer (Republic of Lebanon), 2009 |
Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (Holy See), 2010 |
Grand Commander of the Merit of St. Savvas the Sanctified of the Orthodox
Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa (2015) |
INTERESTS
Reading, research on the history of Cyprus, genealogy, photography, book
collecting, gardening |
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