Curriculum Vitae
Ambassador George CHACALLI
(Date of birth: 1 Sept 1960)
Work Experience:
Nov 2010-present
Ambassador of Cyprus to Sweden (Accredited to Norway and Latvia)
Sept 2006-Nov 2010
Ambassador/Deputy Permanent Representative, Cyprus Permanent Representation to the E.U. (Representative of Cyprus to COREPER I)
Feb 2006–Aug 2006
Head of Unit, EU Internal Market, EU Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nicosia
Jan 2004 -Jan 2006
Ambassador of Cyprus to Hungary (concurrently accredited to Moldova and Bosnia/Herzegovina)
Sept 2001-Dec 2003
EU Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nicosia (concurrently, Secretary of the Cyprus Delegation to the Convention on the Future of Europe, later, Cyprus Representative to the IGC of 2003)
Sept 1997-Aug 2001
Counsellor/Congressional Liaison, later, Deputy Chief of Mission, Cyprus Embassy, Washington D.C.
Sept 1996-Aug 1997
Political Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nicosia (Middle East Desk)
Sept 1991-Aug 1996
First Secretary (Political and Commonwealth Affairs), Cyprus High Commission, London
June 1989-Aug 1991
Attaché, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nicosia (Cyprus Question Department)
June 1987-June 1989
Freelance Translator (from/to Greek, English, French)
Education:
1986-1987 LL.M. University of Cambridge, UK (Int’l/EU Law)
1985-1986 MA University of Kent at Canterbury, UK (Int’l Relations)
1982-1985 BA University of Kent at Canterbury, UK (Politics & Law)
1981-1982 Diplôme d’Ētudes (Sciences Ēconomiques), Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Language Skills:
Mother Tongue: Greek
Other Languages: English (Fluent), French (Fluent), German (Basic), Spanish (Basic)
Awards:
Commander’s Cross, Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (Civil Division) – conferred by the President of the Republic of Hungary on 5 April 2006
Other activities:
July 1979 -July 1981 National Military Service, National Guard, Cyprus