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Beglitis A. Panagiotis

Alternate Minister of National Defense

MP, Korinthia, PASOK

He was born in Velo, Korinthia, in 1957. He is married to Maria Gargali and they have a daughter and a son.

Diplomat.

PARLIAMENTARY ACTIVITY:

  • He was elected MP in Korinthia with PASOK in the election of 2007 and 2009.
  • He was elected MEP with PASOK in the Euro election of 2004.
  • During the period 2004-2007 he was vice-chairman of the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee.  He was Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament, Member of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliament Assembly and Substitute of the Committee of the International Trade.

SOCIO-POLITICAL ACTIVITIES

  • In 1985 he was admitted in the National School of Public Administration-Diplomatic Department.
  • In 1987, he entered the Diplomatic Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  • In the period 1992-1996 he served in Brussels in the Hellenic Permanent Delegation in the European Union.
  • From February 1999 till the election of March 2004 he was director of the Information Service and spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

STUDIES

  • Graduate from Law Faculty, Athens University.
  • Postgraduate studies in Paris (University of Sorbonne) in international law and international relations with a scholarship by Onassis Foundation (1982-1985).

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

English, French, Spanish