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Global Atlanta Consular Conversations: Luncheon and Interview with Greek Consul
In the 15th event in Global Atlanta’s Consular Conversations Series on November 2nd, 2017, the editorial team will be interviewing the Greek Consul in Atlanta, Manolis Androulakis.
Topics of discussion are to include:
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Greek community in Atlanta and investment in Georgia
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Greece’s ongoing economic recovery
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Greece’s role in the euro zone and EU post bailouts
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Prime Minister Tsipras’s recent visit to the U.S.
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Consul Androulakis’s time in Kazakhstan, particularly his work on archives focused on the history of Greeks sent to Soviet labor camps
The format:
- Catered light lunch with soft drinks
- One-on-one conversation with the Global Atlanta editorial team, followed by moderated audience Q&A
- Discussion covered by Global Atlanta and published in a later article
About our speaker:
Emmanouil Androulakis, consul of Greece in Atlanta, was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1981. He studied Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki.
From August 2005-06 he served as a conscript in the Hellenic Army (Artillery), then went on to his postgraduate studies in Russian Literature in Moscow in 2006-07. A fluent Russian speaker, Mr. Androulakis joined the Diplomatic Academy of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2008.
His early diplomatic career included stints working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on former Soviet state and European issues. His first overseas assignment came in 2012, when he took up a post as deputy head of mission and head of the consular section at the Embassy of Greece in Astana, Kazakhstan.
He served there until arriving in September as consul of Greece in Atlanta.
