ALEXANDER GEORGE RONDOS

Ambassador at Large
Greece

A Greek national, born in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, in 1954.

Educated in Kenya and UK. Completed BA (Hons) at Oxford University (Brasenose College).

Career has included journalism at West Africa Magazine, followed by twelve years work in relief an development work. Eight years for Catholic Relief Services in senior management positions in Ethiopia and the Middle East. Created the first inter-Orthodox relief agency, International Orthodox Christian Charities, and established operations in the former Yugoslavia, the Russian federation and the West Bank and Gaza.

After two years at the World Bank, became an adviser to the Foreign Minister of Greece, counseling him and implementing changes in Greek strategy in the Balkans and Turkey as well as helping manage the Greek Presidency of the European Union during the Iraq crisis.

His activities at the Foreign Ministry included designing a relief mission to Kosovo during the NATO bombing campaign (report provided to UNSG); advising senior democratic opposition politicians in Belgrade in up to and during the change of power; establishing and serving as Director General of the Department of International Development Cooperation. Throughout this period also served as a personal envoy of the Foreign Minister on missions to Turkey, governments in the Middle East, Europe and the USA. Concluded government service as Ambassador at Large.

Speaks English, French, Greek, German (fair).