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Vice Admiral HN (Ret) Kyriakos KYRIAKIDIS
General Director
General Directorate for Defence Investments & Armaments - (GDDIA)
(Since 29-03-2017)
Personal Data
Place of birth: Serres, GREECE
Date of birth: 16 / 05 / 1955
Work Experience / Main Duty Assignments
2015 - 2017: Alternate General Director GDDIA
2013 - Today: President of Hellenic Maritime Heritage Foundation
2009: Special advisor to deputy minister of Foreign Affairs
2007-2009: Commander of Hellenic Naval Academy
2005-2007: Commander of Hellenic Frigate Command
2004-2005: Commander of Hellenic Frigate Squadron Two
2002-2004: Defense Attaché, parallel Naval & Military Attaché to the Hellenic Embassy at London (UK)
2001-2002: Hellenic Navy General Staff parallel as Chief’s Office Director, & Director of PR &
spokesman of Hellenic General Staff
2000-2001: Commanding Officer of HS ARIS (Training Ship)
1998-2000: Commanding Officer of HS HYDRA (FFGH – MEKO Class)
1996-1998: NATO HQ Brussels – IMS/Operations Division/Crisis Management Branch, specifically on
NATO Precautionary System and Military Response Option Matters PSY Operations
1992-1996: Head of Current Operations Section of Hellenic Navy General Staff (HNGS)& MCCIS (Athens)
1990-1992: Commanding Officer of HS STARAKIS (FPBG)
1989-1990: Director of HN Navigation School and non-commissioned Officers School
1986-1988: Commanding Officer of HS KENTAVROS (FPB)
Education Experience
2009-2010: Marketing and sales program, University of Athens
1995-1996: Hellenic Defense College
1992-1993: Hellenic Naval War College
1979-1980: Weapon Systems of Fast Patrol Boats (THOMSON CSF – PARIS)
1973-1977: Hellenic Naval Academy
Additional Information
Honored with various medals and commendations according his rank and commands
Participations in various conferences, congresses & symposiums:
NATO’S conferences and committees with main subjects crisis management, psychological attacks and
civil protection (1996 – 1998)
“Naval Power in the Twenty first Century”, Sea Power Symposium in Naval War College as a
representative of Chief of the Hellenic Navy (Rhode Island U.S. 2007)
“Commanders conference of European Naval Academies”, as a part conference chairman (Brest, France
2008)
“Mobility and Exchanges in Navy education and training”, as a representative of Hellenic Navy and main
speaker (Paris 2008)