Giannis Valinakis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Giannis Valinakis

Greek politician

Date of Birth: 31-May-1955

Place of Birth: Athens, Attica Region, Greece

Profession: politician, jurist, university teacher

Nationality: Greece

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Giannis Valinakis (also Yannis Valinakis) is a Greek politician and university professor.
He is the former Greek Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
He is currently President of the Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence at the University of Athens, Jean Monnet Professor ad Personam, and a member of the Executive Board of the Centre for European Studies in Brussels. Valinakis was born in Athens in 1955.
After graduating from the German School of Athens, he studied at the Athens Law School and University of Heidelberg's School of Political Science.
Valinakis completed post-graduate studies in international politics, defense policy and international relations at the Sorbonne.
He has worked as a researcher at Greek and foreign institutes.
In 1992 he became a professor of international relations at the University of Athens.
Valinakis was president of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), after serving as assistant director of research, director of research, and director general. In May 2003, Valinakis was appointed New Democracy's out-of-parliament representative on the National Council for Foreign Policy.
In 2009, he made an official visit to the United States to attend events organized by the Greek-American community marking the 61st anniversary of the Dodecanese islands’ unification with Greece.Valinakis is married to Christina Haratsari, a lawyer.