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Paraskevas Nikiforos Diamandouros (born June 25, ) is a Greek academic who was the first National Ombudsman of Greece from to and has been.
Nikiforos Diamandouros
Greek academic (born 1942)
Paraskevas Nikiforos Diamandouros (Greek: Νικηφόρος Διαμαντούρος, Greek pronunciation:[niciˈforosðʝamanˈduros]) (born June 25, 1942) is a Greek academic who was the first National Ombudsman of Greece from 1998 to 2003 and has been Ombudsman for the European Union from April 2003 to October 2013.[1] He was re-elected as European Ombudsman in 2005 and again in 2010.[2]
Personal life
Diamandouros was born in Athens, Greece, on June 25, 1942.
His interests include classical music, film, reading, and writing. He has published writings on state-building, and nation-building, on democratisation and on the relationship between culture and politics. He has also written widely about the politics and history of Greece and Southern Europe.
Diamandouros is married and has two children.[2]
Academia
In 1963 Diamandouros graduated Indiana University with a B.A. He then attended Columbia University,