Georgios Giakoumakis

Greek naval officer

Born (1959-06-29) 29 June 1959 (age 66)

Chania, Crete

Allegiance

Greece

Branch

Hellenic Navy

Service years1977–2017

Georgios Giakoumakis
Georgios Giakoumakis in September 2016
Born	(1959-06-29) 29 June 1959 (age 66) Chania, Crete
Allegiance	Greece
Branch	Hellenic Navy
Service years	1977–2017
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands	Chief of the Navy General Staff

Vice Admiral Georgios Giakoumakis (Greek: Γεώργιος Γιακουμάκης; born 29 June 1959) is a Greek naval officer, and a former Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff.

He joined the Navy in 1977 and qualified as a communications officer. He commanded the frigate Kanaris and commanded the 1st Frigate Division.^[1]

He served as Deputy Commander in Chief of the Fleet, Deputy Commander of the Hellenic National Defence College and Commander of the Naval Training Command. He was then promoted to vice admiral and appointed Chief of the Fleet Command.^[1]

In 2015 he was appointed Chief of the Navy General Staff.^[2] Along with the chiefs of staff of the Army and the Air Force, he was dismissed by decision of the KYSEA on 16 January 2017 and replaced by Vice Admiral Nikolaos Tsounis, until then commander of the National Defence College.^[3]

Education

He obtained a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School.^[1]

References

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1 2 3 "Vice Admiral George Giakoumakis HN". Hellenic Navy. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
↑ Valmas, Theodore (August 21, 2015). "Greece reshuffles military general staff". Janes Defence Weekly. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
↑ "Σαρωτικές αλλαγές στην ηγεσία των Ενόπλων Δυνάμεων" (in Greek). To Vima. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

Military offices

Preceded by

Vice Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis

Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff
15 September 2015 – 16 January 2017

Succeeded by

Vice Admiral Nikolaos Tsounis

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G. Kountouriotis Sachtouris Ginis P. Kountouriotis Matthaiopoulos Papachristos Dousmanis Kakoulidis Papachristos Ipitis Malikopoulos Dousmanis Gerontas Gonatas Loprestis Gonatas Louis Demestichas Louis Demestichas Typaldos Malikopoulos Panas Louis Dimoulis Demestichas Louis Dimoulis Kavvadias Dimoulis Oikonomou Kavvadias Sakellariou Kavvadias Sakellariou Delagrammatikas Voulgaris Mezeviris Leontopoulos Mezeviris Antonopoulos Konstas Lappas Tsatsos Panagiotopoulos Kiosses Avgeris Engolfopoulos Dedes Pervainas Margaritis Arapakis Engolfopoulos Mourikis Konofaos Kapetos Pappas Vasilikopoulos Lagaras Drikas Stagas Paliogiorgos Ioannidis Theodoroulakis Antoniadis Gousis Karamalikis Elefsiniotis Christidis Apostolakis Giakoumakis Tsounis Petrakis Drymousis

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