Kyriakos Amiridis
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Κυριάκος Αμοιρίδης Kyriakos Amiridis | |
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| Ambassador of Greece to Brazil | |
| In office 25 May 2016 – 30 December 2016* | |
| President | Prokopis Pavlopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Vassiliki Lazari (Chargé d' affaires) |
| Ambassador of Greece to Libya | |
| In office 2012–2016 | |
| President | Karolos Papoulias |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 September 1957 Veria, Greece |
| Died | c. 26 December 2016 (aged 59) Nova Iguaçu, Brazil |
| Spouse |
Françoise de Souza Oliveira
(m. 2001) |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| * Term ended on 30 December when his death was confirmed.[citation needed] | |
Kyriakos Amiridis (Greek: Κυριάκος Αμοιρίδης, 30 September 1957 – c. 26 December 2016) was a Greek career diplomat who served as the Ambassador of Greece to Libya and Brazil. He was reported missing on 28 December 2016 while serving as ambassador to Brazil and his body was found near Rio de Janeiro the next day.[1]
Amiridis began working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Athens in 1985 and was transferred to the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace in Thessaloniki. His first foreign position was at the Greek Embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from 1988.[2]
In 1993, Amiridis started working in Brussels at the Permanent Representation of Greece to the European Union. He returned to Greece in 1997 to work in the European Foreign Affairs Department at the Foreign Ministry in Athens.
In 2000, Amiridis moved to Brazil to serve as the Consul General in Rio de Janeiro. Three years later, he became Consul General in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
After returning to Athens in 2008, Amiridis was in 2012 appointed to serve as the Ambassador of Greece to Libya. In 2016 he was chosen to serve as Ambassador to Brazil and he presented his credentials to Brazilian Acting President Michel Temer on 25 May 2016.[3]