August 10,
2006
Ambassador Angelos Pangratis
Deputy Head of Delegation, European Commission to the
United States, Washington, D.C.
Topic:
The Future of EU-US
Political and Economic Relationship.
Angelos Pangratis is a former Ambassador and Head of
Delegation for the European Commission’s Mission to
Argentina (2003-05).
Mr.
Pangratis has a long career in the European Commission,
including highlights such as being Head of Unit responsible
for relations with China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, South
Korea and Mongolia (1998-2003) and as Head of the Personnel
and Budget of the Directorate General: External Relations
and Trade Policy (1997-1998), and Head of Investigation of
the Anti-Dumping and Anti-Circumvention Division
(1987–1990), to name but a few positions.
Complementing his career at the Commission, Mr. Pangratis
also has experience as its representative to numerous
Multilateral Organizations, and from lecturing in
universities in the Czech Republic, France and Korea.
Angelos
Pangratis was born on the island of Corfu, Greece (1956),
and is married with three children. Mr. Pangratis speaks
Greek, French, English and Spanish, and graduated from the
University of Paris I, Panthéon Sorbonne (1983) with a
Doctorate in International Economics, Monetary Policies and
Finance. This followed studies in Economics, European
Studies, and International Law from colleges in the
University of Paris (1978 – 1980).
