The Embassy of Greece in Washington, D.C. is the Hellenic Republic's diplomatic mission to the United States. It is located at 2217 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the Embassy Row neighborhood, near Sheridan Circle. The Embassy complex consists of four buildings. The current ambassador is Christos P. Panagopoulos.
After the War of Independence, which started in 1821, Greece was declared an independent state but it was not until 3 February 1830 that the Independence was recognised by the Great Powers with the signing of the Protocol of London. On 7 May 1832 Otto of Greece arrived in Nafplion and Greece became a Kingdom. The United States, however, recognized the Greek state only in 1833. In December 1837 a commercial treaty was signed, which regulated trade between the two countries. The first Greek consulate to be established was that of New Orleans, in 1866. Records indicate that Nicolas Benachi was the first Greek consul in New Orleans. In 1867, Demetrios Nicholas Botassis was named Consul General of Greece in New York City.
December 23, 1907 Lampros Koromilas, Minister Resident
July 29, 1909 Lampros Koromilas
March 13, 1913 A. Vouros, Charge d'Affaires
August 17, 1914 A. Schliemann
December 7, 1914 A. Vouros, Charge d’Affaires a.i.
September 21, 1917 Georgios Rossos
October 25, 1920 Georgios Drakopoulos, in charge of Legation
December 15, 1920 Georgios Drakopoulos Charge d’Affaires a.i.
January 11, 1923 M. Tsamados, Charge d’Affaires a.i.
May 22, 1924 C. Diamantopoulos, Charge d'Affaires a.i.
June 30, 1924 Vasileios Mammonos, Charge d'Affaires a.i.
August 21, 1924 Konstantinos D. Xanthopoulos, Charge d’Affaires a.i.
December 12, 1924 Charalambos Simopoulos
April 26, 1935 Dimitrios Sikelianos
February 7, 1940 Kimon Diamantopoulos
Legation raised to Embassy
October 6, 1942 Kimon Diamantopoulos
December 6, 1946 Pavlos Oikonomou-Gouras, Charge d'Affaires a.i.
June 3, 1947 Vasileios Dendramis
December 8, 1954 Athanasios Politis
October 6, 1958 Alexis Liatis
February 13, 1962 Alexandros Matsas
September 20, 1967 Christos Palamas
November 13, 1969 Vasileios Vitsaxis
December 1, 1972 Ioannis Argyrios Sorokos
February 27, 1974 Konstantinos Panagiotakos
September 3, 1974 Menelaos Alexandrakis
August 16, 1979 Alexandros A. Koundouriotis, Charge d’Affaires ad interim
September 4, 1979 John A. Tzounis
December 15, 1981 Georgios Sioris, Charge d’Affaires ad interim
January 13, 1982 Nikolaos Karandreas
September 10, 1983 Georgios Sioris, Charge d'Affaires ad interim
September 19, 1983 Georgios Papoulias
September 21, 1989 Christos Zacharakis
June 15, 1993 Loukas Tsilas
July 6, 1998 Alexander Philon
July 2, 2002 Georgios Savvaidis
September 29, 2005 Alexandros Mallias
The Embassy is also responsible for other eight Greek diplomatic missions (six consulates-general and two consulates) throughout the United States, each one responsible for certain states:
General ConsulatesConsulate General in Boston States of Jurisdiction: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Consulate General in Chicago States of Jurisdiction: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin
Consulate General in Los Angeles States of Jurisdiction: Arizona, California(Zip Codes 90001-92999), Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, South Nevada
Consulate General in New York City States of Jurisdiction : Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Consulate General in San Francisco States of Jurisdiction: Alaska, California (Zip Codes 93000 and up), Idaho, Montana, North Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
Consulate General in Tampa States of Jurisdiction: Alabama, Florida, Mississippi
ConsulatesConsulate in Atlanta States of Jurisdiction: Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee
Consulate in Houston States of Jurisdiction: Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands
