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 ResidentJuly 29, 1909 Lampros KoromilasMarch 13, 1913 A. Vouros, Charge d'AffairesAugust 17, 1914 A. SchliemannDecember 7, 1914 A. Vouros, Charge d’Affaires a.i.September 21, 1917 Georgios RossosOctober 25, 1920 Georgios Drakopoulos, in charge of LegationDecember 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 SimopoulosApril 26, 1935 Dimitrios SikelianosFebruary 7, 1940 Kimon DiamantopoulosLegation raised to EmbassyOctober 6, 1942 Kimon DiamantopoulosDecember 6, 1946 Pavlos Oikonomou-Gouras, Charge d'Affaires a.i.June 3, 1947 Vasileios DendramisDecember 8, 1954 Athanasios PolitisOctober 6, 1958 Alexis LiatisFebruary 13, 1962 Alexandros MatsasSeptember 20, 1967 Christos PalamasNovember 13, 1969 Vasileios VitsaxisDecember 1, 1972 Ioannis Argyrios SorokosFebruary 27, 1974 Konstantinos PanagiotakosSeptember 3, 1974 Menelaos AlexandrakisAugust 16, 1979 Alexandros A. Koundouriotis, Charge d’Affaires ad interimSeptember 4, 1979 John A. TzounisDecember 15, 1981 Georgios Sioris, Charge d’Affaires ad interimJanuary 13, 1982 Nikolaos KarandreasSeptember 10, 1983 Georgios Sioris, Charge d'Affaires ad interimSeptember 19, 1983 Georgios PapouliasSeptember 21, 1989 Christos ZacharakisJune 15, 1993 Loukas TsilasJuly 6, 1998 Alexander PhilonJuly 2, 2002 Georgios SavvaidisSeptember 29, 2005 Alexandros MalliasThe 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, VermontConsulate General in Chicago States of Jurisdiction: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, WisconsinConsulate General in Los Angeles States of Jurisdiction: Arizona, California(Zip Codes 90001-92999), Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, South NevadaConsulate General in New York City States of Jurisdiction : Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, PennsylvaniaConsulate General in San Francisco States of Jurisdiction: Alaska, California (Zip Codes 93000 and up), Idaho, Montana, North Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, WyomingConsulate General in Tampa States of Jurisdiction: Alabama, Florida, MississippiConsulatesConsulate in Atlanta States of Jurisdiction: Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, TennesseeConsulate in Houston States of Jurisdiction: Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands
