“A Common European Defense-Utopian Dream or Practical Possibility?”

Event offered by:
Foreign Policy Association

Event Details

Date:
Thursday, April 3, 2003
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM 
Location:
Banco Santander Central Hispano
New York, NY
Event type
Lecture / Panel  

Event Transcripts and Video

Lecture on “A Common European Defense-Utopian Dream or Practical Possibility?”

Speaker: H.E. Yannos Papantoniou, Greek Minister of National Defense

Event Speakers

    • Yannos Papantoniou - Speaker
      Greek Minister of National Defense

      Mr. Yannos Papantoniou spent the early part of his career working in the area of European integration, first serving as a member of the European Parliament and later as a special advisor to the Prime Minister on European Community

      Affairs. In June 1989, Mr. Papantoniou was elected to the National Parliament for the first constituency of Athens. Following his 1993 re-election he was appointed Deputy Minister of the National Economy. Mr. Papantoniou was elevated to Minister of the National Economy in 1994. Between 1996 and 2001, he was appointed Minister of the National Economy and

      Finance. Mr. Papantoniou received his most recent appointment, as Minister of Defense, in October 2001.

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