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giannis affairs valinakis , former greek deputy minister of foreign athens , greece http://www.valinakis.gr/ 1 athens , greece greek new democracy former mp deputy minister of foreign affairs of greece and 31 may 1955 march 10 , 2004 christina charatsari ioannis valinakis.jpg giannis valinakis
 september 11 , 2009 giannis valinakis Γιάννης Βαληνάκης president at the university of athens of the jean monnet european centre of excellence
giannis valinakis

giannis valinakis -lrb- also `` yannis valinakis '' -rrb- is a greek politician and university professor .
he is the former greek deputy minister of foreign affairs .
he is currently president of the jean monnet european centre of excellence at the university of athens , jean monnet professor ad personam , and a member of the executive board of the centre for european studies in brussels .
valinakis was born in athens in 1955 .
after graduating from the german school of athens , he studied at the athens law school and university of heidelberg 's school of political science .
valinakis completed post-graduate studies in international politics , defense policy and international relations at the sorbonne .
he has worked as a researcher at greek and foreign institutes .
in 1992 he became a professor of international relations at the university of athens .
valinakis was president of the hellenic foundation for european and foreign policy -lrb- eliamep -rrb- , after serving as assistant director of research , director of research , and director general .
in may 2003 , valinakis was appointed new democracy 's out-of-parliament representative on the national council for foreign policy .
in 2009 , he made an official visit to the united states to attend events organized by the greek-american community marking the 61st anniversary of the dodecanese islands ' unification with greece .
valinakis is married to christina haratsari , a lawyer .
