predecessor successor birth_place office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name alma_mater
jacob söderman emily o'reilly athens , greece ombudsman of the european union 25 june 1942 1 april 2003 nikiforos diamandouros b9dn603 4987.jpg nikiforos diamandouros
 1 october 2013 nikiforos diamandouros Νικηφόρος Διαμαντούρος indiana university , bloomington columbia university
nikiforos diamandouros

paraskevas nikiforos diamandouros -lrb- , -rrb- -lrb- born june 25 , 1942 -rrb- is a greek academic who was the first national ombudsman of greece from 1998 to 2003 and has been ombudsman for the european union from april 2003 to october 2013 .
he was re-elected as european ombudsman in 2005 and again in 2010 .
