Panagiotis Pipinelis

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Panagiotis Pipinelis (Παναγιώτης Πιπινέλης) (1899-1970) was a Greek politician and diplomat.

He was born on March 21, 1899 in the port city of Pireus. He studied Law and Political science at the University of Zurich and in 1920 at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg in Germany.

He entered the Greek diplomatic core in 1922 and served in several posts. In 1953 he resigned and was appointed permanent representative of Greece to NATO. He served briefly as Prime Minister of Greece from June 17, 1963 to September 29, 1963, and as Minister of Foreign affairs during the dictatorship.

He died of cancer on July 19, 1970 in Athens aged 71.^[1]

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