Petros Molyviatis

Petros Molyviatis Πέτρος Μολυβιάτης
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 10 March 2004 – 15 February 2006
Prime Minister	Kostas Karamanlis
Preceded by	Tassos Yiannitsis
Succeeded by	Dora Bakoyannis
Personal details
Born	12 June 1928 (1928-06-12) Chios, Greece
Political party	New Democracy
Alma mater	University of Athens

Petros G. Molyviatis (Greek: Πέτρος Γ. Μολυβιάτης) (born June 12, 1928) is a Greek politician, and from 2004 to 2006 was the Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Born in Chios, he studied Law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and entered the Greek Foreign Ministry after graduation. As a career diplomat, he served in the Permanent Delegation of Greece to the United Nations in New York and NATO in Brussels. He also served in the Greek embassies in Moscow, Pretoria and Ankara. From 1974 to 1980, Molyviatis was diplomatic advisor and director general of the political cabinet of Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis. During the terms of office of Constantine Karamanlis as Greek president from 1980 to 1985 and 1990 to 1995, he was secretary general of the Presidential office. In the 1996 and 2000 legislative elections he was elected a member of the Greek parliament for the New Democracy party. He was appointed Greek Foreign Minister in May 2004 following the victory of New Democracy party in the parliamentary elections of March 7, 2004. He speaks English and French. He is chairman of the Konstantinos Karamanlis Foundation. He is married and has one daughter and one son.

His name has been mentioned as a potential candidate for prime minister of Greece of the coalition government decided between government and opposition in November 2011.

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Political offices
Preceded by Tassos Yiannitsis	Minister of Foreign Affairs 2004–2006	Succeeded by Dora Bakoyannis