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P. Nikiforos Diamandouros European Ombudsman P. Nikiforos Diamandouros Curriculum vitae P. Nikiforos Diamandouros werd geboren op 25 juni 1942 in Athene, Griekenland. Hij was van 2003 tot oktober 2013 ombudsman van de Europese Unie (Europese Ombudsman). Van 1998 tot 2003 was hij de eerste nationale ombudsman van Griekenland. Hij is emeritus hoogleraar vergelijkende politieke stromingen in het departement Politieke Wetenschappen en Openbaar Bestuur van de Universiteit van Athene. Van 1995 tot 1998 was hij directeur en voorzitter van het Griekse Nationale Centrum voor Sociaal Onderzoek (EKKE). Hij is sinds 2012 als gasthoogleraar verbonden aan het Europacollege (Brugge). In mei 2014 werd hij verkozen tot lid van de Griekse Academie (= Nationale Academie voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen). Hij behaalde zijn graad van Bachelor of Arts aan de Universiteit van Indiana (1963) en zijn graad van Master of Arts (1965), Master of Philosophy (1969) en Doctor of Philosophy (1972) aan de Columbia-universiteit. Alvorens zich te verbinden aan de faculteit van de Universiteit van Athene in 1988, was hij universitair docent en onderzoeker aan respectievelijk de Staatsuniversiteit van New York en de Columbia-universiteit (1973-1978). Van 1980 tot 1983 was hij directeur voor ontwikkeling aan het Athens College in Athene, Griekenland. Van 1983 tot 1988 was hij programmadirecteur voor West-Europa en het Nabije en Midden-Oosten bij de Social Science Research Council, New York. Van 1988 tot 1991 was hij directeur van het Griekse Instituut voor Internationale en Strategische Studies (Athene), een beleidsdenktank gesubsidieerd door de Ford-stichting en de MacArthur-stichting. In 1997 was hij gasthoogleraar politieke wetenschappen aan het Juan March-centrum voor Gevorderde Studies in Sociale Wetenschappen (Madrid). In 2011 verkreeg hij de graad van Doctor of Laws ( honoris causa ) aan het American College of Greece. 1 Hij was voorzitter van de Griekse Vereniging voor Politieke Wetenschappen (1992-1998) en van de Modern Greek Studies Association in de Verenigde Staten (1985-1988). In 1999 en 2000 werd hij benoemd tot lid van respectievelijk de Griekse Nationale Commissie voor Mensenrechten en de Nationale Raad voor Administratieve Hervorming. In de periode 1988-1996 was hij covoorzitter van de subcommissie Zuid-Europa van de Social Science Research Council, New York, waarvan de activiteiten werden gefinancierd door de Volkswagen-stichting. Hij is ook medehoofdredacteur van de reeks over het nieuwe Zuid-Europa, gepubliceerd door de uitgeverijen Oxford University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press en Palgrave. Hij ontving ook onderzoeksbeurzen van het Fulbright Center en van het Amerikaans agentschap National Endowment for the Humanities. Hij heeft uitgebreid geschreven over de politiek en de geschiedenis van Zuid-, Oost- en Zuidoost-Europa, waaronder Griekenland, en meer specifiek over democratisering, staats- en natieopbouw en de verhouding tussen cultuur en politiek, evenals over het instituut ombudsman en de beginselen van behoorlijk bestuur. Geredigeerde volumes : The Politics of Democratic Consolidation: Southern Europe in Comparative Perspective , 1995; Parties, Politics and Democracy in the New Southern Europe , 2001; The European Ombudsman: Origins, Establishment, Evolution, 2005; Democracy and the State in the New Southern Europe , 2006; Spatial Conceptions of the Nation; Modernizing Geographies in Greece and Turkey , 2010. Monografieën : Oorsprong van de staatsopbouw in het moderne Griekenland, 1821-1828 , 2002 (in het Grieks), en Cultureel dualisme en politieke veranderingen in postautoritair Griekenland , 2000 (in het Grieks). Onderscheidingen : Grootcommandeur in de Orde van de Feniks, Griekenland, 2004; Gouden Kruis van Verdienste, Polen, 2010; Ridder in het Legioen van Eer, Frankrijk, 2014. Talen : Grieks, Engels, Frans, Italiaans, Duits, Spaans, Portugees. Zijn hobby's zijn onder meer lezen, schrijven, klassieke muziek en films. 2.
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