Dimitris Perrikos (, born December 1935 in
Piraeus
Piraeus ( ; ; , Ancient: , Katharevousa: ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens city centre along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf in the Ath ...
,
Greece
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) is a
Greek
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*Greeks, an ethnic group
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chemist working for the
United Nations
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since 1975.
He was the second Chairman of the
(UNMOVIC), succeeding Dr.
Hans Blix
Hans Martin Blix (; born 28 June 1928) is a Swedish diplomat and politician for the Liberal People's Party. He was Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (1978–1979) and later became the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Blix wa ...
in June 2003,
and serving until UNMOVIC's dissolution in 2007. He is the son of the Greek Air Force officer and
Resistance fighter
Kostas Perrikos, founder of
PEAN.
References
1935 births
Living people
People from Piraeus
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni
Greek chemists
Greek officials of the United Nations
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