Georgios Giakoumakis

Georgios Giakoumakis
Admiral Giakoumakis (right) with Vice Admiral James Foggo, III, Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet
Born	(1959-06-29) 29 June 1959 Chania, Crete
Allegiance	Greece
Service/branch	Hellenic Navy
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands held	Chief of the Navy

Vice Admiral Georgios Giakoumakis (Greek: Γεώργιος Γιακουμάκης, born June 29, 1959) is a Greek naval officer, currently serving as Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff.

He joined the Navy in 1977 and qualified as a communications officer. He commanded the frigate Kanaris and commanded the 1st Frigate Division.^[1]

He served as Deputy Commander in Chief of the Fleet, Deputy Commander of the Hellenic National Defence College and Commander of the Naval Training Command. He was then promoted to Vice Admiral and appointed Chief of the Hellenic Fleet.^[1]

In 2015 he was appointed Chief of the Navy General Staff.^[2]

Education

He obtained a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School.^[1]

References

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1 2 3 "Vice Admiral George Giakoumakis HN". Hellenic Navy. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
↑ Valmas, Theodore (August 21, 2015). "Greece reshuffles military general staff". Janes Defence Weekly. Retrieved August 17, 2016.

Military offices
Preceded by VIce Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis	Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff since 15 September 2015	Incumbent

Chiefs of the Hellenic Navy General Staff

G. Kountouriotis Sachtouris Ginis P. Kountouriotis Matthaiopoulos Papachristos Dousmanis Kakoulidis Papachristos Ipitis Malikopoulos Dousmanis Gerontas Gonatas Loprestis Gonatas Louis Demestichas Louis Demestichas Typaldos Malikopoulos Panas Louis Dimoulis Demestichas Louis Dimoulis Kavvadias Dimoulis Oikonomou Kavvadias Sakellariou Kavvadias Sakellariou Delagrammatikas Voulgaris Mezeviris Leontopoulos Mezeviris Antonopoulos Konstas Lappas Tsatsos Panagiotopoulos Kiosses Avgeris Engolfopoulos Dedes Pervainas Margaritis Arapakis Engolfopoulos Mourikis Konofaos Kapetos Pappas Vasilikopoulos Lagaras Drikas Stagas Paliogiorgos Ioannidis Theodoroulakis Antoniadis Gousis Karamalikis Elefsiniotis Christidis Apostolakis Giakoumakis

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