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Marios G. Belibassakis was born and raised in Athens, Greece where at the age of 28 he began his public service career as Commercial Attaché within the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2002). Since joining the Ministry six years ago, Mr Belibassakis has gained solid professional experience on a broad range of issues from European Union (EU) policy to development cooperation, trade and commerce. His first posting was in Geneva, Switzerland (2003) where, during the Greek Presidency of the EU, he was appointed EU/UN Affairs Officer at the Hellenic Mission to the UN, responsible for the coordination of EU Member States’ activities during the United Nations sessions for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE). Mr Belibassakis subsequently served as Second Secretary for Economic & Commercial Affairs, at the Permanent Representation of Greece to the EU in Brussels, Belgium (2003-2006) where he was the national representative for the Development Cooperation Working Group within the EU Council. During his tenure, he acted as interlocutor during numerous EU Council Ministerial sessions and represented Greece at several international Millennium Development Goal and foreign trade conferences in the Benelux and Mauritius. In 2006, Mr Belibassakis was assigned to his current post as Commercial Attaché at the Commercial Office of the Greek Embassy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In this capacity, he actively advocated for increased trade and commercial relations between Greece and the Emirate and ensured Greek representation at a variety of international exhibitions in the UAE. Through the organization of extensive senior-level government and business delegation missions to the Emirates, including the first official visits of the President of the Hellenic Republic and of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Mr Belibassakis contributed significantly to the strengthening and consolidation of the partnership between the two countries. Mr Belibassakis has recently been appointed Head of the new Commercial Office to be established within the Hellenic General Consulate in San Francisco. He takes up his appointment in the autumn, bringing with him valuable international and cross-cultural professional experience. Marios Belibassakis holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science and International Relations and a Master of Science Degree in International Politics and Security from the Panteion University of Athens.