Evangelos Apostolakis

Evangelos Apostolakis
Born	1957 Rethymno, Crete
Allegiance	Greece
Service/branch	Hellenic Navy
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff Commander of the Underwater Demolition Command (DYK)

Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis (Greek: Ευάγγελος Αποστολάκης) is a Greek naval officer and since 15 September 2015 the Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff.

Career

He was born in Rethymno in 1957, entered the Hellenic Navy Academy in 1976 and graduated in 1980 as a Line Ensign.^[1] He has served in a succession of command and staff positions aboard ships, and senior staff positions in the Greek navy and NATO, as well as undergoing training in the Greek Navy's Underwater Demolition Command (DYK), which he later commanded, the Advanced Mine Warfare School in Belgium and the US Amphibious Warfare School.^[1]

On 7 March 2013, the Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence (KYSEA) appointed him to the post of Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff.^[1] On 20 August 2015, KYSEA selected him as the successor of General Michail Kostarakos as Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, promoting him to full Admiral. The order took effect on 15 September.^[1]^[2]

Dates of rank

Ensign	1983
Lieutenant	1987
Lieutenant Commander	1992
Commander	1997
Captain	2004
Commodore	2009
Rear Admiral	2011
Vice Admiral	2012
Admiral	2015

Sources

1 2 3 4 "Αντιναύαρχος Ευάγγελος Αποστολάκης ΠΝ, Αρχηγός ΓΕΕΘΑ" (in Greek). Hellenic Navy. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
↑ "Νέος αρχηγός ΓΕΕΘΑ ο αντιναύαρχος Ευάγγελος Αποστολάκης" (in Greek). in.gr. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.

Preceded by Vice Admiral Kosmas Christidis	Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff 7 March 2013 – 15 September 2015	Succeeded by Georgios Giakoumakis
Preceded by General Michail Kostarakos	Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff since 15 September 2015	Incumbent

Chiefs of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff

Papagos Grigoropoulos Kitrilakis Dovas Frontistis Pipilis Tsolakas Avgeris Angelis^§ Zagorianakos^§ Bonanos^§ Arbouzis^§ Davos^§ Gratzios Degiannis Kouris Vellidis Veryvakis Skarvelis Lymberis Tzoganis Paragioudakis Antonakopoulos Chinofotis Grapsas Giangos Kostarakos Apostolakis

^§ Under the title "Chief of the Armed Forces"

Chiefs of the Hellenic Navy General Staff

G. Kountouriotis A. Sachtouris P. 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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