Panagiotis Karafotias holds a BA in Political Science (BS) from the University of Illinois, USA, an MA in International Relations (MA - Honors) from the City University of New York, and a Third Cycle in Social and Economic Development from the University of Paris (IEDES).
He served as a Reserve Infantry Lieutenant in Macedonia and in the General Staff.
He worked as an Associate in the Foreign Press Directorate of the Ministry of the Presidency, Director A' at the Hellenic Productivity Center (with honorable mention), and 23 years at the UN as a Consultant and Managing Director of the Office of the Organization for Greece, Cyprus and Israel. After his retirement from the UN he worked as a Special Adviser on International Relations at the Academy of Athens and at the National Telecommunications and Posts Commission.
He also paid tribute to the National Commission under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the UN.
From 2001 to 2013 he was Professor and President of the Department of International Relations at Indianapolis University in Athens, Head of the Pioneering Seminar "Ambassadors' Forum", and from March 2014 to March 2015 he was Professor and Director of Diplomas and Diplomas. of New York in Athens Head of the Seminar "The Ambassadors' Academic Tribune").
He has published 4 essays and recently GREECE-UN, Ant.N.Sakkoulas Publications, a short story entitled "War of Memories and Consciences", seven collections of poetry entitled MILITARY and a book of short stories entitled STONE CONSCIOUSNESS.
He is the co-author of the books:
1) URANIUM SYNDROME,
2) ANTIKAIADS,
3) CYPRUS AND HUMAN RIGHTS,
4) SCIENCE, PEACE AND INEQUALITIES IN THE WORLD, published by the Technical University of Athens,
5) book in English about art entitled CREATIVITY
. He has also edited the edition of the Marangkopoulos Foundation THE RIGHT TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
He has published many articles in the Greek press and some in foreign countries, has given dozens of lectures at Greek and foreign Universities, NGOs, Open Universities, etc., as well as numerous media interviews on international issues and the UN, has organized many conferences on current and key international issues, and has presented important books.
He has been awarded the first Panhellenic Prize and a special Commendation for his peace poetry from the Delphic Amphictyones, the international IPEKTSI Prize for his poetry for peace and communication, a Commendation from NOUMAS magazine for short story, as well as others important organizations for his work at the UN and the Letters (Pan-Arkada Federation of America, Hellenic Committee for International Recession and Peace {EDYE}, Maragopoulos Foundation (IMDA), Prefecture of Attica, Acropolis Appeal, etc.). In 2011 he was named Faculty of the Year at the University of Indianapolis, Athens. In 2014 he was awarded by the Hellenic Society of Benefactors for his voluntary work and was named "Volunteer Ambassador", and in 2015 by the Koutsochera Foundation for his contribution to Letters and Culture.
On his own initiative, an Open University was founded in Vrilissia under the auspices of the Municipality in 2007 and was, on a voluntary basis, Organizer and Coordinator until 2016. Member of the UN Executives Association, the Pan-Arkadian Federation of America {POA}, regular member of the Society of Greeks of Writers, of the Hellenic UN Association until 2013 (2015st Vice-President), of the Board of the Observatory of International Organizations until 2015, of EURONEM until 2014, of the Society of International Law and International Relations, of the Philological Association "PARNASSOS" (Dean in 2018) , of the Society of Arcadian Letters and Arts, the Association of Graduates of American Universities (former President), the Award Judging Committee of the I. Koutsochera Foundation, former member of the Body of Professors Emeritus of the Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Academy of Strategic Analyzes (ASA) and the Ark of Holistic Education E.D. In XNUMX, he was named Ambassador of Cultural Diplomacy by the corresponding Arcadia Foundation.
Married to Eleni Panagopoulou Social Worker of the Ministry of Justice and they have a son Specialist Pathologist and a daughter Professor of French.