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- Director, Greek Council for Refugees
- Lefteris Papagiannakis was born in France. He studied public law in the University of Lille II and holds an MA in European Community Law and International Economy.
He worked in the European Parliament as a parliamentary assistant, on the education of children of the Muslim minority in Greece, as a legal counselor for the
political party Ecologists Green and the Special Secretariat on environmental inspection.
He was elected in the municipal council of Athens in 9/2014 and named Vice Mayor on Migrant and Refugee Affairs 3/2016-8/2019.
He was president of the Council for the Integration of Migrants of the Municipality of Athens, Chair of the working group Migration and Integration of the Eurocities Network, Vice President for Refugee
Issues of ECCAR (European Coalition of Cities against Racism)
He is President of the Board of the Hellenic League of Human Rights.
