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Yiannis Roubatis appointed head of National Intelligence Service

Yiannis Roubatis appointed head of National Intelligence Service

Journalist Yiannis Roubatis on Saturday was appointed chief of the National Intelligence Service (EYP) following Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' decision.

Roubatis was born in 1948 in Ioannina and studied in the USA. He is doctor of International Relations at the Johns Hopkins University.

He was PASOK's eurodeputy from 1994-1999 and close associate to former PASOK founder Prime Minister Andrea Papandreou.
In 1987 published the book "The US in Greece 1947-1967" based on his doctoral thesis for Johns Hopkins.