Major General
MG DIMITRAKOS Nikolaos, (GRC A, Artillery)
1. MILITARY EXPERIENCE
a. Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) units from Platoon leader up to Battalion Commander for 12 consecutive years [Battalion Commander (2 years)].
b. Staff Officer at the Hellenic Army General Staff (HAGS)/ Artillery Directorate/ Air Defence Wing/ Defence Planning Branch (3 years).
c. Staff Officer in the NATO Land Component Command Madrid (LCC- Madrid)/ G5 Division/ Policy and Concept Implementation Branch (3 years).
d. Staff Officer at Deputy Minister’s of Defence Military Cabinet (2 years).
e. Branch Chief at Hellenic Army General Staff (HAGS) / General Inspector of the Army/ Evaluation Directorate (2 years).
f. Shift Director at HAGS / Operation Directorate/ Current Ops Section/ Joint Operation Center (1 year).
g. Staff Officer – Section Head at Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS)/ National Defence Policy (NDP) Directorate/ NATO Section (4 years).
h. Chief of Staff (COS) at 98th National Guard Higher Command, (Colonel for one year April 2021-April 2022).
i. Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (DCOS OPS) at NATO Rapid Deployable Corps-Spain (NRDC-ESP) HQ, Betera, Valencia, Spain, as Brigadier General (April 2022-April 2024).
j. Commander of the Hellenic Artillery Academy as Brigadier General (April 2024-January 2025).
k. Promoted to Major General on January 2025.
l. Deputy Commander of Supreme Military Command of Epirus and Macedonia as Major General (January 2025-January 2026).
m. Commander of NATO Missile Firing Installation (NAMFI) as Major General, on 22 January 2026.
2. EDUCATION AND TRAINING
a. Hellenic Army Academy (1987 – 1991), (Artillery 2nd Second Lieutenant).
b. Artillery Officers Basic Course (1991-1992) (Artillery 2nd Second Lieutenant), and Advanced Training Course (1997) of the Artillery School, (1st Lieutenant).
c. Artillery Officers Advance Course for Air Defence System “OSA-AK”, at Bulgarian Artillery Academy (Sumen), (February – May 1996), honored for his performance as Distinguished Graduated as 1st Lieutenant.
d. Air Defence Artillery Officers Advanced Course, in USA, Fort Bliss, Texas, (12 Feb – 06 Aug 1998), honored for his performance as Distinguished Graduated (1st Lieutenant).
e. Hellenic Army Staff Course, (24 Apr-20 Jul 2001), (Captain).
f. GBAD Operations TACEVAL Evaluator Course (N3-25), at NSO1 (Feb 2003) (Captain).
g. Hellenic National Supreme Joint War College, (Jun 08-Jul 09) (Major).
h. NATO DEFENCE COLLEGE (NDC), Senior Course (SC) – 130, Rome (10 Feb 2017 –23 Jul 2017), honored for his performance as “Exceptionally well Suited” (Colonel).
i. Master Degree (Master of Science – MSc) (15 Sep 17 – Mar 2019). International Master’s Degree in Management Strategies in Crises and Environmental Disasters at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, honored for his performance (Colonel).
j. George C. Marshall Center / European Center for Security Studies/ Seminar on Regional Security (SRS) 18-04, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany), 18 Jan – 08 Feb 2018 (Colonel)
k. George C. Marshall Center / European Center for Security Studies/ Global SRS Community of Interest (COI) Workshop, in Berlin (Germany), on 23-25 July 2019 (Colonel).
3. PERSONAL INFORMATION
a. MG DIMITRAKOS Nikolaos born on 22 Oct 1967.
b. Awarded with all decorations, commendations and medals provided for his rank after 39 years in service.
c. Certified adult professor from National Organisation for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance.
d. Belongs at the pool of the certified professors at National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government on theme: International Organisations and geopolitical issues.
e. He speaks English (level C2) and Spanish (level B2).
f. He is married with ZALOKOSTA Georgia. They have a son Panagiotis, 25 years old who is pilot at military helicopters and a daughter Konstantina – Maria, 21 years old, who is attending the University as Chemical Engineer (4th year).
1 NATO School of Oberamergau (NSO)
