Air Marshal Ioannis Patsantaras ( el, Ιωάννης Πατσαντάρας; born 1954) is a retired

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officer who served as commander of the

Hellenic Tactical Air Force Command The Hellenic Tactical Air Force Command ( el, Αρχηγείο Τακτικής Αεροπορίας, ΑΤΑ, "Tactical Air Force Headquarters") is the operational command of the Hellenic Air Force, comprising all combat units and formations of the ...

. He has served as

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Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra ( el, Δίστομο-Αράχοβα-Αντίκυρα) is a municipality in the Boeotia regional unit, Central Greece, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast ...

from 2011 to 2014.

Biography

He was born in 1954 in Arachova, Boeotia. In September 1973 he entered the

Hellenic Air Force Academy The Hellenic Air Force Academy ( el, Σχολή Ικάρων, abbr. ΣΙ (SI)) is a military academy responsible for supplying the Hellenic Air Force with military pilots, aeronautical engineers, air traffic and air defence controllers. The firs ...

, and graduated in June 1977. During his career, he served in various operational units of the Air Force. From 1995–1999, he served in the presidency of the Hellenic Republic (Military Office) as a aide-de-camp of President

Konstantinos Stephanopoulos Konstantinos "Kostis" Stephanopoulos ( el, Κωνσταντίνος (Κωστής) Στεφανόπουλος, 15 August 1926 – 20 November 2016) was a Greek conservative politician who served two consecutive terms as the president of Gree ...

References

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