General
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Nikolaos Douvas ( el, Νικόλαος Ντούβας, born 1947) served as Chief of the
Hellenic Army General Staff. General Douvas was honourably discharged from the
Hellenic Army
The Hellenic Army ( el, Ελληνικός Στρατός, Ellinikós Stratós, sometimes abbreviated as ΕΣ), formed in 1828, is the land force of Greece. The term ''Hellenic'' is the endogenous synonym for ''Greek''. The Hellenic Army is the ...
on March 1, 2006. After his discharge from the army he has been appointed as president at EKO (the biggest Greek state owned oil company).
Early life and education
Douvas grew up in
Larissa
Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...
, then attended the
Hellenic Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1970, with a commission as a second lieutenant of
infantry
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. Douvas has augmented his early military education serving at several military and civilian colleges and training centers in Greece and the United States, including the Hellenic Advanced School for Warfare, the Hellenic National Defense College, and the Center for Public Jurisprudence and Political Science at the
University of Athens School of Law.
External links
Douvas' appointment as CEO at EKO (Greek)
1947 births
Living people
Hellenic Army generals
Grand Crosses of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece)
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni
Chiefs of the Hellenic Army General Staff
People from Larissa (regional unit)
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