Aristos Kasmiroglou ( el, Αρίστος Κασμίρογλου) is a

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jurist and the former

Civil Administrator of Mount Athos The Civil Administrator of Mount Athos ( el, Πολιτικός διοικητής του Αγίου Όρους) is the civil head of government of the territory of the monastic community of Mount Athos, an autonomous region in northern Greece. ...

, the appointed civil

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of the monastic community of Mount Athos, from 2001 to 2004 and again from 2010 until 2018.

Biography

Aristos Kasmiroglou was born in Athens, from parents who migrated from

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. He is a graduate of the

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

. He is a retired Director of the Water Supply and Sewerage Company (EYDAP) and member of the Friends of Mount Athos association. In 1996, he assumed the duties of deputy civil governor of the autonomous Monastic State of Mount Athos. From 1999 to 2004, he served as director of the radio station of the Church of Greece. At the same time participated in the Synodal Commission of Press, Public Relations and Enlightenment of the

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. On 29 April 2010, Aristos Kasmiroglou was promoted to civil governor of the autonomous Monastic State of Mount Athos.«Αποστολή» με στόχο την Πολιτική Διοίκηση του Αγίου Όρους
Mission with the goal of Civil Governorship of Mount Athos"''orthodoxia.info'', 21 November 2015 (accessed 25 November 2016).

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