ATHENS: President Papoulias Bestows Commissions On Military Academy

PRESIDENT PAPOULIAS BESTOWS COMMISSIONS ON MILITARY ACADEMY GRADUATES

Athens News Agency, Greece
June 25, 2007 Monday

President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias on Monday bestowed
commisions on 284 graduates of the Hellenic Military Academy, with
a symbolic presentation of swords, during a special ceremony held at
the Academy campus in Vari, in Attiki prefecture, southern Greece

Among the second lieutenant graduate officers were 30 Greek Cypriots,
4 Armenians, 2 Syrians, one from Jordan, a Romanian, a Georgian,
a Namibian, one from Mali and one from Bosnia-Herzegovina

The President was accompanied by Deputy Minister of National Defense
Vasilis Michaloliakos. The ceremony was attended by Hellenic Parliament
vice-president George Sourlas, the leadership of the Hellenic Armed
Forces, as well as relatives and friends of the graduate officers.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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