Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos (Greece) took up his position as Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia on 21 September 2009.

He holds a degree in Law and Economics from Athens University.

He has worked as Greek Ambassador to Moscow (while simultaneously being accredited to Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan), Berlin and Budapest. Earlier, he served as Greek Consul in Frankfurt and Milan, and held senior diplomatic positions in Paris and Prague.

Regarding South Eastern Europe, Ambassador Kypreos acted as EU Presidency Liaison Officer at the International Conference on the former Yugoslavia (1994) and worked as part of the group supporting Lord Owen.

From 1995-97, he served as Head of the Department for South Eastern Europe (SEE) at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while previously acting as Head of the Ministry's Department for the European Union (1985-89).

More recently, from 2005-06 he was Co-ordinator of the South Eastern European Co-operation Process (SEECP), during the Greek Chairmanship, and National Co-ordinator at the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe.

Apart from Greek, he is fluent in English, French, Italian, German and Russian.

Heads of the OSCE Mission to Serbia

2006-09: Hans Ola Urstad (Norway)

2003-06: Maurizio Massari (Italy)

2001-02: Stefano Sannino (Italy)