Honorary Committee
President
MARIANNA V. VARDINOYANNIS
GOODWILL AMBASSADOR OF UNESCO
PRESIDENT OF THE “MARIANNA V. VARDINOYANNIS” FOUNDATION
MEMBERS (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
HELENE AHRWEILER
RECTOR, PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN
CULTURAL CENTRE OF DELPHI
ANDRI ANASTASIADES
FIRST LADY OF CYPRUS
GIORGOS ANASTASIOU
MAYOR OF THEBES
METIN ARDITI
AUTHOR, GOODWILL AMBASSADOR OF UNESCO
AUDREY AZOULAY
DIRECTOR GENERAL, UNESCO
GEORGIOS BABINIOTIS
PROFESSOR OF LINGUISTICS, RECTOR (2000-2006)
NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
KOSTAS BAKOYANNIS
MAYOR OF ATHENS
RODERICK BEATON
EMERITUS KORAES PROFESSOR OF MODERN GREEK
& BYZANTINE HISTORY, LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
KING’S COLLEGE LONDON
STEPHANE BERN
JOURNALIST – AUTHOR
IRINA BOKOVA
DIRECTOR GENERAL 2009-2017, UNESCO
KONSTANTINOS BURAZELIS
PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY
NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
PAUL CARTLEDGE
A.G.LEVENTIS PROFESSOR OF GREEK CULTURE
EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
ANGELOS CHANIOTIS
PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY
INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY, PRINCETON
STELLA CHRYSOULAKI
DIRECTOR, EPHORATE OF ANTIQUITIES
OF PIRAEUS & ISLANDS
MELETIOS-ATHANASIOS DIMOPOULOS
RECTOR, NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN
UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
PETROS DOUKAS
MAYOR OF SPARTA
MOSTAFA EL FEKI
DIRECTOR, BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA
WENDY FISHER
PRESIDENT, SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM
MUSEUM & FOUNDATION
VAIRA VIKE FREIBERGA
PRESIDENT OF LATVIA 1999-2007, CO-CHAIR OF
THE ΝIZAMI GANJAVI INTERNATIONAL CENTER
ZAHI HAWASS
ARCHAEOLOGIST, EGYPTOLOGIST, FORMER MINISTER
OF STATE FOR ANTIQUITIES AFFAIRS, EGYPT
JEAN MICHEL JARRE
COMPOSER, GOODWILL AMBASSADOR OF UNESCO
EYTHIMIOS KARAISKOS
MAYOR OF LAMIA
VASILIS KARAMITSANIS
PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL
ANIMATION FESTIVAL ANIMASYROS
NICΗOLAS M. LOGOTHETIS
CO-FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD CONCORDIA
GIANNOS LOLOS
PROFESSOR OF PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA
KYRIAKOS MARIDAKIS
VICE PRESIDENT, SALAMIS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
ΚΟICHIRO MATSUURA
DIRECTOR GENERAL 1999-2009, UNESCO
IOANNIS MORALIS
MAYOR OF PIRAEUS
NANA MOUSKOURI
ARTIST, GOODWILL AMBASSADOR OF UNICEF
ALEXANDROS NEHAMAS
PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF ATHENS
PANAGIOTIS NIKAS
REGIONAL GOVERNOR OF PELOPONNESE
GIORGOS NTASIOTIS
MAYOR OF ALIARTOS-THESPIEON
GIORGOS PANAGOPOULOS
MAYOR OF SALAMINA
DIMITRIOS PANTERMALIS
PRESIDENT OF THE ACROPOLIS MUSEUM
EVANGELIA PANTOU
DIRECTOR, EPHORATE OF ANTIQUITIES OF LAKONIA
DIMITRIS PAPADIMITRIOU
COMPOSER
GIORGOS PATOULIS
REGIONAL GOVERNOR OF ATTICA
MIKHAIL PIOTROVSKIY
GENERAL DIRECTOR, THE STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM
ATHANASIOS PLATIAS
PROFESSOR OF STRATEGY, UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS
GEORGE PREVELAKIS
RESEARCH PROFESSOR, CHAIR OF
APPLIED GEOPOLITICS,
PANTHEON-SORBONNE UNIVERSITY
ANNA PSAROUDA BENAKI
PRESIDENT 2020
ACADEMY OF ATHENS
ISMAIL SERAGELDIN
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK
CO-CHAIR OF THE NIZAMI GANJAVI I
NTERNATIONAL CENTER
WOLE SOYINKA
AUTHOR-POET
NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 1986
FANIS SPANOS
REGIONAL GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL GREECE
NIKOLAOS STAMPOLIDIS
PROFESSOR OF CLASSIC ARCHAEOLOGY,
UNIVERSITY OF CRETE, DIRECTOR,
MUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART
MIKIS THEODORAKIS
COMPOSER
STERGIOS TSIRKAS
MAYOR OF MARATHON
SIR MAGDI YACOUB
PROFESSOR OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
IOANNIS ZORBAS
MAYOR OF AEGINA