First Deputy Commandant Hellenic Coast Guard Vice Admiral HCG Christos Kontorouchas
Vice Admiral H.C.G. Christos Kontorouchas was born in Athens in 1973.
After graduating from the School of Law of the University of Athens, he was admitted to the Hellenic Naval Academy in 1997 and graduated in 1998 as Ensign of the Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG).
He was first posted at the coastguard branch of Zakynthos, as head of port police.
Ηe subsequently served in the Hellenic Coast Guard Headquarters in particular, as a desk officer in the Unit for International Organizations and the EU of the Directorate for Shipping Policy and Development, later in the Minister’s cabinet and in the Office of the HCG Deputy Commandant.
From 2009 to 2012 he was seconded to the European Commission as a national expert, working on issues of integrated maritime surveillance and maritime policy in the Mediterranean.
From 2012 to 2019, he served as Head of the Shipping Policy Unit and of the International Organizations & EU Unit, both in the Directorate for Shipping. From 2019 to 2023 he was appointed Director in the same Directorate.
From 2016 to 2023, he served, under parallel duties, as Director of the HCG Personnel Support Fund.
In 2023, he was promoted to Commodore H.C.G. and was appointed to the position of Coordinator of the Hellenic Coast Guard Commandant’s Office, a position in which he remained after his promotion to the rank of Rear Admiral H.C.G. in 2024.
On 4.4.2025, he was selected as Senior Deputy Commandant of the Hellenic Coast Guard and promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral.
He has been awarded with all the medals, commendations and insignia of his rank.
He holds a Master's Degree (LLM) in European Law.
He has excellent command of English and speaks French fluently.
He is married to Konstantina Kessari and he is father of one daughter.
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