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Commodore ALEXANDROS THEODOSIOU HN, was born in Chalkida, Evia Island on 30th October 1957. He joined the Naval Academy in 1976 as a Naval Cadet and graduated in 1980, receiving his commission as an ensign.


He has served in different types of ships, as follows:

DD  Assistant ASW Officer /  NAVO Jul 1980 - Aug 1982
FPBG Navigation /  Comms Officer Aug 1982 - Sep 1983
DDG Weapons / Navigation Officer Feb 1985 - Dec 1989
MSC Commanding Officer  Dec 1989 - Jul 1991
DDG Weapons Officer   Aug 1991 - Dec 1991
MSC Commanding Officer  Jan 1994 - Jan 1996
LST Commanding Officer  Aug 2002 - Oct 2003

He has moreover served in the following staff places:

Minesweeper Squadron III Commander Jun 1996 - Apr 1998
HNGS - Ops & training Div. Section Chief Apr 1998 - May 2000
NATO SHAPE   OPS Div /EW section (EW Project Officer) May 2000 - Aug 2002
HNDGS Log Division  Transportation Branch Staff Off. Nov 2003 - Dec 2004
HNDGS (Log Div)   ECAP SSL PG (Chairman)
Athens Multinational Sealift Coordination Centre Director Dec 2004- Apr 2005
SNMCMG2    Commander   May 2005 - Jun 2006
COMHELMINE   Commander   Jul 2008 - Mar 2010

He attended a number of military and civilian schools among which the following:

   1. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey California USA, (1991-1993), where he earned a Master's Degree in Management Science (Total Quality Leadership  - related Thesis)
   2. Hellenic Navy Specialization & Education School, (Sep 1983-Feb 1985), graduated as Weapons officer for DDGs
   3. MCMVs Commanding Officers Course, BE-NL Mine warfare School  (Belgium), Sep 1990
   4. Hellenic Naval War College, graduated in 1996
   5. Mine warfare Staff Officers Course, BE-NL Mine warfare School  (Belgium), Jan-May 1997.
He has been honoured with proportional medals of his rank.
 
Since March 2010, he is Director of the Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service

He is married and has three children.

FORMER DIRECTORS

C/C

RANK

FULL NAME

YEARS OF SERVICE

1. Rear Admiral MATHAIOS MATHAIOPOULOS

1919 - 1922

2. Captain ALEXANDROS CHRYSANTHIS

1922 - 1946

3. Captain ALEXANDROS STASINOPOULOS

1946 - 1956

4. Captain SPYRIDON MARATOS

1956 - 1961

5. Captain -
Rear Admiral		 IRAKLIS KOLOKYTHAS

1961 - 1977

6. Rear Admiral MICHAIL POULIDIS

1977 - 1984

7. Commodore -
Rear Admiral		 GEORGIOS PAPATHEOFANOUS

1984 - 1990

8. Rear Admiral KONSTANTINOS VALLAS

1990 - 1994

9. Rear Admiral ALEXANDROS MARATOS

1994 - 2002

10. Commodore ANASTASIOS SKLAVIDIS

2002 - 2009

11. Commodore DEMETRIOS PALIATSOS

2009 - 2010