George Papadopoulos ( Greek Γιώργος Παπαδόπουλος , born George 1987 Demetrios Papadopoulos ; born 1987 , Chicago , Illinois , USA ) is an American statesman and political adviser to the presidential campaign of Donald Trump in 2016 . Director of the International Center for Energy Law and Natural Resources Law at the London Center for International Law Practice (since 2015) [1] .
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Biography
Born in Chicago ( Illinois , USA ) in a family of Greeks - immigrants from the city of Thessaloniki ( Greece ) [2] .
In 2009, he graduated from De Paul University with a bachelor of arts degree in Political Arts & Government.
In 2010, he received a master 's degree in security science from University College London , as well as a master's degree in another specialty from the London School of Economics and Political Science ( UK ).
In June-August 2008, he was a scientific analyst at the American-Greek Institute .
In 2011-2015 - a researcher at the Hudson Institute . During this period, he focused on international relations in the Eastern Mediterranean and organized the first conference on the development of geopolitical relations between the USA, Israel , Greece and Cyprus [3] .
In 2012, he represented the United States at the UN Model in Geneva ( Switzerland ).
In 2015-2016, he was an adviser in the presidential campaign of Ben Carson [4] .
In May 2016, as an adviser, he joined the presidential campaign of Donald Trump [5] . In March-September, he filed at least six applications for a meeting between Trump and Russian politicians, for which once in May he was refused by Paul Manafort [6] [7] . In September, he gave an interview to the Russian news agency Interfax on Russian-American relations, in which he said that Barack Obama had promised to cooperate with Russia, but did not fulfill it [8] [9] [10] .
In October 2017, Senator Richard Burr , the head of the U.S. Senate commission to investigate Russia's possible interference in the 2016 US presidential election , said that the commission he led became interested in Papadopoulos, in particular, the emails sent to him when he tried to arrange a meeting between Trump and the Russian president Vladimir Putin [11] [12] . On October 5, he confessed to giving false information to FBI agents . On October 30, this case was again raised after the prosecution of Manafort [13] [14] .
Since 2017, she has been an independent consultant on energy and policy issues under the US President [15] .
He advocates the deployment of the US Navy in Crete (Greece) and the entry of Cyprus into NATO [16] .
Member of the International Presidential Business Advisory Council (Cyprus).
He is fluent in English and Greek , as well as French and Arabic to varying degrees [4] .
Notes
- ↑ George Papadopoulos . Ballotpedia
- ↑ Chrysopoulos, Philip. All the President's (Greek) Men . Greek Reporter (November 9, 2016).
- ↑ Lawyer George Papadopoulos Part of Donald Trump's Foreign Policy Team . The National Herald (March 21, 2016).
- ↑ 1 2 George Papadopoulos . LinkedIn
- ↑ Ryan, Missy and Mufson, Steven. One of Trump's foreign policy advisers is a 2009 college grad who lists Model UN as a credential . The Washington Post (March 22, 2016).
- ↑ Hamburger, Tom, Leonnig, Carol D. and Helderman, Rosalind S. Trump campaign emails show aide's repeated efforts to set up Russia meetings . The Washington Post (August 14, 2017).
- ↑ Brennan, Christopher. Trump campaign adviser made repeated attempts to set up meeting with Russia: report . New York Daily News (August 14, 2017).
- ↑ Baygarova, Ksenia. George Papadopoulos: Sanctions have done little more than to turn Russia towards China . Interfax (September 30, 2016).
- ↑ Advisor to Trump: American sanctions turned Russia toward China . Interfax (September 29, 2016).
- ↑ Castro, Danilo. George Papadopoulos: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know . Heavy.com (August 14, 2017).
- ↑ Silva, Christianna. Russia Update: Senate investigators consider meeting with Trump campaign official, George Papadopoulos . Newsweek (October 20, 2017).
- ↑ Hamburger, Tom, Leonnig, Carol D. and Helderman, Rosalind S. Trump campaign emails show aide's repeated efforts to set up Russia meetings . Chicago Tribune (August 14, 2017).
- ↑ Schoenberg, Tom. Former Trump Foreign Policy Adviser Pleaded Guilty in Mueller Probe Bloomberg (October 30, 2017).
- ↑ Former Trump aide George Papadopoulos pleads guilty in Mueller probe . Chicago Tribune (October 30, 2017).
- ↑ Kutner, Max. Who is George Papadopoulos, the Trump Campaign Adviser Who Suggested a Meeting with Russian Leaders? . Newsweek (August 14, 2017).
- ↑ Ryan, Missy and Mufson, Steven. One of Trump's foreign policy advisers is a 2009 college grad who lists Model UN as a credential . The Washington Post (March 22, 2016).