to the Republic (Austria) Companion, National Order of Merit (Malta) Officer, Legion d'Honneur (France) Officer, Order of Merit (Luxembourg) Knight, National Order of Merit (France) Commander, Order of Merit (Germany) Grand Cordon, National Order of the Cedar (Lebanon) 1st Class, Order for Civil Merit (Bulgaria) Knight, Order of Makarios III (Cyprus) Grand Cross, Order of Diego de Losada (Venezuela) 1st Class, Order of the Star (Yugoslavia) And, from the Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Patriarchate of Alexandria: Grand Cross, Order of the Holy Sepulchre Grand Cross, Order of the Apostle and Evangelist Mark Grand Cross, Order of Saints George and Constantine. Distinctions and awards Avramopoulos received, in 2006, the “Vincitore Assoluto” Award of the Premio Internazionale “Giuseppe Sciacca”, and has been presented with distinctions by many foreign Cities and Municipalities: Famagusta, Barcelona, Beijing, Beirut, Berlin, Boston, Brooklyn N.Y., Bucharest, Caracas, Chicago, Crotone, Florence, Genoa, Jakarta, Havana, Istanbul, Kyiv, Ljubljana, Los Angeles, Miami -Florida, Massachusetts, Montreal, Moscow, New Jersey, New York, Nicosia, Paris, Philadelphia, Providence, Rhode Island, Rome, Sofia, State of Illinois, Sydney, Tbilisi, Tirana, Toronto, Valletta, Washington D.C., Xian, Yerevan. He has been honoured with the Honorary Freedom of 40 Greek and foreign cities. In November 2017, he became Honorary Member of the Propeller Club of the United States Port of Piraeus and he received the Award of Excellence of the Propeller Club of the United States Port of Piraeus for his strenuous effort and impact on developing a new European Policy on regular Migration. In December 2017, the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus awarded Mr. Avramopoulos the first "Themistocles" prize for his contribution to the management of the EU migration and security crisis. References External links New Democracy website Greek Parliament site Dimitris Avramopoulos site www.elections2014.eu |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1953 births Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Foreign ministers of Greece Greek diplomats Greek European Commissioners Greek MPs 2004–2007 Greek MPs 2007–2009 Greek MPs 2009–2012 Greek MPs 2012 (May) Greek MPs 2012–2014 Living people Mayors of Athens Ministers of National Defence of Greece National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni New Democracy (Greece) politicians Politicians from Athens Recipients of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece) European Commissioners 2014–2019 Health ministers of Greece