Krateros Ioannou • Biographical Note
Professor Krateros Ioannou was born in Thessaloniki.
He was a graduate of (1959) and held a Ph.D. (1971) from the School of Law of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
He was Adjunct Professor (1974-1976) and Professor of Public International Law at the School of Law of the Democritus University of Thrace (1977-1999), and Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Communities (1997-1999).
He served as Dean of the Thrace School of Law (1984-1986, 1987-1991) and Vice-Chancellor of the University (1988-1991).
Moreover, he was visiting Professor of International and European Law at the Ohio State University and Capital University, Columbus, Ohio.
He was a member of the Thessaloniki Bar and Director of the Centre of International and European Economic Law in Thessaloniki (1993-1997).
He participated as expert and legal advisor for the Permanent Mission of Greece at the UN in the General Assembly annual sessions, various UN committees and conferences.
He was also a member of the OSCE Conflict Prevention and Resolution Mechanism and the OSCE Tribunal.
Upon his initiative, the Thrace School of Law has included European Community Law (now EU Law) as a compulsory subject in its curriculum since 1977.
Professor Ioannou inspired many of his students to specialize in Public International Law.
He was author of books, among which, Problems of Enforcement of ICJ Judgments (1971), Introduction to the International Justice (1983, co-authored with Professor Stelios Perrakis) and Law of the Sea (1997, co-authored with Dr. Anastasia Strati), and numerous articles on International and European law.