EUNAVFOR MED OPERATION IRINI

 

Commodore Prokopios Charitos (GR-NAVY) is the Chief Of Staff of the Eunavfor Med Operation IRINI Headquarters in Rome.

 

Commodore Prokopios Charitos (GR-NAVY) was born in Athens, in 1969. He joined the Hellenic Naval Academy in 1986 and graduated in 1990.

 

Education – Training

He attended the following line officer’s schools:

• Navy General Training School (1993-1994)
• Navigation Specialization Course (1994)
• Commanding Officers Course for Frigates (2015)

 

He is a graduate of the Navy staff Command College (2001), Supreme Joint War College (2006 – 2007) and NATO Defense College (NADEFCOL) in Rome (2011).

He served at DDH MIAOULIS (1990 – 1991) as Protocol and Assistant Navigation Officer, at Gunboat DOXA (1991 – 1993) as Navigation and Ops Officer, at FFGH NAVARINON (1995 – 2000) as Navigation and Ops Officer, at FFGH ADRIAS

(2002 – 2005) as Navigation officer, Ops officer and Executive officer (XO).

He assumed the duties of Commanding Officer at Gunboat POLEMISTHS (2005 – 2006) and at FFGH ADRIAS (2015 – 2017).

 

Staff & other service

2000 – 2002   NATO Joint Command HQ in Tyrnabos  – Branch Chief of J1 Division.

2007 – 2009   Hellenic Navy General Staff (HNGS) – Deputy Branch Chief at the Department of Personnel.

2009 – 2010    Hellenic Navy General Staff (HNGS) – Branch Chief at the Department of Personnel

2010 – 2012    Hellenic National General Staff (HNGS) –Staff Officer of the Maritime Operational Center.

2012 – 2015    NATO Intelligence Fusion Center (NIFC) in Molesworth UK – Deputy Branch Chief of Middle East Branch.

2017 – 2018    Director of the Commander in Chief of the Hellenic Fleet.

2018 – 2020   Hellenic Navy General Staff (HNGS) – Director of Intelligence.

2020 – 2022   Naval Attaché of Greece in U.S.A. in Washington DC.

2022 – 2023    Commander of the Hellenic Navy War College.

2023 – 2024    Hellenic Navy General Staff (HNGS) – Assistant Director for the Surface Units of the Armament Directorate.

Currently, he is appointed as Force Commander of EUNAVFORMED IRINI, CTF 464, in the central Mediterranean Sea.

 

Promotions

Ensign: 1990

Lieutenant Junior Grade: 1993

Lieutenant: 1997

Lieutenant Commander: 2002

Commander: 2010

Captain: 2018

Commodore: 2024

 

Achievements

He holds all Greek Armed Forces’ decorations and medals up to his rank.

 

Marital Status

Married without children.