United States Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt welcomed the new American Consul General to Thessaloniki, Liz Lee, with a welcome tour throughout northern Greece and meetings with various local community and political leaders.
Ms. Lee is a career member of the Foreign Service with more than 30 years of experience as a foreign policy leader, manager, and negotiator on a diverse range of regions and issues, including the Middle East, East Asia, and the United Nations Security Council.
Previous assignments include the U.S. Embassies in Seoul and Baghdad, the former U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York City, and the Israel and Palestinian Affairs Desk at the State Department in Washington D.C.
Ms. Lee holds an M.A. degree in Public Policy and International Affairs from Princeton University, a law degree (J.D.) from the University of Minnesota, and a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Grinnell College.
She is proficient in Greek, Korean, and Hebrew, and has studied Arabic and Spanish. She is a native of California and is accompanied by her Golden Retriever, Pumpkin, aka Kolokithoula.
Upon arrival, she stayed in her home in quarantine and shared a humorous video of her first few days in Greece.
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Welcome to Macedonia, mother Greece, Miss Lee. Thessaloniki, is Alexander the Great’s city, and proudly Macedonian-not to be confused with the Skopje Republic, and revisionist pseudo history of Vardarska Banovina, Yugoslavia. I’m not sure they taught you ancient history in Princeton miss Lee-surely International Affaires courses may break the ice in Greece-but my father once told me..”Keep your head down, mouth shut, and get at it” when I faced daunting challenges….Thessaloniki is not Hollywood, nor a soft liberal city-neither is Greece . As a Macedonian from Mother Greece, and a son of Thessaloniki, I welcome you and ask that you respect the people of Greece, our culture, our religion and our constitutional values….In the US declaration of Independence, there is among the most famous phrases in history-“We the people, of the people, by the people, for the people”….respect the will of the Greeks, and Greece will open her arms for you….Καλώς ήλθατε στη Θεσσαλονίκη και την Ελλάδα!