Greece takes over presidency of the IHRA on the 80th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of Greece
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks of the significance of the IHRA during the online handover ceremony. Photo: Greek Foreign Ministry.
6 April 2021 10:36am
Greece has taken over the Presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) from Germany.
Due to the pandemic, the handover ceremony took place online and included addresses by Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Deputy Prime Minister Panagiotis Pikrammenos, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias, Education and Religious Affairs Minister Niki Kerameos, and Ambassador Christodoulos Lazaris, who will serve as the IHRA President. The IHRA is the largest global organisation which unites governments, academics and experts on the critical mission of strengthening, advancing and promoting Holocaust education, research and remembrance worldwide and upholding the commitments of the Declaration of the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust.