| | Mr Mitropoulos - biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | Between 1959 and 1962, he served as apprentice, second and chief deck officer on merchant ships on voyages around the world and in 1962 he entered the Hellenic Coast Guard Academy as chief of his class. |
 | | He then started his career as a commissioned Coast Guard Officer in Corfu, first and Piraeus, later. |
 | | Between 1972 and 1976, he regularly lectured at the Hellenic Coast Guard Academy and the Greek Master Mariners' Centre of Superior Studies on shipping economics and policy and maritime safety/safety of navigation subjects, respectively. |
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