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Inspector General of the Hellenic Air Force General Staff

Lieutenant General Konstantinos Kleniatis

Lieutenant General Konstantinos Kleniatis is the Inspector General of the Hellenic Air Force General Staff (HAFGS).

He is responsible for conducting scheduled and unscheduled inspections in Hellenic Air Force Units and Services.

He was born in Athens.

Education

He joined the Hellenic Air Force Academy in 1984 and graduated in 1988 as a 2nd Lieutenant.

He graduated from:

  • Ground Instructors School
  • Air War College/Junior Officers
  • Water Survival School
  • National Defence College

He holds:

  • Msc in Data Communications Networks & Distributed Systems
  • Msc in Computer Science

both from the University College London (UCL) of the University of London.

He speaks English and Spanish.

Assignments

  • January 2024: Inspector General of the HAFGS
  • March 2021 – January 2024: Chief of Staff of the Hellenic Air Force Support Command
  • March 2020 – March 2021: Director of the Hellenic Air Force General Staff Support Branch (C)
  • March 2019 – March 2020: Director of the HAFSC Support Branch (C)
  • April 2018 – March 2019: Director of the Hellenic Air Force Training Command (HAFTC) Support Branch (C)
  • June 2016 – April 2018: Director of the HAFSC Telecommunications, IT and Electronic systems Directorate (C4)
  • May 2015 – June 2016: Section Head at HAFGS Telecommunications Directorate (C4/1)
  • September 2012 –May 2015: Commander of the Hellenic Armed Forces Joint Calibration Agency
  • May 2010 – September 2012: Support Director at the 120 Air Training Wing
  • August 2007 – May 2010: Commander of the T-2 Maintenance Squadron at the 120 Air Training Wing
  • August 2004 – August 2007: Plan & Evaluation Programme Officer of NATO AWACS Programme Management Agency (NAPMA), Netherlands
  • October 2003 – August 2004: Aid – de – Camp of the First Deputy Minister of National Defence
  • August 2003 – October 2003: Section Head at HAFGS Telecommunications Directorate and Crypto Officer (C4/1)
  • April 1999 – July 2003: Staff Officer at the Communications Directorate of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff and Programme Officer of the National Messaging Handling System ( HNDGS/Comms)
  • October 1994 – April 1999: Researcher at the Electronics Department of the Telecommunications and Electronics Depot
  • September 1992 – October 1994: Student in University of London
  • July 1991 – September 1992: Section Head at 114CW/Base Maintenance Squadron ATEC4000
  • October 1989 – June 1991: Section Head at 114CW/332 Squadron/SNA Workshop and Avionics
  • September 1988 – October 1989: Section Head at 114CW/331 Squadron/SNA Workshop and Avionics

Promotions

  • 2nd Lieutenant: 03/06/1988
  • 1st Lieutenant: 30/06/1991
  • Captain: 05/07/1995
  • Major : 16/06/2000
  • Lieutenant Colonel: 23/05/2007
  • Colonel: 31/05/2011
  • Brigadier General: 07/03/2018
  • Major General: 11/03/2020
  • Lieutenant General: 13/01/2024

Medals-Decorations

  • Grand Commander of the Order of Honor
  • Grand Commander of the Order of Phoenix
  • Medal of Military Merit 1st Class
  • Commendation Medal Merit and Honor
  • Air Force Formation Command Medal 3rd Class
  • Air Force Meritorious Command 1st Class
  • Staff Officer Commendation Medal 1st Class