Angelos Pangratis is the Ambassador and Head of the Permanent Mission of the European Union to the WTO. He was Chargé d'Affaires of the Delegation of the European Union to the US and designated Permanent Observer to the Organisation of American States from October 2009 to July 2010. He was also the Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States, in Washington, D.C. from August 2005 to October 2009 and from July 2010 to December 2010. Previously he was the Ambassador and Head of the European Commission's Delegation to Argentina. He served as deputy chief of mission at the Delegations of the European Commission in South Africa (1995-1997) and in South Korea (1990-1994). For several years (1981-90) Mr. Pangratis represented the European Commission in numerous negotiations and working groups at multilateral organizations such as the WTO, OECD, Club de Paris, UNCTAD, and others. He obtained a Doctorate from the University of Paris I, Panthéon Sorbonne in International Economics, Monetary Policies and Finance. This followed studies in Economics and European Studies at the Universities of St.-Etienne and Paris I, studies in International Law at the University of Paris II and studies in business management at the "Conservaroire National des Arts et Metiers" (CNAM) de Paris.