Born on 29 September 1899 in Alexandria, Egypt

• Studied at the Faculty of Law, Paris, 1918-1922
• Barrister, Mixed Tribunals, Egypt, 1922-1937
• Judge , Mixed Tribunals, Egypt, 1937-1949
• President of the First Civil Chamber of the Mixed Tribunal, Alexandria, 1945-1949
• Appointed to the Council of Europe in September, 1951
• Head of the Human Rights Department from 1954
• Corresponding member of the Hellenic Institute of International Law, 1946-1955
• Member of the Administrative Board of the Egyptian Society of International Law, 1949-1952
• Former President (1947-1952) and honorary member (1953) of the Archaeological Society of Alexandria
• Vice-President of the Institute for Hellenistic Research, 1949-1953
• Secretary General of the Greek National Committee for aid to servicemen’s families, 1940-1943
• Registrar of the European Court of Human Rights, 1959-1962.