The President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, received the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia, Chris Kourakis, in Greece.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and former Solicitor General for SA informed the President about issues of concern in the Greek community in Australia and the planned actions.
The Secretary-General for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy, Yannis Chrysoulakis, also met with Justice Kourakis and announced in social media posts.
Chrysoulakis posted that he had “an excellent meeting” and called Chief Justice Kourakis a “dear friend”.
He posted that Justice Kourakis is also “the President of the Hellenic Australian Lawyers Association”.
Chrysoulakis described Justice Kourakis as “creative and accomplished” and referred to the Greek Australian Ikarian heritage.
Secretary-General said in his post that the two had a “fascinating discussion on the topic of the [Greek] Australian community and the possibilities of further networking of the Hellenism of the Diaspora and other issues of common interest.
The son of immigrants from Ikaria, Justice Kourakis, was raised in Port Lincoln, where his parents ran a pig farm. Kourakis also worked in fish packing factories and slaughterhouses and helped his parents raise their ten children. As he previously told Neos Kosmos, in his childhood, there were no holidays and holidays; he worked holidays and weekdays.
Justice Kourakis is proud of his Greek heritage and believes he owes his success in the demanding legal field to his Greek upbringing.
He told Neos Kosmos, the last time he spoke to the masthead, that coming from a different cultural background played an essential role in broadening his perspective and understanding people more fully.
“You become a kind of sociologist, I would say, which in turn helps you to become a good lawyer but also a good judge”, he then told Neos Kosmos.
