List of mayors of Athens

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The Mayor of Athens is the head of the Municipality of Athens, the largest district of the City of Athens.

The current Mayor is Theodoros Behrakis, since February 2006.


[edit] 19th Century

# Name Took Office Left Office Party
1st Anargyros Petrakis May 5, 1836 January 25, 1837
2nd Angelos Gerontas January 26, 1837 June 10, 1837
3rd Dimitrios Kallifronas June 11, 1837 July 7, 1837
4th Angelos Gerontas July 6, 1840 September 5, 1840
5th Dimitrios Kallifronas September 6, 1840 March 15, 1841
6th Dimitrios Misaraliotis March 16, 1841 August 15, 1841
7th Anargyros Petrakis August 16, 1841 October 20, 1843
8th Spyridon Benizelos October 21, 1843 January 20, 1845
9th Spyridon Benizelos January 21, 1845 May 11, 1847
10th Spyridon Benizelos May 12, 1847 November 11, 1850
11th Nikolaos Zaharitsas November 12, 1850 August 28, 1851
12th Ioannis Koniaris August 29, 1851 November 22, 1853
13th Ioannis Koniaris November 23, 1853 November 13, 1854
14th Konstantinos Galatis November 14, 1854 June 7, 1855
15th Konstantinos Galatis March 19, 1855 October 27, 1857
16th Spyridon Benizelos March 25, 1857 December 3, 1857
17th Georgios Skoufos December 4, 1857 November 13, 1861
18th Georgios Skoufos November 14, 1861 October 12, 1862
19th Emmanouil Koutsikaris October 13, 1862 August 27, 1865
20th Periklis Zaharitsas August 28, 1865 April 21, 1866
21st Georgios Skoufos April 22, 1866 April 21, 1870
22nd Panagis Kyriakos April 22, 1870 April 23, 1874
23rd Panagis Kyriakos April 24, 1874 May 10, 1879
24th Dimitrios Soutsos May 11, 1879 September 30, 1883
25th Dimitrios Soutsos October 1, 1883 September 30, 1887
26th Thrasyvoulos Papalexandris October 1, 1887 December 16, 1887
27th Timoleon Filimon December 17, 1887 September 30, 1891
28th Mihail Melas October 1, 1891 October 31, 1894
29th Dimitrios Silyvriotis November 1, 1894 November 30, 1895
30th Lambros Kallifronas December 1, 1895 September 11, 1899
31st Spyridon Merkouris September 12, 1899 December 30, 1903

[edit] 20th Century

# Name Took Office Left Office Party
32nd Spyridon Merkouris December 31, 1903 September 30, 1907
33rd Spyridon Merkouris October 1, 1907 September 30, 1911
34th Spyridon Merkouris October 1, 1911 March 31, 1914
35th Emmanouil Benakis April 1, 1914 September 25, 1919
35th Georgios Tsohas November 26, 1917 July 8, 1919
36th Spyridon Patsis July 9, 1919 November 2, 1920
37th Georgios Tsohas November 26, 1920 September 20, 1922
38th Spyridon Patsis September 21, 1922 November 30, 1925
39th Spyridon Patsis December 1, 1925 August 31, 1929
40th Spyridon Merkouris September 1, 1929 March 31, 1934
41st Kostas Kotzias April 1, 1934 September 15, 1936
42nd Ambrosios Plytas September 16, 1936 May 10, 1941
43rd Konstantinos Mermigas May 11, 1941 August 1, 1941
44th Angelos Georgatos August 2, 1941 August 19, 1941
45th Angelos Georgatos August 20, 1941 October 11, 1944
46th Aristeidis Skliros October 12, 1944 May 17, 1946
47th Ioannis Pitsikas May 18, 1946 August 17, 1950
48th Antonios Ragousis August 18, 1950 May 19, 1951
49th Konstantinos Kotzias May 20, 1951 July 6, 1951
50th Konstantinos Nikolopoulos July 7, 1951 July 11, 1951
51st Konstantinos Kotzias July 12, 1951 December 8, 1951
52nd Konstantinos Deligiannis December 9, 1951 December 17, 1951
53rd Konstantinos Nikolopoulos December 18, 1951 February 12, 1955
54th Pafsanias Katsotas February 13, 1955 October 8, 1955
55th Fokion Theodoropoulos October 9, 1955 October 14, 1955
56th Pafsanias Katsotas October 15, 1955 December 20, 1955
57th Fokion Theodoropoulos December 21, 1955 December 30, 1955
58th Pafsanias Katsotas December 31, 1955 February 2, 1956
59th Alexandros Magriplis February 2, 1956 February 10, 1956
60th Pafsanias Katsotas February 10, 1956 June 28, 1959
61st Angelos Tsoukalas June 29, 1959 June 5, 1964
62nd Ioannis Papakonstantinou June 6, 1964 September 14, 1964
63rd Georgios Plytas September 15, 1964 December 9, 1967
64th Dimitrios Ritsos December 10, 1967 December 17, 1967
65th Dimitrios Ritsos December 18, 1967 September 17, 1974
66th Konstantinos Darras September 25, 1974 June 1, 1975
67th Ioannis Papatheodorou June 6, 1975 December 31, 1978
68th Dimitrios Beis January 1, 1979 December 31, 1986 PASOK
69th Miltiadis Evert January 1, 1987 May 14, 1989 New Democracy (Greece)
70th Nikolaos Giatrakos May 15, 1989 December 31, 1990
71st Antonis Tritsis January 1, 1991 April 7, 1992 New Democracy (Greece)
72nd Leonidas Kouris April 22, 1992 December 31, 1994
73rd Dimitrios Avramopoulos January 1, 1995 December 31, 1998 New Democracy (Greece)
74th Dimitrios Avramopoulos January 1, 1999 December 31, 2002 New Democracy (Greece)

[edit] 21st Century

# Name Took Office Left Office Party
75th Dora Bakoyannis January 1, 2003 February 14, 2006 New Democracy (Greece)
75th (* as acting Mayor) Fotini Pipili February 15, 2006 February 22, 2006 New Democracy (Greece)
76th Theodoros Behrakis February 23, 2006 31 December 2006 New Democracy (Greece)
77th Nikitas Kaklamanis 1 January 2007 Incumbent New Democracy (Greece)