List of Prime Ministers of Greece
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This is a list of the heads of government of the modern Greek state, from its establishment during the Greek Revolution to the present day. Although various official and semi-official appellations were used during the early decades of independent statehood, the title of Prime Minister has been the formal designation of the office at least since 1843. Note that the numbering system in the list is arbitrary and has no official status. On dates, Greece officially adopted the Gregorian calendar on 16 February 1923 (which became 1 March). All dates prior to that, unless specifically denoted, are Old Style.
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Military-led government | Caretaker government | Rival government (not internationally recognized or not controlling Athens) | ||||
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Russian Party | English Party | French Party | ||||
New Party | Nationalist Party | Liberal Party | ||||
People's Party | Communist Party | Nat. Progressive Center Union | ||||
Greek Rally/Nat. Radical Union | Centre Union | New Democracy | ||||
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) | Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) | no party affiliation or non-political | ||||
military (active) |
First Hellenic Republic (1822–1832/33)
The heads of government of the provisional Greek state during the Greek War of Independence, and the subsequent Hellenic State.
№ | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Term of Office | Party | Notes | ||
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Provisional Administration of Greece (1822–1827) | |||||||
1 | Alexandros Mavrokordatos Αλέξανδρος Μαυροκορδάτος (1791–1865) |
1 | 13 January 1822 | 30 April 1823 | President of the Executive of 1822. Theodoros Negris holds the office of "President of the Ministerial Council" | ||
2 | Petros Mavromichalis Πέτρος Μαυρομιχάλης (1765–1848) |
30 April 1823 | 6 January 1824 | President of the Executive of 1823 | |||
3 | Georgios Kountouriotis Γεώργιος Κουντουριώτης (1782–1858) |
1 | 6 January 1824 | 12 April 1826 | French Party | President of the Executive of 1824 | |
4 | Andreas Zaimis Ανδρέας Ζαΐμης (1791–1840) |
26 April 1826 | 2 April 1827 | President of the Governmental Commission of Greece (1826) | |||
— | Georgios Mavromichalis Γεώργιος Μαυρομιχάλης (1800-1831) |
2 April 1827 | 18 January 1828 | President of the Acting Vice-Governmental Commission governing in the name of the designated Governor, Ioaniis Kapodistrias, until his arrival in Greece | |||
Hellenic State (1828–1832) | |||||||
5 | Ioannis Kapodistrias Ιωάννης Καποδίστριας (1776–1831) |
18 January 1828 | 27 September 1831 | Russian Party | Governor of Greece, Head of State and Government. Assassinated on 9 October 1831 (27 September O.S.). | ||
6 | Augustinos Kapodistrias Αυγουστίνος Καποδίστριας (1778–1857) |
1 | 9 October 1831 | 5 December 1831 | Russian Party | President of the Governmental Commission of Greece (1831–32), which also included Ioannis Kolettis and Theodoros Kolokotronis | |
2 | 5 December 1831 | 15 March 1832 | "President of the Greek Government" until promulgation of the Constitution | ||||
3 | 15 March 1832 | 28 March 1832 | Nominated "Governor of Greece" until the arrival of King Otto, but abandons his posts and flees to Corfu shortly thereafter, following a coup led by Kolettis. | ||||
— | Ioannis Kolettis, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Andreas Zaimis, Andreas Metaxas, Dimitrios Boundouris | 28 March 1832 | 14 April 1832 | Governmental Commission of Greece (1832), which governed until the arrival of King Otto | |||
— | Georgios Kountouriotis, Dimitrios Ypsilantis, Ioannis Kolettis, Dimitrios Plapoutas, Andreas Zaimis, Andreas Metaxas | 14 April 1832 | 25 January 1833 |
Kingdom of Greece – House of Wittelsbach Dynasty (1833–1862)
The heads of government during the reign of King Otto.
№ | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Election | Term of Office | Party | Notes | ||
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Absolute Monarchy (1833–1843) | ||||||||
7 | Spyridon Trikoupis Σπυρίδων Τρικούπης (1788–1873) |
— | 1 | 25 January 1833 | 3 April 1833 | English Party | President of the Ministerial Council | |
2 | 3 April 1833 | 12 October 1833 | ||||||
8 | Alexandros Mavrokordatos Αλέξανδρος Μαυροκορδάτος (1791–1865) |
— | 2 | 12 October 1833 | 31 May 1834 | English Party | President of the Ministerial Council, resigned due to disagreements with the regency. | |
9 | Ioannis Kolettis Ιωάννης Κωλέττης (1774–1847) |
— | 1 | 12 June 1834 | 20 May 1835 | French Party | President of the Ministerial Council | |
10 | Count Josef Ludwig von Armansperg Κόμης Ιωσήφ Λουδοβίκος Άρμανσμπεργκ (1787–1853) |
— | 20 May 1835 | 2 February 1837 | Chief Secretary of State | |||
11 | Ignaz von Rudhart Ιγνάτιος φον Ρούτχαρτ (1790–1838) |
— | 2 February 1837 | 8 December 1837 | Chief Secretary of State | |||
12 | King Otto Βασιλεύς Όθων (1815–1867) |
— | 1 | 8 December 1837 | 24 June 1841 | Personally supervised the cabinet | ||
13 | Alexandros Mavrokordatos Αλέξανδρος Μαυροκορδάτος (1791–1865) |
— | 3 | 24 June 1841 | 10 August 1841 | English Party | Chief Secretary of State; appointed on 10 February while ambassador to Britain, but returned to Greece and formed government on 24 June. | |
14 | King Otto Βασιλεύς Όθων (1815–1867) |
— | 2 | 10 August 1841 | 3 September 1843 | Personally supervised the cabinet until the 3 September 1843 Revolution | ||
Constitutional Monarchy (1843–1862) | ||||||||
15 | Andreas Metaxas Ανδρέας Μεταξάς (1790–1860) |
1843 | 3 September 1843 | 16 February 1844 | Russian Party | Provisional cabinet following the 3 September 1843 Revolution. Elections for the Constitutional Assembly | ||
16 | Constantine Kanaris Κωνσταντίνος Κανάρης (1790–1877) |
— | 1 | 16 February 1844 | 30 March 1844 | Russian Party | Provisional Cabinet. Adoption of the 1844 Constitution | |
17 | Alexandros Mavrokordatos Αλέξανδρος Μαυροκορδάτος (1791–1865) |
— | 4 | 30 March 1844 | 4 August 1844 | English Party | Caretaker cabinet for the 1844 elections | |
18 | Ioannis Kolettis Ιωάννης Κωλέττης (1774–1847) |
1844 1847 |
2 | 6 August 1844 | 31 August 1847 | French Party | Died in office | |
19 | Kitsos Tzavelas Κίτσος Τζαβέλας (1801–1855) |
— | 5 September 1847 | 8 March 1848 | French Party | Tzavellas was Otto's aide-de-camp and nominated to succeed Kolettis by the King | ||
20 | Georgios Kountouriotis Γεώργιος Κουντουριώτης (1782–1858) |
— | 2 | 4 March 1848 | 15 October 1848 | French Party | Headed joint French Party and Russian Party cabinet | |
21 | Constantine Kanaris Κωνσταντίνος Κανάρης (1790–1877) |
— | 2 | 15 October 1848 | 12 December 1849 | Russian Party | ||
22 | Antonios Kriezis Αντώνιος Κριεζής (1796–1865) |
1850 1853 |
14 December 1849 | 16 May 1854 | English Party | Government resigned due to Great Power pressure including the landing of French troops in Piraeus, enforcing Greece's neutrality during the Crimean War | ||
23 | Alexandros Mavrokordatos Αλέξανδρος Μαυροκορδάτος (1791–1865) |
— | 5 | 16 May 1854 | 28 September 1855 | English Party | Called the "Occupation Ministry" due to its instalment after the landing of French troops | |
24 | Dimitrios Voulgaris Δημήτριος Βούλγαρης (1802–1878) |
1856 | 1 | 29 September 1855 | 13 November 1857 | French Party | ||
25 | Athanasios Miaoulis Αθανάσιος Μιαούλης (1815–1867) |
1859 1861 |
13 November 1857 | 26 May 1862 | Cabinet fell following the 1859 elections. Constantine Kanaris failed to form a new cabinet, and Miaoulis resumed his post after him on 29 May 1859. | |||
26 | Gennaios Kolokotronis Γενναίος Κολοκοτρώνης (1803–1868) |
— | 26 May 1862 | 11 October 1862 | Resigned following the deposition of King Otto by revolt on 10 October | |||
Regency (1862–1863) | ||||||||
27 | Dimitrios Voulgaris Δημήτριος Βούλγαρης (1802–1878) |
1862 | 2 | 11 October 1862 | 9 February 1863 | French Party | Head of Provisional Government. Held elections for the National Assembly | |
28 | Aristidis Moraitinis Αριστείδης Μωραϊτίνης (1806–1875) |
— | 9 February 1863 | 13 February 1863 | Russian Party | President of the National Assembly | ||
29 | Zinovios Valvis Ζηνόβιος Βάλβης (1800–1886) |
— | 13 February 1863 | 25 March 1863 | Head of Provisional Government, appointed by the National Assembly | |||
30 | Diomidis Kyriakos Διομήδης Κυριακός (1811–1869) |
— | 27 March 1863 | 29 April 1863 | Head of Provisional Government, appointed by the National Assembly | |||
31 | Benizelos Rouphos Μπενιζέλος Ρούφος (1795–1868) |
— | 1 | 29 April 1863 | 19 June 1863 | French Party | Head of Provisional Government, appointed by the National Assembly. On 19 June dismissed by the Assembly under Diomidis Kyriakos due to the "Iouniana" clashes, re-assumed government on 21 June until the arrival of King George I. | |
2 | 21 June 1863 | 18 October 1863 | ||||||
Kingdom of Greece – Glücksburg Dynasty (1863–1924)
The heads of government during the first period of the Glücksburg dynasty.
№ | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Election | Term of Office | Party | Notes | ||
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32 | Dimitrios Voulgaris Δημήτριος Βούλγαρης (1802–1878) |
— | 3 | 25 October 1863 | 6 March 1864 | French Party | ||
33 | Constantine Kanaris Κωνσταντίνος Κανάρης (1790–1877) |
— | 3 | 6 March 1864 | 16 April 1864 | Russian Party | New Constitution adopted | |
34 | Zinovios Valvis Ζηνόβιος Βάλβης (1800–1886) |
— | 16 April 1864 | 26 July 1864 | ||||
35 | Constantine Kanaris Κωνσταντίνος Κανάρης (1790–1877) |
— | 4 | 26 July 1864 | 26 February 1865 | Russian Party | ||
36 | Alexandros Koumoundouros Αλέξανδρος Κουμουνδούρος (1817–1883) |
1865 | 1 | 2 March 1865 | 20 October 1865 | Nationalist Party | ||
37 | Epameinondas Deligeorgis Επαμεινώνδας Δεληγιώργης (1829–1889) |
— | 1 | 20 October 1865 | 3 November 1865 | National Committee | ||
38 | Dimitrios Voulgaris Δημήτριος Βούλγαρης (1802–1878) |
— | 4 | 3 November 1865 | 6 November 1865 | |||
39 | Alexandros Koumoundouros Αλέξανδρος Κουμουνδούρος (1817–1883) |
— | 2 | 6 November 1865 | 13 November 1865 | Nationalist Party | ||
40 | Epameinondas Deligeorgis Επαμεινώνδας Δεληγιώργης (1829–1889) |
— | 2 | 13 November 1865 | 28 November 1865 | National Committee | ||
41 | Benizelos Rouphos Μπενιζέλος Ρούφος (1795–1868) |
— | 3 | 28 November 1865 | 9 June 1866 | |||
42 | Dimitrios Voulgaris Δημήτριος Βούλγαρης (1802–1878) |
— | 5 | 9 June 1866 | 18 December 1866 | |||
43 | Alexandros Koumoundouros Αλέξανδρος Κουμουνδούρος (1817–1883) |
— | 3 | 18 December 1866 | 20 December 1867 | Nationalist Party | ||
44 | Aristeidis Moraitinis Αριστείδης Μωραϊτίνης (1806–1875) |
— | 20 December 1867 | 25 January 1868 | ||||
45 | Dimitrios Voulgaris Δημήτριος Βούλγαρης (1802–1878) |
1868 | 6 | 25 January 1868 | 25 January 1869 | |||
46 | Thrasyvoulos Zaimis Θρασύβουλος Ζαΐμης (1829–1880) |
1869 | 1 | 6 February 1869 | 22 July 1870 | |||
47 | Epameinondas Deligeorgis Επαμεινώνδας Δεληγιώργης (1829–1889) |
— | 3 | 22 July 1870 | 15 December 1870 | |||
48 | Alexandros Koumoundouros Αλέξανδρος Κουμουνδούρος (1817–1883) |
— | 4 | 15 December 1870 | 9 November 1871 | Nationalist Party | ||
49 | Thrasyvoulos Zaimis Θρασύβουλος Ζαΐμης (1829–1880) |
— | 2 | 9 November 1871 | 6 January 1872 | |||
50 | Dimitrios Voulgaris Δημήτριος Βούλγαρης (1802–1878) |
1872 | 7 | 6 January 1872 | 20 July 1872 | |||
51 | Epameinondas Deligeorgis Επαμεινώνδας Δεληγιώργης (1829–1889) |
1873 | 4 | 20 July 1872 | 21 February 1874 | |||
52 | Dimitrios Voulgaris Δημήτριος Βούλγαρης (1802–1878) |
1874 | 21 February 1874 | 8 May 1875 | ||||
53 | Charilaos Trikoupis Χαρίλαος Τρικούπης (1832–1896) |
1875 | 8 May 1875 | 27 October 1875 | New Party | Principle of parliamentary majority introduced | ||
54 | Alexandros Koumoundouros Αλέξανδρος Κουμουνδούρος (1817–1883) |
— | 27 October 1875 | 8 December 1876 | Nationalist Party | |||
55 | Epameinondas Deligeorgis Επαμεινώνδας Δεληγιώργης (1829–1889) |
— | 8 December 1876 | 13 December 1876 | ||||
56 | Alexandros Koumoundouros Αλέξανδρος Κουμουνδούρος (1817–1883) |
— | 13 December 1876 | 10 March 1877 | Nationalist Party | |||
57 | Epameinondas Deligeorgis Επαμεινώνδας Δεληγιώργης (1829–1889) |
— | 10 March 1877 | 1 June 1877 | ||||
58 | Alexandros Koumoundouros Αλέξανδρος Κουμουνδούρος (1817–1883) |
— | 1 June 1877 | 7 June 1877 | Nationalist Party | |||
59 | Constantine Kanaris Κωνσταντίνος Κανάρης (1790–1877) |
— | 7 June 1877 | 14 September 1877 | Government of national unity | |||
60 | Alexandros Koumoundouros Αλέξανδρος Κουμουνδούρος (1817–1883) |
— | 14 September 1877 | 2 November 1878 | Nationalist Party | |||
61 | Charilaos Trikoupis Χαρίλαος Τρικούπης (1832–1896) |
— | 2 November 1878 | 7 November 1878 | New Party | |||
62 | Alexandros Koumoundouros Αλέξανδρος Κουμουνδούρος (1817–1883) |
1879 | 7 November 1878 | 22 March 1880 | Nationalist Party | |||
63 | Charilaos Trikoupis Χαρίλαος Τρικούπης (1832–1896) |
— | 22 March 1880 | 25 October 1880 | New Party | |||
64 | Alexandros Koumoundouros Αλέξανδρος Κουμουνδούρος (1817–1883) |
1881 | 25 October 1880 | 15 March 1882 | Nationalist Party | |||
65 | Charilaos Trikoupis Χαρίλαος Τρικούπης (1832–1896) |
— | 15 March 1882 | 1 May 1885 | New Party | |||
66 | Theodoros Deligiannis Θεόδωρος Δηλιγιάννης (1820–1905) |
1885 | 1 May 1885 | 9 May 1886 | Nationalist Party | |||
67 | Dimitrios Valvis Δημήτριος Βάλβης (1814–1886) |
— | 9 May 1886 | 21 May 1886 | ||||
68 | Charilaos Trikoupis Χαρίλαος Τρικούπης (1832–1896) |
1887 | 21 May 1886 | 5 November 1890 | New Party | Three consecutive terms | ||
69 | Theodoros Deligiannis Θεόδωρος Δηλιγιάννης (1820–1905) |
1890 | 5 November 1890 | 1 March 1892 | Nationalist Party | |||
70 | Konstantinos Konstantopoulos Κωνσταντίνος Κωνσταντόπουλος (1832–1910) |
1892 | 1 March 1892 | 22 June 1892 | Nationalist Party | |||
71 | Charilaos Trikoupis Χαρίλαος Τρικούπης (1832–1896) |
— | 22 June 1892 | 15 May 1893 | New Party | Public insolvency declared | ||
72 | Sotirios Sotiropoulos Σωτήριος Σωτηρόπουλος (1831–1898) |
— | 15 May 1893 | 11 November 1893 | ||||
73 | Charilaos Trikoupis Χαρίλαος Τρικούπης (1832–1896) |
— | 11 November 1893 | 24 January 1895 | New Party | |||
74 | Nikolaos Deligiannis Νικόλαος Δηλιγιάννης (1845–1910) |
1895 | 24 January 1895 | 11 June 1895 | Nationalist Party | |||
75 | Theodoros Deligiannis Θεόδωρος Δηλιγιάννης (1820–1905) |
— | 11 June 1895 | 30 April 1897 | Nationalist Party | |||
76 | Dimitrios Rallis Δημήτριος Ράλλης (1844–1921) |
— | 30 April 1897 | 3 October 1897 | ||||
77 | Alexandros Zaimis Αλέξανδρος Ζαΐμης (1855–1936) |
1899 | 3 October 1897 | 14 April 1899 | ||||
78 | Georgios Theotokis Γεώργιος Θεοτόκης (1844–1916) |
— | 14 April 1899 | 25 November 1901 | New Party | |||
79 | Alexandros Zaimis Αλέξανδρος Ζαΐμης (1855–1936) |
1902 | 25 November 1901 | 6 December 1902 | ||||
80 | Theodoros Deligiannis Θεόδωρος Δηλιγιάννης (1820–1905) |
— | 6 December 1902 | 27 June 1903 | Nationalist Party | |||
81 | Georgios Theotokis Γεώργιος Θεοτόκης (1844–1916) |
— | 27 June 1903 | 11 July 1903 | New Party | |||
82 | Dimitrios Rallis Δημήτριος Ράλλης (1844–1921) |
— | 11 July 1903 | 19 December 1903 | ||||
83 | Georgios Theotokis Γεώργιος Θεοτόκης (1844–1916) |
— | 19 December 1903 | 29 December 1904 | New Party | |||
84 | Theodoros Deligiannis Θεόδωρος Δηλιγιάννης (1820–1905) |
1905 | 29 December 1904 | 13 June 1905 | Nationalist Party | |||
85 | Dimitrios Rallis Δημήτριος Ράλλης (1844–1921) |
— | 22 June 1905 | 21 December 1905 | ||||
86 | Georgios Theotokis Γεώργιος Θεοτόκης (1844–1916) |
1906 | 21 December 1905 | 29 July 1909 | New Party | |||
87 | Dimitrios Rallis Δημήτριος Ράλλης (1844–1921) |
— | 29 July 1909 | 28 August 1909 | Goudi coup by the Military League | |||
88 | Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis Κυριακούλης Μαυρομιχάλης (1849–1916) |
— | 28 August 1909 | 31 January 1910 | Supervised by the Military League | |||
89 | Stephanos Dragoumis Στέφανος Δραγούμης (1842–1923) |
Aug. 1910 | 31 January 1910 | 19 October 1910 | ||||
90 | Eleftherios Venizelos Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος (1864–1936) |
Nov. 1910 1912 |
1 | 19 October 1910 | 10 March 1915 | Liberal Party | Two terms (Nov. 1910 and 1912 elections). New Constitution adopted. Resigned after disagreement with King Constantine I. | |
91 | Dimitrios Gounaris Δημήτριος Γούναρης (1866–1922) |
May 1915 | 10 March 1915 | 23 August 1915 | People's Party | |||
92 | Eleftherios Venizelos Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος (1864–1936) |
— | 2 | 23 August 1915 | 7 October 1915 | Liberal Party | Won May elections, resigned again over disagreement with the king over Greece's entry in the First World War. Begin of National Schism. | |
93 | Alexandros Zaimis Αλέξανδρος Ζαΐμης (1855–1936) |
— | 7 October 1915 | 7 November 1915 | ||||
94 | Stephanos Skouloudis Στέφανος Σκουλούδης (1836–1928) |
Dec. 1915 | 7 November 1915 | 22 June 1916 | ||||
95 | Alexandros Zaimis Αλέξανδρος Ζαΐμης (1855–1936) |
— | 22 June 1916 | 16 September 1916 | ||||
96 | Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos Νικόλαος Καλογερόπουλος (1853–1927) |
— | 16 September 1916 | 10 October 1916 | ||||
— | Eleftherios Venizelos Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος (1864–1936) |
— | 19 September 1916 | 27 June 1917 | Liberal Party | Rival "Provisional Government of National Defence" in Thessaloniki controlling northern Greece, the Aegean Islands and Crete. Recognized by World War I Allies as of 19 December 1916. Entered World War I. | ||
97 | Spyridon Lambros Σπυρίδων Λάμπρος (1851–1919) |
— | 10 October 1916 | 4 May 1917 | Official "royal" government, controlling southern Greece | |||
98 | Alexandros Zaimis Αλέξανδρος Ζαΐμης (1855–1936) |
— | 4 May 1917 | 27 June 1917 | Official "royal" government, controlling southern Greece | |||
99 | Eleftherios Venizelos Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος (1864–1936) |
1920 | 3 | 27 June 1917 | 17 November 1920 | Liberal Party | Abdication of King Constantine after Allied ultimatum. Controlling the entire country, official entry of Greece into the First World War. | |
100 | Dimitrios Rallis Δημήτριος Ράλλης (1844–1921) |
— | 17 November 1920 | 6 February 1921 | People's Party | |||
101 | Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos Νικόλαος Καλογερόπουλος (1853–1927) |
— | 6 February 1921 | 8 April 1921 | People's Party | |||
102 | Dimitrios Gounaris Δημήτριος Γούναρης (1866–1922) |
— | 8 April 1921 | 16 May 1922 | People's Party | |||
103 | Nikolaos Stratos Νικόλαος Στράτος (1872–1922) |
— | 16 May 1922 | 22 May 1922 | People's Party | |||
104 | Petros Protopapadakis Πέτρος Πρωτοπαπαδάκης (1860–1922) |
— | 22 May 1922 | 10 September 1922 | People's Party | |||
105 | Nikolaos Triantafyllakos Νικόλαος Τριανταφυλλάκος (1855–1939) |
— | 10 September 1922 | 29 September 1922 | Military revolt after the Asia Minor Catastrophe, led by Colonels Nikolaos Plastiras and Stylianos Gonatas | |||
106 | Anastasios Charalambis Αναστάσιος Χαραλάμπης (1862–1949) |
— | 29 September 1922 | 30 September 1922 | Lt. General. Prime Minister for one day in absence of Sotirios Krokidas from Athens | |||
107 | Sotirios Krokidas Σωτήριος Κροκιδάς (1852–1924) |
— | 30 September 1922 | 27 November 1922 | Law professor. Head of interim government under military supervision. Resigned over Trial of the Six. | |||
108 | Stylianos Gonatas Στυλιανός Γονατάς (1876–1966) |
1923 | 27 November 1922 | 11 January 1924 | Colonel. On 15 Jan 1924, Plastiras and Gonatas surrendered power to the National Assembly | |||
109 | Eleftherios Venizelos Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος (1864–1936) |
— | 4 | 11 January 1924 | 6 February 1924 | Liberal Party | ||
110 | Georgios Kafantaris Γεώργιος Καφαντάρης (1873–1946) |
— | 6 February 1924 | 12 March 1924 |
Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935)
№ | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Election | Term of Office | Party | Notes | ||
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111 | Alexandros Papanastasiou Αλέξανδρος Παπαναστασίου (1876–1936) |
— | 1 | 12 March 1924 | 25 July 1924 | Government formed in alliance with Liberal Party. Republic proclaimed on 25 March and confirmed by plebiscite on 13 April | ||
112 | Themistoklis Sofoulis Θεμιστοκλής Σοφούλης (1862–1949) |
— | 1 | 25 July 1924 | 7 October 1924 | Liberal Party | ||
113 | Andreas Michalakopoulos Ανδρέας Μιχαλακόπουλος (1876–1938) |
— | 7 October 1924 | 26 June 1925 | Liberal Party | Overthrown by coup | ||
114 | Theodoros Pangalos Θεόδωρος Πάγκαλος (1878–1952) |
— | 26 June 1925 | 19 July 1926 | Lt. General. Dictator | |||
115 | Athanasios Eftaxias Αθανάσιος Ευταξίας (1849–1931) |
— | 19 July 1926 | 23 August 1926 | Under Theodoros Pangalos' dictatorship | |||
116 | Georgios Kondylis Γεώργιος Κονδύλης (1879–1936) |
— | 1 | 26 August 1926 | 4 December 1926 | Major General. Overthrew Pangalos, de facto since August 23, head of caretaker government | ||
117 | Alexandros Zaimis Αλέξανδρος Ζαΐμης (1855–1936) |
1926 | 1 | 4 December 1926 | 17 August 1927 | Compromise candidate heading "ecumenical government" after no party won parliamentary majority during the November 1926 elections. Passage of the 1927 Constitution | ||
2 | 17 August 1927 | 8 February 1928 | ||||||
3 | 8 February 1928 | 4 July 1928 | ||||||
118 | Eleftherios Venizelos Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος (1864–1936) |
1928 | 5 | 4 July 1928 | 7 June 1929 | Liberal Party | Won 1928 elections. Friendship Treaty with Turkey (1930), agrarian reforms | |
6 | 7 June 1929 | 16 December 1929 | ||||||
7 | 16 December 1929 | 26 May 1932 | ||||||
119 | Alexandros Papanastasiou Αλέξανδρος Παπαναστασίου (1876–1936) |
— | 2 | 26 May 1932 | 5 June 1932 | Agricultural and Labour Party | ||
120 | Eleftherios Venizelos Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος (1864–1936) |
— | 8 | 5 June 1932 | 4 November 1932 | Liberal Party | ||
121 | Panagis Tsaldaris Παναγής Τσαλδάρης (1868–1936) |
1932 | 1 | 4 November 1932 | 16 January 1933 | People's Party | ||
122 | Eleftherios Venizelos Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος (1864–1936) |
— | 9 | 16 January 1933 | 6 March 1933 | Liberal Party | Lost 5 March 1933 elections; outbreak of pro-Venizelos military coup | |
123 | Alexandros Othonaios Αλέξανδρος Οθωναίος (1879–1970) |
— | 6 March 1933 | 10 March 1933 | Venizelist Lt. General. Head of military emergency government during the 1933 Venizelist coup attempt. | |||
124 | Panagis Tsaldaris Παναγής Τσαλδάρης (1868–1936) |
1933 1935 |
2 | 10 March 1933 | 10 October 1935 | People's Party | After successful suppression of Venizelist revolt in March 1935, gradual reorientation towards restoration of monarchy. Toppled by Armed Forces coup d'état. |
Kingdom of Greece – Glücksburg Dynasty restored (1935–1973)
The heads of government during the second period of the Glücksburg dynasty, including the rival governments during the Second World War and the Civil War, as well as the 1967–74 military regime.
№ | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Election | Term of Office | Party | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
125 | Georgios Kondylis Γεώργιος Κονδύλης (1879–1936) |
— | 2 | 10 October 1935 | 30 November 1935 | National Radical Party | Lt. General and head of the small National Radical Party. Assumed government with the support of the Armed Forces chiefs, abolished the Republic on 10 October, confirmed by plebiscite. Regent until the return of King George II on 3 November 1935. | |
126 | Konstantinos Demertzis Κωνσταντίνος Δεμερτζής (1876–1936) |
1936 | 30 November 1935 | 12 April 1936 | None | Professor of Law, elected as a neutral candidate, initially as head of a caretaker government. After the deadlock of the 1936 elections and until his death, head of compromise government. | ||
127 | Ioannis Metaxas Ιωάννης Μεταξάς (1871–1941) |
— | 13 April 1936 | 29 January 1941 | Freethinkers' Party | Retired Lt. General. Vice-president of Demertzis' government. Suspended Parliament and established dictatorship on 4 August 1936. | ||
128 | Alexandros Koryzis (1885–1941) |
— | 29 January 1941 | 18 April 1941 | None | Chairman of the Bank of Greece, appointed by King George II as Prime Minister. Committed suicide upon the entrance of the German troops in Athens | ||
129 | Emmanouil Tsouderos Εμμανουήλ Τσουδερός (1882–1956) |
— | 21 April 1941 | 14 April 1944 | None | Chairman of the Bank of Greece, appointed by King George II. In exile to London and after in Cairo from 29 April 1941. | ||
Collaborationist governments during the occupation by Axis powers (1941–1944) | ||||||||
— | Georgios Tsolakoglou Γεώργιος Τσολάκογλου (1886–1948) |
— | 29 April 1941 | 2 December 1942 | Lieutenant General. Signed, on his own initiative, the unconditional surrender of the Hellenic Army to the Nazis in April 1941. First head of the collaborationist government under Axis occupation. Resigned over the fiscal exploitation of Greece by the occupying powers | |||
— | Konstantinos Logothetopoulos Κωνσταντίνος Λογοθετόπουλος (1878–1951) |
— | 2 December 1942 | 7 April 1943 | None | Professor of Medicine. Second head of the collaborationist government under Axis occupation. Dismissed by the Germans as ineffective | ||
— | Ioannis Rallis Ιωάννης Ράλλης (1878–1946) |
— | 7 April 1943 | 12 October 1944 | People's Party | Third head of the collaborationist government under Axis occupation. Created the Security Battalions, the collaborationist Wehrmacht-equipped paramilitary groups dedicated to the persecution of resistance groups and the support of Nazi occupation troops | ||
Political Committee of National Liberation ("Mountain Government") (1944) | ||||||||
— | Evripidis Bakirtzis Ευριπίδης Μπακιρτζής (1895–1947) |
— | 10 March 1944 | 18 April 1944 | Communist Party | Chairmen of the Political Committee of National Liberation (PEEA), a government in EAM-held territories | ||
— | Alexandros Svolos Αλέξανδρος Σβώλος (1892–1952) |
— | 18 April 1944 | 2 September 1944 | Socialist Party of Greece Professor of Law | |||
130 | Sophoklis Venizelos Σοφοκλής Βενιζέλος (1894–1964) |
— | 1 | 14 April 1944 | 26 April 1944 | Liberal Party | Head of the internationally recognized government-in-exile in Cairo. | |
131 | Georgios Papandreou Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου (1888–1968) |
— | 26 April 1944 | 3 January 1945 | Democratic Socialist Party of Greece | Head of the internationally recognized government-in-exile in Cairo. Absorbed the PEEA after Lebanon conference in May 1944 and formed government of national unity. Repatriated 18 October 1944. Resigned during the Dekemvriana. | ||
132 | Nikolaos Plastiras Νικόλαος Πλαστήρας (1883–1953) |
— | 1 | 3 January 1945 | 8 April 1945 | Liberal-leaning | Retired Lt. General. A distinguished officer known as "The Black Rider" during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922. | |
133 | Petros Voulgaris Πέτρος Βούλγαρης (1884–1957) |
— | 1 | 8 April 1945 | 11 August 1945 | Rear Admiral | ||
2 | 11 August 1945 | 17 October 1945 | ||||||
134 | Archbishop Damaskinos Αρχιεπίσκοπος Δαμασκηνός (1891–1949) |
— | 17 October 1945 | 1 November 1945 | Archbishop of Athens. Regent and Prime Minister | |||
135 | Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Παναγιώτης Κανελλόπουλος (1902–1986) |
— | 1 | 1 November 1945 | 22 November 1945 | National Unionist Party | ||
136 | Themistoklis Sofoulis Θεμιστοκλής Σοφούλης (1862–1949) |
— | 2 | 22 November 1945 | 4 April 1946 | Liberal Party | ||
137 | Panagiotis Poulitsas Παναγιώτης Πουλίτσας (1881–1968) |
— | 4 April 1946 | 18 April 1946 | None | Senior judge. Interim government | ||
138 | Konstantinos Tsaldaris Κωνσταντίνος Τσαλδάρης (1884–1970) |
1946 | 1 | 18 April 1946 | 2 October 1946 | People's Party | ||
2 | 2 October 1946 | 24 January 1947 | ||||||
139 | Dimitrios Maximos Δημήτριος Μάξιμος (1873–1955) |
— | 24 January 1947 | 29 August 1947 | People's Party | Head of coalition government | ||
140 | Konstantinos Tsaldaris Κωνσταντίνος Τσαλδάρης (1884–1970) |
— | 3 | 29 August 1947 | 7 September 1947 | People's Party | ||
141 | Themistoklis Sofoulis Θεμιστοκλής Σοφούλης (1862–1949) |
— | 3 | 7 September 1947 | 18 November 1948 | Liberal Party | Four terms, head of coalition governments of all centrist and rightist parties | |
4 | 18 November 1948 | 20 January 1949 | ||||||
5 | 20 January 1949 | 14 April 1949 | ||||||
6 | 14 April 1949 | 24 June 1949 | ||||||
— | Markos Vafiadis Μάρκος Βαφειάδης (1906–1992) |
— | 24 December 1947 | 7 February 1949 | Communist Party | Heads of Provisional Democratic Government, a Communist rival government formed during the Greek Civil War. Defeated and in exile from 28 August 1949. | ||
— | Nikolaos Zachariadis Νικόλαος Ζαχαριάδης (1903–1973) |
— | 7 February 1949 | 3 April 1949 | Communist Party | |||
— | Dimitrios Partsalidis Δημήτριος Παρτσαλίδης (1905–1980) |
— | 3 April 1949 | October 1950 | Communist Party | |||
142 | Alexandros Diomidis Αλέξανδρος Διομήδης (1875–1950) |
— | 30 June 1949 | 6 January 1950 | Liberal Party | Vice-president of Sofoulis' government, acting since 24 June after his death, head of the coalition government of all centrist and rightist parties | ||
143 | Ioannis Theotokis Ιωάννης Θεοτόκης (1880–1961) |
— | 6 January 1950 | 23 March 1950 | People's Party | Head of caretaker government | ||
144 | Sophoklis Venizelos Σοφοκλής Βενιζέλος (1894–1964) |
1950 | 2 | 23 March 1950 | 15 April 1950 | Liberal Party | ||
145 | Nikolaos Plastiras Νικόλαος Πλαστήρας (1883–1953) |
— | 2 | 15 April 1950 | 21 August 1950 | National Progressive Centre Union | ||
146 | Sophoklis Venizelos Σοφοκλής Βενιζέλος (1894–1964) |
— | 3 | 21 August 1950 | 13 September 1950 | Liberal Party | ||
4 | 13 September 1950 | 3 November 1950 | ||||||
5 | 3 November 1950 | 27 October 1951 | ||||||
147 | Nikolaos Plastiras Νικόλαος Πλαστήρας (1883–1953) |
1951 | 3 | 27 October 1951 | 11 October 1952 | National Progressive Centre Union | Tried to heal the rift caused in Greek society by the Greek Civil War | |
148 | Dimitrios Kiousopoulos Δημήτριος Κιουσόπουλος (1892–1977) |
— | 11 October 1952 | 19 November 1952 | None | Senior Judge. Head of caretaker government | ||
149 | Alexander Papagos Αλέξανδρος Παπαγος (1883–1955) |
1952 | 19 November 1952 | 4 October 1955 | Greek Rally | Retired Field Marshal, former Commander-in-Chief of the Greek Armed Forces and former Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff | ||
150 | Konstantinos Karamanlis Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής (1907–1998) |
— | 1 | 6 October 1955 | 29 February 1956 | Greek Rally/National Radical Union | ||
1956 | 2 | 29 February 1956 | 5 March 1958 | |||||
151 | Konstantinos Georgakopoulos Κωνσταντίνος Γεωργακόπουλος (1890–1978) |
— | 5 March 1958 | 17 May 1958 | None | President of the Hellenic Red Cross and former Minister for National Education. Head of caretaker government | ||
152 | Konstantinos Karamanlis Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής (1907–1998) |
1958 | 3 | 17 May 1958 | 20 September 1961 | National Radical Union | ||
153 | Konstantinos Dovas Κωνσταντίνος Δόβας (1898–1973) |
— | 20 September 1961 | 4 November 1961 | None | Retired General and former Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, head of the Royal Household. Head of caretaker government | ||
154 | Konstantinos Karamanlis Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής (1907–1998) |
1961 | 4 | 4 November 1961 | 18 June 1963 | National Radical Union | ||
155 | Panagiotis Pipinelis Παναγιώτης Πιπινέλης (1899–1970) |
— | 19 June 1963 | 28 September 1963 | National Radical Union | |||
156 | Stylianos Mavromichalis Στυλιανός Μαυρομιχάλης (1902–1981) |
— | 28 September 1963 | 8 November 1963 | President of the Court of Cassation. Head of caretaker government | |||
157 | Georgios Papandreou Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου (1888–1968) |
1963 | 2 | 8 November 1963 | 31 December 1963 | Center Union | ||
158 | Ioannis Paraskevopoulos Ιωάννης Παρασκευόπουλος (1900–1984) |
— | 1 | 31 December 1963 | 19 February 1964 | None | Vice-chairman of the Bank of Greece. Head of caretaker government | |
159 | Georgios Papandreou Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου (1888–1968) |
1964 | 3 | 19 February 1964 | 15 July 1965 | Center Union | ||
160 | Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas Γεώργιος Αθανασιάδης-Νόβας (1893–1987) |
— | 15 July 1965 | 20 August 1965 | ex-Center Union | Failed to achieve parliamentary confidence during the 1965 Apostasy | ||
161 | Ilias Tsirimokos Ηλίας Τσιριμώκος (1907–1968) |
20 August 1965 | 17 September 1965 | ex-Center Union | Failed to achieve parliamentary confidence during the 1965 Apostasy | |||
162 | Stefanos Stefanopoulos Στέφανος Στεφανόπουλος (1898–1982) |
17 September 1965 | 22 December 1966 | Liberal Democratic Center | Failed to achieve parliamentary confidence during the 1965 Apostasy | |||
163 | Ioannis Paraskevopoulos Ιωάννης Παρασκευόπουλος (1900–1984) |
— | 2 | 22 December 1966 | 3 April 1967 | Vice-chairman of the Bank of Greece. Head of caretaker government | ||
164 | Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Παναγιώτης Κανελλόπουλος (1902–1986) |
2 | 3 April 1967 | 21 April 1967 | National Radical Union | Head of caretaker government | ||
Military Dictatorship (1967–1974) | ||||||||
165 | Konstantinos Kollias Κωνσταντίνος Κόλλιας (1901–1998) |
— | 21 April 1967 | 13 December 1967 | Senior Judge. Appointed Prime Minister by the military regime after a compromise between the leader of the junta Georgios Papadopoulos and King Constantine II | |||
166 | Georgios Papadopoulos Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος (1919–1999) |
— | 13 December 1967 | 8 October 1973 | Colonel, leader of the putschist officers and strongman of the military regime. Assumed the office after King Constantine's failed counter-coup on 13 December 1967. Monarchy abolished on 1 June 1973 and Republic proclaimed, with himself as President. | |||
167 | Spyros Markezinis Σπύρος Μαρκεζίνης (1909–2000) |
— | 8 October 1973 | 25 November 1973 | Progressive Party | Attempted democratization. Overthrown by hardliners led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis | ||
168 | Adamantios Androutsopoulos Αδαμάντιος Ανδρουτσόπουλος (1919–2000) |
— | 25 November 1973 | 24 July 1974 | Appointed Prime Minister by junta strongman Dimitrios Ioannides |
Third Hellenic Republic (1974–present)
№ | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Election | Term of Office | Party | Government (Coalition) |
Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
169 | Konstantinos G. Karamanlis Κωνσταντίνος Γ. Καραμανλής (1907–1998) |
— | 24 July 1974 | 21 November 1974 | New Democracy | National Unity (ND–EK-ND) |
Three consecutive terms. Monarchy abolished and parliamentary republic established by referendum on 13 December 1974. New Constitution adopted. | |
1974 | 21 November 1974 | 28 November 1977 | K.G.Karamanlis V | |||||
1977 | 28 November 1977 | 10 May 1980 | K.G.Karamanlis VI | |||||
170 | Georgios Rallis Γεώργιος Ράλλης (1918–2006) |
— | 10 May 1980 | 21 October 1981 | New Democracy | Rallis | Succeeded Karamanlis, who had resigned to become President | |
171 | Andreas Papandreou Ανδρέας Παπανδρέου (1919–1996) |
1981 | 21 October 1981 | 5 June 1985 | PASOK | A.Papandreou I | Two consecutive terms. 1986 Constitutional amendment reduces powers of Presidency. | |
1985 | 5 June 1985 | 2 July 1989 | A.Papandreou II | |||||
172 | Tzannis Tzannetakis Τζαννής Τζαννετάκης (1927–2010) |
June 1989 |
2 July 1989 | 12 October 1989 | New Democracy | Tzannetakis (ND–Syn) |
Head of coalition government with Synaspismós. | |
173 | Ioannis Grivas Ιωάννης Γρίβας (1923–) |
— | 12 October 1989 | 23 November 1989 | Independent | Grivas Caretaker | President of the Court of Cassation. Head of caretaker government. | |
174 | Xenophon Zolotas Ξενοφών Ζολώτας (1904–2004) |
Nov. 1989 |
23 November 1989 | 11 April 1990 | Independent | Zolotas Ecumenical (ND–PASOK–Syn) |
Former Governor of the Bank of Greece. Head of a national unity government. | |
175 | Konstantinos Mitsotakis Κωνσταντίνος Μητσοτάκης (1918–) |
1990 | 11 April 1990 | 13 October 1993 | New Democracy | Mitsotakis | Beginning of the Macedonia naming dispute. Resigned due to loss of parliamentary majority | |
176 | Andreas Papandreou Ανδρέας Παπανδρέου (1919–1996) |
1993 | 13 October 1993 | 22 January 1996 | PASOK | A.Papandreou III | Resigned due to ill health, died shortly afterwards | |
177 | Konstantinos Simitis Κωνσταντίνος Σημίτης (1936–) |
— | 22 January 1996 | 25 September 1996 | PASOK | Simitis I | Elected by party to substitute for ailing Papandreou. Imia crisis. Won 1996 elections, served for two consecutive terms. 2001 Constitutional amendment. | |
1996 | 25 September 1996 | 13 April 2000 | Simitis II | |||||
2000 | 13 April 2000 | 10 March 2004 | Simitis III | |||||
178 | Konstantinos A. Karamanlis Κωνσταντίνος A. Καραμανλής (1956–) |
2004 | 10 March 2004 | 17 September 2007 | New Democracy | K.A.Karamanlis I | Two consecutive terms. 2008 Constitutional amendment. 2004 Athens Olympics. | |
2007 | 17 September 2007 | 6 October 2009 | K.A.Karamanlis II | |||||
179 | George A. Papandreou Γεώργιος Α. Παπανδρέου (1952–) |
2009 | 6 October 2009 | 11 November 2011 | PASOK | G.Papandreou | 2010–2012 debt crisis. Resigned. | |
180 | Lucas Papademos Λουκάς Παπαδήμος (1947–) |
— | 11 November 2011 | 16 May 2012 | Independent | Papademos Coalition (PASOK–ND –LAOS until 10.2.2012) |
National unity government in response to debt crisis. | |
181 | Panagiotis Pikrammenos Παναγιώτης Πικραμμένος (1945–) |
May 2012 |
16 May 2012 | 20 June 2012 | Independent | Pikrammenos Caretaker | President of the Council of State. Head of caretaker government after failed coalition formation. | |
182 | Antonis Samaras Αντώνης Σαμαράς (1951–) |
June 2012 |
20 June 2012 | 26 January 2015 | New Democracy | Samaras (ND–PASOK –DIMAR until 21.6.2013 –SNE from 10.6.2014) |
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183 | Alexis Tsipras Αλέξης Τσίπρας (1974–) |
Jan. 2015 |
26 January 2015 | 27 August 2015 | SYRIZA | Tsipras I (SYRIZA–ANEL–OP) |
Elected on anti-austerity platform. Announced the Greek bailout referendum, signed the Third bailout agreement. Resigned due to rebellion of SYRIZA MPs opposing the agreement. | |
184 | Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou Βασιλική Θάνου-Χριστοφίλου (1950–) |
— | 27 August 2015 | 21 September 2015 | Independent | Thanou-Christophilou Caretaker | President of the Court of Cassation. Head of caretaker government. First female Greek Prime Minister. | |
185 | Alexis Tsipras Αλέξης Τσίπρας (1974–) |
Sep. 2015 |
21 September 2015 | Incumbent | SYRIZA | Tsipras II (SYRIZA–ANEL–OP) |
Elected after resignation. |
Living former Prime Ministers
Name | Term | Date of birth |
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Ioannis Grivas | 1989 | 23 February 1923 |
Konstantinos Mitsotakis | 1990–1993 | 18 October 1918 |
Konstantinos Simitis | 1996–2004 | 23 June 1936 |
Kostas Karamanlis | 2004–2009 | 14 September 1956 |
George Papandreou | 2009–2011 | 16 June 1952 |
Lucas Papademos | 2011–2012 | 11 October 1947 |
Panagiotis Pikrammenos | 2012 | 26 July 1945 |
Antonis Samaras | 2012–2015 | 23 May 1951 |
Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou | 2015 | 1950 |
See also
- List of heads of state of Greece
- Politics of Greece
- Rulers of Greece
- Lists of office-holders of all nations
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