List of heads of government of Greece
This article lists all the heads of government of Greece .
Governors of the First Hellenic Republic (1827–1832)
Surname | Life dates | Taking office | Resignation | comment |
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Ioannis Kapodistrias | 1776-1831 | January 24, 1828 | October 9, 1831 | Heads of government and heads of state ( presidential system of government ) Legitimated by a national assembly elected directly by the people in 1829 |
Augustinos Kapodistrias | 1778-1857 | October 9, 1831 | April 9, 1832 | |
three-person committee | April 9, 1832 | February 6, 1833 |
Prime Minister of the First Kingdom of Greece (1832-1924)
Surname | Life dates | Taking office | Resignation | comment |
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Spyridon Trikoupis | 1788-1873 | February 6, 1833 | October 24, 1833 | Absolute monarchy (no elected parliament) |
Alexandros Mavrokordatos | 1791-1865 | October 24, 1833 | June 12, 1834 | |
Ioannis Kolettis | 1774-1847 | June 12, 1834 | June 1, 1835 | |
Josef Ludwig Count of Armansperg | 1787-1853 | June 1, 1835 | February 14, 1837 | |
Ignaz von Rudhart | 1790-1838 | February 14, 1837 | December 20, 1837 | |
King Otto of Greece | 1815-1867 | December 20, 1837 | July 6, 1841 | |
Alexandros Mavrokordatos | 1791-1865 | July 6, 1841 | August 22, 1841 | |
King Otto of Greece | 1815-1867 | August 22, 1841 | September 15, 1843 | |
Andreas Metaxas | 1790-1860 | September 15, 1843 | March 11, 1844 | (first constitutional prime minister, first parliamentary election took place in 1844) |
Konstantinos Kanaris | 1790-1877 | March 11, 1844 | April 11, 1844 | |
Alexandros Mavrokordatos | 1791-1865 | April 11, 1844 | August 18, 1844 | |
Ioannis Kolettis | 1774-1847 | August 18, 1844 | September 17, 1847 | |
Kitsos Tzavelas | 1801-1855 | September 17, 1847 | March 19, 1848 | |
Georgios Koundouriotis | 1782-1858 | March 19, 1848 | October 17, 1848 | |
Konstantinos Kanaris | 1790-1877 | October 17, 1848 | December 24, 1849 | |
Antonios Kriezis | 1796-1865 | December 24, 1849 | May 28, 1854 | |
Konstantinos Kanaris | 1790-1877 | May 28, 1854 | July 29, 1854 | |
Alexandros Mavrokordatos | 1791-1865 | July 29, 1854 | October 11, 1855 | |
Dimitrios Voulgaris | 1802-1878 | October 11, 1855 | November 25, 1857 | |
Athanasios Miaoulis | 1815-1867 | November 25, 1857 | June 7, 1862 | |
Gennaios Kolokotronis | 1803-1868 | June 7, 1862 | October 23, 1862 | |
Dimitrios Voulgaris | 1802-1878 | October 23, 1862 | February 21, 1863 | |
Aristidis Moraitinis | 1806-1875 | February 21, 1863 | February 24, 1863 | |
Zinovios Valvis | 1800-1886 | February 24, 1863 | April 9, 1863 | |
Diomidis Kyriakos | 1811-1869 | April 9, 1863 | May 10, 1863 | |
Benizelos Rouphos | 1795-1868 | May 10, 1863 | October 30, 1863 | |
Dimitrios Voulgaris | 1802-1878 | November 6, 1863 | March 17, 1864 | |
Konstantinos Kanaris | 1790-1877 | March 17, 1864 | April 28, 1864 | |
Zinovios Valvis | 1800-1886 | April 28, 1864 | August 7, 1864 | |
Konstantinos Kanaris | 1790-1877 | August 7, 1864 | February 9, 1865 | |
Benizelos Rouphos | 1795-1868 | February 9, 1865 | March 14, 1865 | |
Alexandros Koumoundouros | 1817-1883 | March 14, 1865 | November 1, 1865 | |
Epaminondas Deligiorgis | 1829-1879 | November 1, 1865 | November 15, 1865 | |
Dimitrios Voulgaris | 1802-1878 | November 15, 1865 | November 18, 1865 | |
Alexandros Koumoundouros | 1817-1883 | November 18, 1865 | November 25, 1865 | |
Epaminondas Deligiorgis | 1829-1879 | November 25, 1865 | December 11, 1865 | |
Benizelos Rouphos | 1795-1868 | December 11, 1865 | June 21, 1866 | |
Dimitrios Voulgaris | 1802-1878 | June 21, 1866 | December 30, 1866 | |
Alexandros Koumoundouros | 1817-1883 | December 30, 1866 | January 1, 1868 | |
Aristidis Moraitinis | 1806-1875 | January 1, 1868 | February 6, 1868 | |
Dimitrios Voulgaris | 1802-1878 | February 6, 1868 | February 6, 1869 | |
Thrasivoulos Zaimis | 1829-1880 | February 6, 1869 | July 22, 1870 | |
Epaminondas Deligiorgis | 1829-1879 | July 22, 1870 | December 15, 1870 | |
Alexandros Koumoundouros | 1817-1883 | December 15, 1870 | November 9, 1871 | |
Thrasivoulos Zaimis | 1829-1880 | November 9, 1871 | January 6, 1872 | |
Dimitrios Voulgaris | 1802-1878 | January 6, 1872 | July 20, 1872 | |
Epaminondas Deligiorgis | 1829-1879 | July 20, 1872 | February 21, 1874 | |
Dimitrios Voulgaris | 1802-1878 | February 21, 1874 | May 8, 1875 | |
Charilaos Trikoupis | 1832-1896 | May 8, 1875 | October 27, 1875 | |
Alexandros Koumoundouros | 1817-1883 | October 27, 1875 | December 8, 1876 | |
Epaminondas Deligiorgis | 1829-1879 | December 8, 1876 | December 13, 1876 | |
Alexandros Koumoundouros | 1817-1883 | December 13, 1876 | March 10, 1877 | |
Epaminondas Deligiorgis | 1829-1879 | March 10, 1877 | June 1, 1877 | |
Alexandros Koumoundouros | 1817-1883 | June 1, 1877 | June 7, 1877 | |
Konstantinos Kanaris | 1790-1877 | June 7, 1877 | September 14, 1877 | |
Alexandros Koumoundouros | 1817-1883 | September 14, 1877 | November 2, 1878 | |
Charilaos Trikoupis | 1832-1896 | November 2, 1878 | November 7, 1878 | |
Alexandros Koumoundouros | 1817-1883 | November 7, 1878 | March 22, 1880 | |
Charilaos Trikoupis | 1832-1896 | March 22, 1880 | October 25, 1880 | |
Alexandros Koumoundouros | 1817-1883 | October 25, 1880 | March 15, 1882 | |
Charilaos Trikoupis | 1832-1896 | March 15, 1882 | May 1, 1885 | |
Theodoros Deligiannis | 1820-1905 | May 1, 1885 | May 9, 1886 | |
Dimitrios Valvis | 1814-1886 | May 9, 1886 | May 21, 1886 | |
Charilaos Trikoupis | 1832-1896 | May 21, 1886 | November 5, 1890 | |
Theodoros Deligiannis | 1820-1905 | November 5, 1890 | March 1, 1892 | |
Konstantinos Konstantopoulos | 1832-1910 | March 1, 1892 | June 22, 1892 | |
Charilaos Trikoupis | 1832-1896 | June 22, 1892 | May 15, 1893 | |
Sotirios Sotiropoulos | 1831-1898 | May 15, 1893 | November 11, 1893 | |
Charilaos Trikoupis | 1832-1896 | November 11, 1893 | January 24, 1895 | |
Nikolaus Deligiannis | 1845-1910 | January 24, 1895 | June 11, 1895 | |
Theodoros Deligiannis | 1820-1905 | June 11, 1895 | April 30, 1897 | |
Dimitrios Rallis | 1844-1921 | April 30, 1897 | October 3, 1897 | |
Alexandros Zaimis | 1855-1936 | October 3, 1897 | April 14, 1899 | |
Georgios Theotokis | 1844-1916 | April 14, 1899 | November 25, 1901 | |
Alexandros Zaimis | 1855-1936 | November 25, 1901 | December 6, 1902 | |
Theodoros Deligiannis | 1820-1905 | December 6, 1902 | June 27, 1903 | |
Georgios Theotokis | 1844-1916 | June 27, 1903 | July 11, 1903 | |
Dimitrios Rallis | 1844-1921 | July 11, 1903 | December 19, 1903 | |
Georgios Theotokis | 1844-1916 | December 19, 1903 | December 29, 1904 | |
Theodoros Deligiannis | 1820-1905 | December 29, 1904 | June 13, 1905 | |
Dimitrios Rallis | 1844-1921 | June 22, 1905 | December 21, 1905 | |
Georgios Theotokis | 1844-1916 | December 21, 1905 | July 29, 1909 | |
Dimitrios Rallis | 1844-1921 | July 29, 1909 | August 28, 1909 | |
Kiriakoulis Mavromichalis | 1849-1916 | August 28, 1909 | January 31, 1910 | |
Stephanos Dragoumis | 1842-1923 | January 31, 1910 | October 18, 1910 | |
Eleftherios Venizelos | 1864-1936 | October 18, 1910 | March 10, 1915 | |
Dimitrios Gounaris | 1867-1922 | March 10, 1915 | August 23, 1915 | |
Eleftherios Venizelos | 1864-1936 | August 23, 1915 | October 7, 1915 | |
Alexandros Zaimis | 1855-1936 | October 7, 1915 | November 7, 1915 | |
Stephanos Skouloudis | 1836-1928 | November 7, 1915 | June 22, 1916 | |
Alexandros Zaimis | 1855-1936 | June 22, 1916 | September 16, 1916 | |
Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos | 1853-1927 | September 16, 1916 | October 10, 1916 | |
Eleftherios Venizelos | 1864-1936 | September 19, 1916 | June 27, 1917 | (Counter-government that controls Northern Greece and Crete. Recognized by the Allies of the First World War on December 19, 1916). |
Spyridon Lambros | 1851-1919 | October 10, 1916 | February 5, 1917 | (controls southern Greece) |
Alexandros Zaimis | 1855-1936 | February 5, 1917 | June 27, 1917 | (controlled southern Greece) |
Eleftherios Venizelos | 1864-1936 | June 27, 1917 | November 18, 1920 | (controls the whole country) |
Dimitrios Rallis | 1844-1921 | November 18, 1920 | February 6, 1921 | |
Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos | 1853-1927 | February 6, 1921 | April 8, 1921 | |
Dimitrios Gounaris | 1867-1922 | April 8, 1921 | May 16, 1922 | |
Nikolaos Stratos | 1872-1922 | May 16, 1922 | May 22, 1922 | |
Petros Protopapadakis | 1860-1922 | May 22, 1922 | September 10, 1922 | |
Nikolaos Triantafyllakos | 1855-1939 | September 10, 1922 | September 29, 1922 | |
Anastasios Charalambis | 1862-1949 | September 29, 1922 | September 30, 1922 | |
Sotirios Krokidas | 1852-1924 | September 30, 1922 | November 27, 1922 | |
Stylianos Gonatas | 1876-1966 | November 27, 1922 | January 24, 1924 | |
Eleftherios Venizelos | 1864-1936 | January 24, 1924 | February 19, 1924 | |
Georgios Kaphantaris | 1873-1946 | February 19, 1924 | March 12, 1924 |
President of the Council of Ministers of the Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935)
Surname | Political party | Taking office | Resignation |
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Alexandros Papanastasiou | - | March 12, 1924 | July 24, 1924 |
Themistoklis Sofoulis | Theatrical Version | July 24, 1924 | October 7, 1924 |
Andreas Michalakopoulos | Theatrical Version | October 7, 1924 | June 26, 1925 |
Theodoros Pangalos | - | June 26, 1925 | July 19, 1926 |
Athanasios Eftaxias | - | July 19, 1926 | August 23, 1926 |
Georgios condylis | - | August 23, 1926 | 4th December 1926 |
Alexandros Zaimis | - | 4th December 1926 | 4th July 1928 |
Eleftherios Venizelos | Theatrical Version | 4th July 1928 | May 26, 1932 |
Alexandros Papanastasiou ( 2nd time ) | AEK | May 26, 1932 | June 5, 1932 |
Eleftherios Venizelos ( 2nd time ) | Theatrical Version | June 5, 1932 | November 3, 1932 |
Panagis Tsaldaris | LK | November 3, 1932 | January 16, 1933 |
Eleftherios Venizelos ( 3rd time ) | Theatrical Version | January 16, 1933 | March 6, 1933 |
Alexandros Othoneos | - | March 6, 1933 | March 10, 1933 |
Panagis Tsaldaris | LK | March 10, 1933 | October 10, 1935 |
President of the Council of Ministers of the Second Kingdom of Greece (1935–1941)
Surname | Political party | Taking office | Resignation |
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Georgios condylis | - | October 10, 1935 | November 30, 1935 |
Konstantinos Demertzis | - | October 30, 1935 | April 12, 1936 |
Ioannis Metaxas | KTE | April 12, 1936 | January 29, 1941 |
Alexandros Koryzis | - | January 29, 1941 | April 18, 1941 |
Emmanouil Tsouderos | - | April 18, 1941 | May 23, 1941 |
President of the Council of Ministers of the Second Kingdom of Greece in exile (1941–1944)
Surname | Political party | Taking office | Resignation |
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Emmanouil Tsouderos | - | May 23, 1941 | April 14, 1944 |
Sophoklis Venizelos | Theatrical Version | April 14, 1944 | April 26, 1944 |
Georgios Papandreou | DSKE | April 26, 1944 | October 18, 1944 |
not recognized: President of the Council of Ministers of the Greek State (1941–1944)
Axis puppet government
Surname | Political party | Taking office | Resignation |
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Georgios Tsolakoglou | - | April 29, 1941 | December 2, 1942 |
Konstantinos Logothetopoulos | - | December 2, 1942 | April 7, 1943 |
Ioannis Rallis | - | April 7, 1943 | October 12, 1944 |
not recognized: Chairwoman of the Political Committee of National Liberation (1944)
Government of the EAM areas
Surname | Political party | Taking office | Resignation |
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Evripidis Bakirtzis | KKE | March 10, 1944 | April 18, 1944 |
Alexandros Svolos | SKE | April 18, 1944 | September 2, 1944 |
not recognized: Chairwoman of the Provisional Democratic Government (1947–1949)
Communist counter-government during the Greek Civil War
Surname | Political party | Taking office | Resignation |
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Markos Vafiadis | KKE | December 24, 1947 | February 7, 1949 |
Nikolaos Zachariadis | KKE | February 7, 1949 | April 3, 1949 |
Dimitrios Partsalidis | KKE | April 3, 1949 | August 28, 1949 |
President of the Council of Ministers of the Second Kingdom of Greece (1944–1967)
Surname | Political party | Taking office | Resignation |
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Georgios Papandreou | DSKE | October 18, 1944 | January 3, 1945 |
Nikolaos Plastiras | - | January 3, 1945 | April 9, 1945 |
Petros Voulgaris | - | April 9, 1945 | October 17, 1945 |
Damaskinos Papandreou | - | October 17, 1945 | November 1, 1945 |
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos | EEK | November 1, 1945 | November 22, 1945 |
Themistoklis Sofoulis ( 2nd time ) | Theatrical Version | November 22, 1945 | April 4, 1946 |
Panagiotis Poulitsas | - | April 4, 1946 | April 18, 1946 |
Konstantinos Tsaldaris | LK | April 18, 1946 | January 25, 1947 |
Dimitrios Maximos | - | January 25, 1947 | August 29, 1947 |
Konstantinos Tsaldaris ( 2nd time ) | LK | August 29, 1947 | November 7, 1947 |
Themistoklis Sofoulis ( 3rd time ) | Theatrical Version | September 7, 1947 | November 18, 1948 |
Themistoklis Sofoulis ( 4th time ) | Theatrical Version | November 18, 1948 | January 20, 1949 |
Themistoklis Sofoulis ( 5th time ) | Theatrical Version | January 20, 1949 | April 14, 1949 |
Themistoklis Sofoulis ( 6th time ) | Theatrical Version | April 14, 1949 | June 30, 1949 |
Alexandros Diomidis | Theatrical Version | June 30, 1949 | January 6, 1950 |
Ioannis Theotokis | LK | January 6, 1950 | March 23, 1950 |
Sophoklis Venizelos | Theatrical Version | March 23, 1950 | April 15, 1950 |
Nikolaos Plastiras ( 2nd time ) | EPEK | April 15, 1950 | August 21, 1950 |
Sophoklis Venizelos ( 2nd time ) | Theatrical Version | August 21, 1950 | November 1, 1951 |
Nikolaos Plastiras ( 3rd time ) | EPEK | November 1, 1951 | October 11, 1952 |
Dimitrios Kiousopoulos | - | October 11, 1952 | November 19, 1952 |
Alexandros Papagos | IT | November 19, 1952 | 4th October 1955 |
Konstantinos Karamanlis | ERE | October 6, 1955 | March 5, 1958 |
Konstantinos Georgakopoulos | - | March 5, 1958 | 17th May 1958 |
Konstantinos Karamanlis ( 2nd time ) | ERE | 17th May 1958 | 20th September 1961 |
Konstantinos Dovas | - | 20th September 1961 | 4th November 1961 |
Konstantinos Karamanlis ( 3rd time ) | ERE | 4th November 1961 | 17th June 1963 |
Panagiotis pipinelis | ERE | 17th June 1963 | September 29, 1963 |
Stylianos Mavromichalis | - | September 29, 1963 | November 8, 1963 |
Georgios Papandreou ( 2nd time ) | EK | November 8, 1963 | December 30, 1963 |
Ioannis Paraskevopoulos | EK | December 30, 1963 | 18th February 1964 |
Georgios Papandreou ( 3rd time ) | EK | 18th February 1964 | July 15, 1965 |
Giorgos Athanasiadis-Novas | EK | July 15, 1965 | August 20, 1965 |
Iliad Tsirimokos | - | August 20, 1965 | September 17, 1965 |
Stephanos Stephanopoulos | LDK | September 17, 1965 | December 22, 1966 |
Ioannis Paraskevopoulos ( 2nd time ) | - | December 22, 1966 | April 3, 1967 |
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos ( 2nd time ) | ERE | April 3, 1967 | April 21, 1967 |
Prime Minister of the Military Dictatorship (1967–1974)
Surname | Political party | Taking office | Resignation | Remarks |
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Konstantinos Kollias | - | April 21, 1967 | December 13, 1967 | officially Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Greece until May 31, 1973 , then Prime Minister of the Republic of Greece; the transition to a republic was subsequently confirmed by the 1974 Greek referendum |
Georgios Papadopoulos | - | December 13, 1967 | October 8, 1973 | |
Spyros Markezinis | - | October 8, 1973 | November 25, 1973 | |
Adamantios Androutsopoulos | - | November 25, 1973 | 23rd July 1974 |
Prime Minister of the Third Hellenic Republic (since 1974)
# | image | Surname | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires | Political party | Cabinet / e | |
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1 | Konstantinos Karamanlis | 23rd July 1974 | May 9, 1980 | ND |
Karamanlis V Karamanlis VI Karamanlis VII |
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2 | Georgios Rallis | May 9, 1980 | October 21, 1981 | ND | Rallis | ||
3 | Andreas Papandreou | October 21, 1981 | July 2nd 1989 | PASOK |
Papandreou I Papandreou II |
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4th | Tzannis Tzannetakis | July 2nd 1989 | October 11, 1989 | ND | Tzannetakis | ||
- | Ioannis Grivas | October 11, 1989 | November 23, 1989 | independent |
Grivas (transitional government) |
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5 | Xenophon Zolotas | November 23, 1989 | April 11, 1990 | independent | Zolotas | ||
6th | Konstantinos Mitsotakis | April 11, 1990 | October 13, 1993 | ND | Mitsotakis | ||
(3) | Andreas Papandreou | October 13, 1993 | January 22, 1996 | PASOK | Papandreou III | ||
7th | Konstantinos Simitis | January 22, 1996 | March 10, 2004 | PASOK |
Simitis I Simitis II Simitis III |
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8th | Kostas Karamanlis | March 10, 2004 | October 6, 2009 | ND |
Karamanlis I Karamanlis II |
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9 | Giorgos Papandreou | October 6, 2009 | November 11, 2011 | PASOK | Papandreou | ||
10 | Loukas Papadimos | November 11, 2011 | May 16, 2012 | independent | Papadimos | ||
- | Panagiotis Pikrammenos | May 16, 2012 | June 20, 2012 | independent |
Pikrammenos (transitional government) |
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11 | Andonis Samaras | June 20, 2012 | January 26, 2015 | ND | Samaras | ||
12 | Alexis Tsipras | January 26, 2015 | August 27, 2015 | SYRIZA | Tsipras I | ||
- | Vasiliki Thanou-Christofilou | August 27, 2015 | September 21, 2015 | independent |
Thanou-Christofilou (interim government) |
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(12) | Alexis Tsipras | September 21, 2015 | July 8, 2019 | SYRIZA | Tsipras II | ||
13 | Kyriakos Mitsotakis | July 8, 2019 | officiating | ND | Mitsotakis |