List of Prime Ministers of Greece

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The Prime Minister of Greece (Greek: Πρωθυπουργός της Ελλάδας) is the head of government of the Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Greek cabinet. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Greece upon the nomination of Parliament. The current Prime Minister is Kostas Karamanlis, leader of the New Democracy party.

Note on Greek names: There is no firm convention for the rendering of Greek personal names into English. Traditionally, Greek names were Romanised in spelling (thus, Sophoklis became Sophocles and Aiskhylos became Aeschylus), and also Anglicised in form (thus, Georgios became George and Alexandros became Alexander). English-speaking readers are more used to seeing (for example) Constantine Karamanlis than Konstantinos Karamanlis.

Recently there has been an increasing tendency to use the Greek forms, to reflect a more realistic version of how the actual name sounds, but sometimes there is no consistency (Andreas Papandreou, for example, is never called Andrew Papandreou, but George Papandreou is never called Giorgios Papandreou, but can also be called Georgios Papandreou). As well, certain Greek language consonants do not have exact English language counterparts. Reflecting this inconsistency, this table uses Greek forms, wherever possible, except for those Prime Ministers for whose names an Anglicised form is established due to the absence of a corresponding English consonant.

[edit] Greek Prime Ministers and Heads of Government, 1822–present

#	Name	Born/Died	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
First Hellenic Republic (1822–1832)
Provisional Administration of Greece (1822–1827)
	Alexandros Mavrokordatos	1791–1865	January 13, 1822	May 10, 1823		President of the Executive
	Petros Mavromichalis	1765–1848	May 10, 1823	December 31, 1823		President of the Executive
	Georgios Kountouriotis	1782–1858	December 31, 1823	April 26, 1826		President of the Executive
	Andreas Zaimis	1791–1840	April 26, 1826	April 14, 1827		President of the Governmental Commission
	Georgios Mavromichalis Ioannis Nakos Ioannis Milaitis	1800–1831	April 15, 1827	January 24, 1828		Acting Governmental Commission
Hellenic State (1827–1832)
	Ioannis Kapodistrias	1776–1831	January 24, 1828	October 9, 1831	Russian Party	Governor of Greece (Head of state and government), assassinated
	Spyridon Trikoupis	1788–1873	February 1, 1828	February 17, 1829		Chief Secretary of State, under Governor I. Kapodistrias
	Nikolaos Spiliadis	1785–1867	February 17, 1829	October 9, 1831		Chief Secretary of State, under Governor I. Kapodistrias
	Augustinos Kapodistrias	1778–1857	October 9, 1831	April 8, 1832	Russian Party	Governor of Greece
	Ioannis Kolettis Theodoros Kolokotronis Andreas Zaimis Andreas Metaxas Dimitrios Boundouris	1774–1847 1770–1843 1791–1840 1786–1860	April 8, 1832	April 14, 1832		Governmental Comission
	Georgios Kountouriotis Dimitrios Ypsilantis Ioannis Kolettis Spyridon Trikoupis Andreas Zaimis Andreas Metaxas	1782–1858 1793–1832 1774–1847 1788–1873 1791–1840 1786–1860	April 8, 1832	October 3, 1832		Governmental Comission
	Ioannis Kolettis Andreas Zaimis	1774–1847 1791–1840	October 3, 1832	February 6, 1833		Governmental Comission
Kingdom of Greece (1832–1924)
Absolute Monarchy (1832–1843)
	Spyridon Trikoupis	1788–1873	February 6, 1833	October 24, 1833	English Party
	Alexandros Mavrokordatos	1791–1865	October 24, 1833	June 12, 1834	English Party
	Ioannis Kolettis	1774–1847	June 12, 1834	June 1, 1835	French Party
	Count Josef Ludwig von Armansperg	1787–1853	June 1, 1835	February 14, 1837		Chief Secretary of the Royal Council
	Ignaz von Rundhart	1790–1838	February 14, 1837	December 20, 1837
	King Otto (absolute monarch)	1815–1867	December 20, 1837	July 6, 1841		Served as his own Prime Minister
	Alexandros Mavrokordatos	1791–1865	July 6, 1841	August 22, 1841	English Party
	King Otto (absolute monarch)	1815–1867	August 22, 1841	September 15, 1843		Served as his own Prime Minister
Constitutional Monarchy (1843–1924)
	Andreas Metaxas	1790–1860	September 15, 1843	March 11, 1844	Russian Party	First Constitutional Prime Minister
	Konstantinos Kanaris	1790–1877	March 11, 1844	April 11, 1844	Russian Party
	Alexandros Mavrokordatos	1791–1865	April 11, 1844	August 18, 1844	English Party
	Ioannis Kolettis	1774–1847	August 18, 1844	September 17, 1847	French Party
	Kitsos Tzavelas	1801–1855	September 17, 1847	March 19, 1848	Russian Party
	Georgios Kountouriotis	1782–1858	March 19, 1848	October 27, 1848	French Party
	Konstantinos Kanaris	1790–1877	October 27, 1848	December 24, 1849	Russian Party
	Antonios Kriezis	1796–1865	December 24, 1849	May 28, 1854	English Party
	Konstantinos Kanaris	1790–1877	May 28, 1854	July 29, 1854	Russian Party
	Alexandros Mavrokordatos	1791–1865	July 29, 1854	October 11, 1855	English Party
	Dimitrios Voulgaris	1802–1878	October 11, 1855	November 25, 1857	French Party
	Athanasios Miaoulis	1815–1867	November 25, 1857	June 7, 1862	English Party
	Gennaios Kolokotronis	1803–1868	June 7, 1862	October 23, 1862	Russian Party	Deposition of King Otto on October 10
	Dimitrios Voulgaris	1802–1878	October 23, 1862	February 21, 1863	French Party
	Aristidis Moraitinis	1806–1875	February 21, 1863	February 24, 1863	Russian Party
	Zinovios Valvis	1800–1886	February 24, 1863	April 9, 1863
	Diomidis Kiriakos	1811–1869	April 9, 1863	May 10, 1863
	Benizelos Rouphos	1795–1868	May 10, 1863	October 30, 1863	French Party
	Dimitrios Voulgaris	1802–1878	November 6, 1863	March 17, 1864	French Party
	Konstantinos Kanaris	1790–1877	March 17, 1864	April 28, 1864	Russian Party
	Zinovios Valvis	1800–1886	April 28, 1864	August 7, 1864
	Konstantinos Kanaris	1790–1877	August 7, 1864	February 9, 1865	Russian Party
	Benizelos Rouphos	1795–1868	February 9, 1865	March 14, 1865	French Party
	Alexandros Koumoundouros	1817–1883	March 14, 1865	November 1, 1865
	Epameinontas Deligeorgis	1829–1889	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
	Epameinontas Deligeorgis	1829–1889	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
	Epameinontas Deligeorgis	1829–1889	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
	Epameinontas Deligeorgis	1829–1889	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	New Party
	Alexandros Koumoundouros	1817–1883	October 27, 1875	December 8, 1876	Nationalist Party
	Epameinontas Deligeorgis	1829–1889	December 8, 1876	December 13, 1876
	Alexandros Koumoundouros	1817–1883	December 13, 1876	March 10, 1877	Nationalist Party
	Epameinontas Deligeorgis	1829–1889	March 10, 1877	June 1, 1877
	Alexandros Koumoundouros	1817–1883	June 1, 1877	June 7, 1877	Nationalist Party
	Konstantinos Kanaris	1790–1877	June 7, 1877	September 14, 1877
	Alexandros Koumoundouros	1817–1883	September 14, 1877	November 2, 1878	Nationalist Party
	Charilaos Trikoupis	1832–1896	November 2, 1878	November 7, 1878	New Party
	Alexandros Koumoundouros	1817–1883	November 7, 1878	March 22, 1880	Nationalist Party
	Charilaos Trikoupis	1832–1896	March 22, 1880	October 25, 1880	New Party
	Alexandros Koumoundouros	1817–1883	October 25, 1880	March 15, 1882	Nationalist Party
	Charilaos Trikoupis	1832–1896	March 15, 1882	May 1, 1885	New Party
	Theodoros Deligiannis	1820–1905	May 1, 1885	May 9, 1886	Nationalist Party
	Dimitrios Valvis	1814–1886	May 9, 1886	May 21, 1886
	Charilaos Trikoupis	1832–1896	May 21, 1886	November 5, 1890	New Party
	Theodoros Deligiannis	1820–1905	November 5, 1890	March 1, 1892	Nationalist Party
	Konstantinos Konstantopoulos	1832–1910	March 1, 1892	June 22, 1892
	Charilaos Trikoupis	1832–1896	June 22, 1892	May 15, 1893	New Party
	Sotirios Sotiropoulos	1831–1898	May 15, 1893	November 11, 1893
	Charilaos Trikoupis	1832–1896	November 11, 1893	January 24, 1895	New Party
	Nikolaos Deligiannis	1845–1910	January 24, 1895	June 11, 1895	Nationalist Party
	Theodoros Deligiannis	1820–1905	June 11, 1895	April 30, 1897	Nationalist Party
	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	New Party
	Alexandros Zaimis	1855–1936	November 25, 1901	December 6, 1902
	Theodoros Deligiannis	1820–1905	December 6, 1902	June 27, 1903	Nationalist Party
	Georgios Theotokis	1844–1916	June 27, 1903	July 11, 1903	New Party
	Dimitrios Rallis	1844–1921	July 11, 1903	December 19, 1903
	Georgios Theotokis	1844–1916	December 19, 1903	December 29, 1904	New Party
	Theodoros Deligiannis	1820–1905	December 29, 1904	June 13, 1905	Nationalist Party
	Dimitrios Rallis	1844–1921	June 22, 1905	December 21, 1905
	Georgios Theotokis	1844–1916	December 21, 1905	July 29, 1909	New Party
	Dimitrios Rallis	1844–1921	July 29, 1909	August 28, 1909
	Kiriakoulis Mavromichalis	1849–1916	August 28, 1909	January 31, 1910	Military League
	Stephanos Dragoumis	1842–1923	January 31, 1910	October 18, 1910
	Eleftherios Venizelos	1864–1936	October 18, 1910	March 10, 1915	Liberal Party
	Dimitrios Gounaris	1866–1922	March 10, 1915	August 23, 1915
	Eleftherios Venizelos	1864–1936	August 23, 1915	October 7, 1915	Liberal Party
	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	Liberal Party	Rival "Government of National Defence" controlling northern Greece and Crete. Recognized by World War I Allies as of December 19, 1916.
	Spiridon Lampros	1851–1919	October 10, 1916	February 5, 1917		Controlling Southern Greece
	Alexandros Zaimis	1855–1936	February 5, 1917	June 27, 1917		Controlling Southern Greece
	Eleftherios Venizelos	1864–1936	June 27, 1917	November 18, 1920	Liberal Party	Controlling the entire country
	Dimitrios Rallis	1844–1921	November 18, 1920	February 6, 1921	People's Party
	Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos	1853–1927	February 6, 1921	April 8, 1921	People's Party
	Dimitrios Gounaris	1866–1922	April 8, 1921	May 16, 1922	People's Party
	Nikolaos Stratos	1872–1922	May 16, 1922	May 22, 1922	People's Party
	Petros Protopapadakis	1860–1922	May 22, 1922	September 10, 1922	People's Party
	Nikolaos Triantaphillakos	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	Military, pro-Liberal
	Eleftherios Venizelos	1864–1936	January 24, 1924	February 19, 1924	Liberal Party
	Georgios Kaphantaris	1873–1946	February 19, 1924	March 12, 1924
Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935)
	Alexandros Papanastasiou	1876–1936	March 12, 1924	July 24, 1924		Republic proclaimed on March 25 and confirmed by plebiscite on April 13
	Themistoklis Sophoulis	1862–1949	July 24, 1924	October 7, 1924	Liberal Party
	Andreas Michalakopoulos	1876–1938	October 7, 1924	June 26, 1925	Liberal Party	Overthrown by coup
	Theodoros Pangalos	1878–1952	June 25, 1925	July 19, 1926		Dictator
	Athanasios Eftaxias	1849–1931	July 19, 1926	August 23, 1926		Under Theodoros Pangalos' dictatorship
	Georgios Kondylis	1879–1936	August 23, 1926	December 4, 1926		Overthrew Pangalos, head of caretaker government
	Alexandros Zaimis	1855–1936	December 4, 1926	July 4, 1928
	Eleftherios Venizelos	1864–1936	July 4, 1928	May 26, 1932	Liberal Party
	Alexandros Papanastasiou	1876–1936	May 26, 1932	June 5, 1932
	Eleftherios Venizelos	1864–1936	June 5, 1932	November 3, 1932	Liberal Party
	Panagis Tsaldaris	1868–1936	November 3, 1932	January 16, 1933	People's Party
	Eleftherios Venizelos	1864–1936	January 16, 1933	March 6, 1933	Liberal Party
	Alexandros Othonaios	1879–1970	March 6, 1933	March 10, 1933
	Panagis Tsaldaris	1868–1936	March 10, 1933	October 10, 1935	People's Party	Government toppled by Armed Forces on October 10, 1935
Kingdom of Greece restored (1935–1973)
	Georgios Kondylis	1879–1936	October 10, 1935	November 30, 1935		Assumed government, abolished the Republic on October 10, confirmed by plebiscite. Regent until the return of King George II on 3 November 1935.
	Konstantinos Demertzis	1876–1936	November 30, 1935	April 12, 1936
	Ioannis Metaxas	1871–1941	April 13, 1936	January 29, 1941		Established dictatorship on August 4, 1936 (The "4th of August Regime")
	Alexandros Koryzis	1885–1941	January 29, 1941	April 18, 1941		He killed himself upon the entrance of the German troops in Athens
	Emmanouil Tsouderos	1882–1956	April 21, 1941	April 13, 1944		In exile to Crete and then Cairo from April 29, 1941
	Georgios Tsolakoglou	1886–1948	April 29, 1941	December 2, 1942		Head of the collaborationist government under Axis occupation
	Konstantinos Logothetopoulos	1878–1951	December 2, 1942	April 7, 1943		Head of the collaborationist government under Axis occupation
	Ioannis Rallis	1878–1946	April 7, 1943	October 12, 1944		Head of the collaborationist government under Axis occupation
	Evripidis Mpakirtzis	1895–1947	March 10, 1944	April 18, 1944		Head of the PEEA, a government of Resistance-held territories
	Sophoklis Venizelos	1894–1964	April 13, 1944	April 26, 1944	Liberal Party	Head of the government-in-exile in Cairo
	Alexandros Svolos	1892–1952	April 18, 1944	September 2, 1944		Head of the PEEA, a government of Resistance-held territories
	George Papandreou	1888–1968	April 26, 1944	January 3, 1945		Head of the government-in-exile in Cairo. Absorbed the PEEA after Lebanon conference, May 1944. Repatriated October 18, 1944.
	Nikolaos Plastiras	1883–1953	January 3, 1945	April 9, 1945
	Petros Voulgaris	1884–1957	April 9, 1945	October 17, 1945
	Archbishop Damaskinos Papandreou	1891–1949	October 17, 1945	November 1, 1945		Regent
	Panagiotis Kanellopoulos	1902–1986	November 1, 1945	November 22, 1945	National Unionist Party
	Themistoklis Sophoulis	1862–1949	November 22, 1945	April 4, 1946	Liberal Party
	Panagiotis Poulitsas	1881–1968	April 4, 1946	April 18, 1946
	Konstantinos Tsaldaris	1884–1970	April 18, 1946	January 25, 1947	People's Party
	Dimitrios Maximos	1873–1955	January 25, 1947	August 29, 1947
	Konstantinos Tsaldaris	1884–1970	August 29, 1947	November 7, 1947	People's Party
	Themistoklis Sophoulis	1862–1949	November 7, 1947	June 24, 1949	Liberal Party
	Markos Vafiadis	1906–1992	December 24, 1947	February 7, 1949		Head of Provisional Democratic Government, a Communist rival government formed during the Greek Civil War
	Nikolaos Zachariadis	1903–1973	February 7, 1949	April 3, 1949		Head of Provisional Democratic Government, a Communist rival government formed during the Greek Civil War
	Dimitrios Partsalidis	1905–1980	April 3, 1949	October 1950		Head of Provisional Democratic Government, a Communist rival government formed during the Greek Civil War. Defeated and in exile since August 28, 1949.
	Alexandros Diomidis	1875–1950	June 30, 1949	January 6, 1950
	Ioannis Theotokis	1880–1961	January 6, 1950	March 23, 1950	People's Party
	Sophoklis Venizelos	1894–1964	March 23, 1950	April 15, 1950	Liberal Party
	Nikolaos Plastiras	1883–1953	April 15, 1950	August 21, 1950	National Progressive Centre Union
	Sophoklis Venizelos	1894–1964	August 21, 1950	November 1, 1951	Liberal Party
	Nikolaos Plastiras	1883–1953	November 1, 1951	October 11, 1952	National Progressive Centre Union
	Dimitrios Kiousopoulos	1892–1977	October 11, 1952	November 19, 1952
	Alexander Papagos	1883–1955	November 19, 1952	October 4, 1955
	Constantine Karamanlis	1907–1998	October 6, 1955	March 5, 1958	Greek Rally/National Radical Union
	Konstantinos Georgakopoulos	1890–1978	March 5, 1958	May 17, 1958
	Constantine Karamanlis	1907–1998	May 17, 1958	September 20, 1961	National Radical Union
	Konstantinos Dovas	1898–1973	September 20, 1961	November 4, 1961
	Konstantinos Karamanlis	1907–1998	November 4, 1961	June 17, 1963	National Radical Union
	Panagiotis Pipinelis	1899–1970	June 17, 1963	September 29, 1963	National Radical Union
	Stylianos Mavromichalis	1902–1981	September 29, 1963	November 8, 1963
	George Papandreou	1888–1968	November 8, 1963	December 30, 1963	Center Union
	Ioannis Paraskevopoulos	1900–1984	December 30, 1963	February 18, 1964
	George Papandreou	1888–1968	February 18, 1964	July 15, 1965	Center Union
	Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas	1893–1987	July 15, 1965	August 20, 1965	Center Union	Failed to achieve parliamentary confidence
	Ilias Tsirimokos	1907–1968	August 20, 1965	September 17, 1965		Failed to achieve parliamentary confidence
	Stephanos Stephanopoulos	1898–1982	September 17, 1965	December 22, 1966	Liberal Democratic Center	Failed to achieve parliamentary confidence
	Ioannis Paraskevopoulos	1900–1984	December 22, 1966	April 3, 1967		Head of caretaker government
	Panagiotis Kanellopoulos	1902–1986	April 3, 1967	April 21, 1967	National Radical Union	Head of caretaker government
Military Dictatorship (1967–1974)
	Konstantinos Kollias	1901–1998	April 21, 1967	December 13, 1967
	Georgios Papadopoulos	1919–1999	December 13, 1967	October 8, 1973		Monarchy abolished on June 1, 1973. Republic proclaimed, with himself as President.
	Spiros Markezinis	1909–2000	October 8, 1973	November 25, 1973		Attempted democratization. Overthrown by hardliners led by Dimitrios Ioannides
	Adamantios Androutsopoulos	1919–2000	November 25, 1973	July 24, 1974
Third Hellenic Republic (1974–today)
	Konstantinos Karamanlis	1907–1998	July 24, 1974	May 10, 1980	New Democracy	Monarchy abolished and parliamentary republic established by referendum on 13 December 1974.
	Georgios Rallis	1918–2006	May 10, 1980	October 21, 1981	New Democracy
	Andreas Papandreou	1919–1996	October 21, 1981	July 2, 1989	PASOK	two consecutive terms
	Tzannis Tzannetakis	1927–	July 2, 1989	October 12, 1989	New Democracy
	Yiannis Grivas	1923–	October 12, 1989	November 23, 1989		Head of caretaker government
	Xenophon Zolotas	1904–2004	November 23, 1989	April 11, 1990		Head of caretaker government
	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	1918–	April 11, 1990	October 13, 1993	New Democracy
	Andreas Papandreou	1919–1996	October 13, 1993	January 22, 1996	PASOK
	Kostas Simitis	1936–	January 22, 1996	March 10, 2004	PASOK	two consecutive terms
	Kostas Karamanlis	1956–	March 10, 2004		New Democracy

[edit] See also

• Politics of Greece
• List of Kings of Greece
• List of Presidents of Greece
• Rulers of Greece
• Lists of office-holders of all nations
• Lists of office-holders of all nationsAA

[edit] External links

• Official website of the Prime Minister of Greece
• List of Greek heads of state and government