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 in the early decades various official and semi-official appellations were used, the title of Prime Minister has become the formal designation of the office at least since 1843.

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[edit] First Hellenic Republic (1822–1832)

The heads of government of the provisional Greek state during the Greek War of Independence.

#	Name		Born/Died	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
Provisional Administration of Greece (1822–1827)
1	Alexandros Mavrokordatos		1791–1865	13 January 1822	10 May 1823		President of the Executive
2	Petros Mavromichalis		1765–1848	10 May 1823	31 December 1823		President of the Executive
3	Georgios Kountouriotis		1782–1858	31 December 1823	26 April 1826		President of the Executive
4	Andreas Zaimis		1791–1840	26 April 1826	14 April 1827		President of the Governmental Commission
	Georgios Mavromichalis Ioannis Nakos Ioannis Milaitis		1800–1831	15 April 1827	24 January 1828		Acting Governmental Commission
Hellenic State (1827–1832)
5	Ioannis Kapodistrias		1776–1831	24 January 1828	9 October 1831	Russian Party	Governor of Greece (Head of state and government), assassinated
	Spyridon Trikoupis		1788–1873	1 February 1828	17 February 1829		Chief Secretary of State, under Governor I. Kapodistrias
	Nikolaos Spiliadis		1785–1867	17 February 1829	9 October 1831		Chief Secretary of State, under Governor I. Kapodistrias
6	Augustinos Kapodistrias		1778–1857	9 October 1831	8 April 1832	Russian Party	Governor of Greece
	Ioannis Kolettis Theodoros Kolokotronis Andreas Zaimis Andreas Metaxas Dimitrios Boundouris		1774–1847 1770–1843 1791–1840 1786–1860	8 April 1832	14 April 1832		Governmental Commission
	Georgios Kountouriotis Dimitrios Ypsilantis Ioannis Kolettis Spyridon Trikoupis Andreas Zaimis Andreas Metaxas		1782–1858 1793–1832 1774–1847 1788–1873 1791–1840 1786–1860	14 April 1832	3 October 1832		Governmental Commission
	Ioannis Kolettis Andreas Zaimis		1774–1847 1791–1840	3 October 1832	6 February 1833		Governmental Commission

[edit] Kingdom of Greece - Wittelsbach Dynasty (1832–1862)

The heads of government during the reign of King Otto.

#	Name		Born/Died	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
Absolute Monarchy (1832–1843)
7	Spyridon Trikoupis		1788–1873	6 February 1833	24 October 1833	English Party	President of the Ministerial Council
8	Alexandros Mavrokordatos		1791–1865	24 October 1833	12 June 1834	English Party	President of the Ministerial Council
9	Ioannis Kolettis		1774–1847	12 June 1834	1 June 1835	French Party	President of the Ministerial Council
10	Count Josef Ludwig von Armansperg		1787–1853	1 June 1835	14 February 1837		Chief Secretary of State
11	Ignaz von Rundhart		1790–1838	14 February 1837	20 December 1837		Chief Secretary of State
12	King Otto		1815–1867	20 December 1837	6 July 1841		Personally supervised the government
13	Alexandros Mavrokordatos		1791–1865	6 July 1841	22 August 1841	English Party	Chief Secretary of State
14	King Otto		1815–1867	22 August 1841	15 September 1843		Personally supervised the government
Constitutional Monarchy (1843–1862)
15	Andreas Metaxas		1790–1860	15 September 1843	11 March 1844	Russian Party	New Constitution adopted following 3 September 1843 Revolution
16	Konstantinos Kanaris		1790–1877	11 March 1844	11 April 1844	Russian Party
17	Alexandros Mavrokordatos		1791–1865	11 April 1844	18 August 1844	English Party
18	Ioannis Kolettis		1774–1847	18 August 1844	17 September 1847	French Party
19	Kitsos Tzavelas		1801–1855	17 September 1847	19 March 1848	Russian Party
20	Georgios Kountouriotis		1782–1858	19 March 1848	27 October 1848	French Party
21	Konstantinos Kanaris		1790–1877	27 October 1848	24 December 1849	Russian Party
22	Antonios Kriezis		1796–1865	24 December 1849	28 May 1854	English Party
23	Konstantinos Kanaris		1790–1877	28 May 1854	29 July 1854	Russian Party
24	Alexandros Mavrokordatos		1791–1865	29 July 1854	11 October 1855	English Party
25	Dimitrios Voulgaris		1802–1878	11 October 1855	25 November 1857	French Party
26	Athanasios Miaoulis		1815–1867	25 November 1857	7 June 1862
27	Gennaios Kolokotronis		1803–1868	7 June 1862	23 October 1862		Deposition of King Otto on October 10
Regency (1862–1863)
28	Dimitrios Voulgaris		1802–1878	23 October 1862	21 February 1863	French Party	Head of Provisional Government
29	Aristidis Moraitinis		1806–1875	21 February 1863	24 February 1863	Russian Party	President of the National Assembly
30	Zinovios Valvis		1800–1886	24 February 1863	9 April 1863		Head of Provisional Government
31	Diomidis Kyriakos		1811–1869	9 April 1863	10 May 1863
32	Benizelos Rouphos		1795–1868	10 May 1863	30 October 1863	French Party

[edit] Kingdom of Greece - Glücksburg Dynasty (1863–1924)

The heads of government during the first period of the Glücksburg dynasty.

#	Name		Born/Died	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
33	Dimitrios Voulgaris		1802–1878	6 November 1863	17 March 1864	French Party
34	Konstantinos Kanaris		1790–1877	17 March 1864	28 April 1864	Russian Party	New Constitution adopted
35	Zinovios Valvis		1800–1886	28 April 1864	7 August 1864
36	Konstantinos Kanaris		1790–1877	7 August 1864	9 February 1865	Russian Party
37	Benizelos Rouphos		1795–1868	9 February 1865	14 March 1865	French Party
38	Alexandros Koumoundouros		1817–1883	14 March 1865	1 November 1865
39	Epameinontas Deligeorgis		1829–1889	1 November 1865	15 November 1865
40	Dimitrios Voulgaris		1802–1878	15 November 1865	18 November 1865
41	Alexandros Koumoundouros		1817–1883	18 November 1865	25 November 1865
42	Epameinontas Deligeorgis		1829–1889	25 November 1865	11 December 1865
43	Benizelos Rouphos		1795–1868	11 December 1865	21 June 1866
44	Dimitrios Voulgaris		1802–1878	21 June 1866	30 December 1866
45	Alexandros Koumoundouros		1817–1883	30 December 1866	1 January 1868
46	Aristidis Moraitinis		1806–1875	1 January 1868	6 February 1868
47	Dimitrios Voulgaris		1802–1878	6 February 1868	6 February 1869
48	Thrasyvoulos Zaimis		1829–1880	6 February 1869	22 July 1870
49	Epameinontas Deligeorgis		1829–1889	22 July 1870	15 December 1870
50	Alexandros Koumoundouros		1817–1883	15 December 1870	9 November 1871
51	Thrasyvoulos Zaimis		1829–1880	9 November 1871	6 January 1872
52	Dimitrios Voulgaris		1802–1878	6 January 1872	20 July 1872
53	Epameinontas Deligeorgis		1829–1889	20 July 1872	21 February 1874
54	Dimitrios Voulgaris		1802–1878	21 February 1874	8 May 1875
55	Charilaos Trikoupis		1832–1896	8 May 1875	27 October 1875	New Party	Principle of parliamentary majority introduced
56	Alexandros Koumoundouros		1817–1883	27 October 1875	8 December 1876	Nationalist Party
57	Epameinontas Deligeorgis		1829–1889	8 December 1876	13 December 1876
58	Alexandros Koumoundouros		1817–1883	13 December 1876	10 March 1877	Nationalist Party
59	Epameinontas Deligeorgis		1829–1889	10 March 1877	1 June 1877
60	Alexandros Koumoundouros		1817–1883	1 June 1877	7 June 1877	Nationalist Party
61	Konstantinos Kanaris		1790–1877	7 June 1877	14 September 1877		Government of national unity
62	Alexandros Koumoundouros		1817–1883	14 September 1877	2 November 1878	Nationalist Party
63	Charilaos Trikoupis		1832–1896	2 November 1878	7 November 1878	New Party
64	Alexandros Koumoundouros		1817–1883	7 November 1878	22 March 1880	Nationalist Party
65	Charilaos Trikoupis		1832–1896	22 March 1880	25 October 1880	New Party
66	Alexandros Koumoundouros		1817–1883	25 October 1880	15 March 1882	Nationalist Party
67	Charilaos Trikoupis		1832–1896	15 March 1882	1 May 1885	New Party
68	Theodoros Deligiannis		1820–1905	1 May 1885	9 May 1886	Nationalist Party
69	Dimitrios Valvis		1814–1886	9 May 1886	21 May 1886
70	Charilaos Trikoupis		1832–1896	21 May 1886	5 November 1890	New Party	Three consecutive terms
71	Theodoros Deligiannis		1820–1905	5 November 1890	1 March 1892	Nationalist Party
72	Konstantinos Konstantopoulos		1832–1910	1 March 1892	22 June 1892
73	Charilaos Trikoupis		1832–1896	22 June 1892	15 May 1893	New Party	Public insolvency declared
74	Sotirios Sotiropoulos		1831–1898	15 May 1893	11 November 1893
75	Charilaos Trikoupis		1832–1896	11 November 1893	24 January 1895	New Party
76	Nikolaos Deligiannis		1845–1910	24 January 1895	11 June 1895	Nationalist Party
77	Theodoros Deligiannis		1820–1905	11 June 1895	30 April 1897	Nationalist Party
78	Dimitrios Rallis		1844–1921	30 April 1897	3 October 1897
79	Alexandros Zaimis		1855–1936	3 October 1897	14 April 1899
80	Georgios Theotokis		1844–1916	14 April 1899	25 November 1901	New Party
81	Alexandros Zaimis		1855–1936	25 November 1901	6 December 1902
82	Theodoros Deligiannis		1820–1905	6 December 1902	27 June 1903	Nationalist Party
83	Georgios Theotokis		1844–1916	27 June 1903	11 July 1903	New Party
84	Dimitrios Rallis		1844–1921	11 July 1903	19 December 1903
85	Georgios Theotokis		1844–1916	19 December 1903	29 December 1904	New Party
86	Theodoros Deligiannis		1820–1905	29 December 1904	13 June 1905	Nationalist Party
87	Dimitrios Rallis		1844–1921	22 June 1905	21 December 1905
89	Georgios Theotokis		1844–1916	21 December 1905	29 July 1909	New Party
90	Dimitrios Rallis		1844–1921	29 July 1909	28 August 1909		Goudi Pronunciamiento by the Military League
91	Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis		1849–1916	28 August 1909	31 January 1910		supervised by the Military League
92	Stephanos Dragoumis		1842–1923	31 January 1910	18 October 1910
93	Eleftherios Venizelos		1864–1936	18 October 1910	10 March 1915	Liberal Party	Two terms (Nov. 1910 and 1912 elections). New Constitution adopted. Resigned after disagreement with King Constantine I.
94	Dimitrios Gounaris		1866–1922	10 March 1915	23 August 1915
95	Eleftherios Venizelos		1864–1936	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.
96	Alexandros Zaimis		1855–1936	7 October 1915	7 November 1915
97	Stephanos Skouloudis		1836–1928	7 November 1915	22 June 1916
98	Alexandros Zaimis		1855–1936	22 June 1916	16 September 1916
99	Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos		1853–1927	16 September 1916	10 October 1916
	Eleftherios Venizelos		1864–1936	19 September 1916	27 June 1917	Liberal Party	Rival "Government of National Defence" controlling northern Greece and Crete. Recognized by World War I Allies as of 19 December 1916. Entered World War I.
100	Spyridon Lambros		1851–1919	10 October 1916	5 February 1917		Official "royal" government, controlling southern Greece
101	Alexandros Zaimis		1855–1936	5 February 1917	27 June 1917		Official "royal" government, controlling southern Greece
102	Eleftherios Venizelos		1864–1936	27 June 1917	18 November 1920	Liberal Party	Abdication of King Constantine after Allied ultimatum. Controlling the entire country, official entry of Greece into the First World War.
103	Dimitrios Rallis		1844–1921	18 November 1920	6 February 1921	People's Party
104	Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos		1853–1927	6 February 1921	8 April 1921	People's Party
105	Dimitrios Gounaris		1866–1922	8 April 1921	16 May 1922	People's Party
106	Nikolaos Stratos		1872–1922	16 May 1922	22 May 1922	People's Party
107	Petros Protopapadakis		1860–1922	22 May 1922	10 September 1922	People's Party
108	Nikolaos Triantaphyllakos		1855–1939	10 September 1922	29 September 1922		Military revolt after the Asia Minor Catastrophe, led by Colonels Nikolaos Plastiras and Stylianos Gonatas
109	Anastasios Charalambis		1862–1949	29 September 1922	30 September 1922	Army Lt. General	Prime Minister for one day in absence of Sotirios Krokidas from Athens
110	Sotirios Krokidas		1852–1924	30 September 1922	27 November 1922		Head of interim government under military supervision. Resigned over Trial of the Six.
111	Stylianos Gonatas		1876–1966	27 November 1922	15 January 1924	Army Colonel	On Jan. 15, 1924, Plastiras and Gonatas surrendered power to the National Assembly
112	Eleftherios Venizelos		1864–1936	24 January 1924	19 February 1924	Liberal Party
113	Georgios Kafantaris		1873–1946	19 February 1924	12 March 1924

[edit] Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935)

The heads of government during the Second Hellenic Republic.

#	Name		Born/Died	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
114	Alexandros Papanastasiou		1876–1936	12 March 1924	24 July 1924		Government formed in alliance with Liberal Party. Republic proclaimed on March 25 and confirmed by plebiscite on April 13
115	Themistoklis Sophoulis		1862–1949	24 July 1924	7 October 1924	Liberal Party
116	Andreas Michalakopoulos		1876–1938	7 October 1924	26 June 1925	Liberal Party	Overthrown by coup
117	Theodoros Pangalos		1878–1952	25 June 1925	19 July 1926	Lt. General	Dictator
118	Athanasios Eftaxias		1849–1931	19 July 1926	23 August 1926		Under Theodoros Pangalos' dictatorship
119	Georgios Kondylis		1879–1936	23 August 1926	4 December 1926	Major General	Overthrew Pangalos, head of caretaker government
120	Alexandros Zaimis		1855–1936	4 December 1926	4 July 1928
121	Eleftherios Venizelos		1864–1936	4 July 1928	26 May 1932	Liberal Party
122	Alexandros Papanastasiou		1876–1936	26 May 1932	5 June 1932	Farmers’ and Workers’ Party
123	Eleftherios Venizelos		1864–1936	5 June 1932	3 November 1932	Liberal Party
124	Panagis Tsaldaris		1868–1936	3 November 1932	16 January 1933	People's Party
125	Eleftherios Venizelos		1864–1936	16 January 1933	6 March 1933	Liberal Party
126	Alexandros Othonaios		1879–1970	6 March 1933	10 March 1933	Lt. General	Head of military emergency government during the 1933 Venizelist coup attempt.
127	Panagis Tsaldaris		1868–1936	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.

[edit] Kingdom of Greece restored (1935-1973/1974)

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.

[edit] Third Hellenic Republic (1974–today)

#	Name		Born/Died	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
172	Konstantinos Karamanlis		1907–1998	24 July 1974	10 May 1980	New Democracy	Three consecutive terms. Monarchy abolished and parliamentary republic established by referendum on 13 December 1974. New Constitution adopted.
173	Georgios Rallis		1918–2006	10 May 1980	21 October 1981	New Democracy	Succeeded Karamanlis, who had resigned and become President
174	Andreas Papandreou		1919–1996	21 October 1981	2 July 1989	PASOK	Two consecutive terms. 1986 Constitutional amendment reduces powers of Presidency.
175	Tzannis Tzannetakis		1927–	2 July 1989	12 October 1989	New Democracy	Head of coalition government with Synaspismos
176	Yiannis Grivas		1923–	12 October 1989	23 November 1989	None (senior judge)	Head of caretaker government
177	Xenophon Zolotas		1904–2004	23 November 1989	11 April 1990	None (former Governor of the Bank of Greece)	Head of government of national unity
178	Konstantinos Mitsotakis		1918–	11 April 1990	13 October 1993	New Democracy	Resigned due to loss of parliamentary majority
179	Andreas Papandreou		1919–1996	13 October 1993	22 January 1996	PASOK	Resigned due to ill health, died shortly afterwards
180	Kostas Simitis		1936–	22 January 1996	10 March 2004	PASOK	Two consecutive terms. 2001 Constitutional amendment.
181	Kostas Karamanlis		1956–	10 March 2004		New Democracy	Incumbent, two consecutive terms

[edit] Note on transliteration

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. His namesake nephew and incumbent prime minister invariably uses the less formal version (Kostas) of his given name.

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). Also certain Greek consonants do not have exact counterparts in English. 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] See also

• Politics of Greece
• List of heads of state of Greece
• Rulers of Greece
• Lists of office-holders of all nations

[edit] External links

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

[edit] References