'''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
), and also Anglicised in form (thus, Georgios became George and Alexandros became Alexander). English-speaking readers are more used to seeing (for example)
than Konstantinos Karamanlis.
Recently there has been a increasing tendency to use the Greek forms, but there is no consistency (
is never called Giorgios Papandreou). Reflecting this inconsistency, this table uses Greek forms except for those Prime Ministers for whose names an Anglicised form is established.
List of Prime_Ministers of Greece
Prime Minister | Born–Died | From–To |
John_Capodistria | 1776-1831 | 1827 - October_9, 1831 |
Spiridon_Trikoupis | 1788-1873 | February_6, 1833 - October_24, 1833 |
Alexandros_Mavrokordatos | 1791-1865 | October_24, 1833 - June_12, 1834 |
Ioannis_Kolettis | 1774-1847 | June_12, 1834 - June_1, 1835 |
Count_Josef_Ludwig_von_Armansperg | 1787-1853 | June_1, 1835 - February_14, 1837 |
Ignaz_von_Rundhart | 1790-1838 | February_14, 1837 - December_20, 1837 |
Otto von Wittelsbach | 1815-1867 | December_20, 1837 - July_6, 1841 |
Alexandros_Mavrokordatos | 1791-1865 | July_6, 1841 - August_22, 1841 |
Otto von Wittelsbach | 1815-1867 | August_22, 1841 - September_15, 1843 |
Andreas_Metaxas | 1790-1860 | September_15, 1843 - March_11, 1844 (first Constitutional Prime Minister) |
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_Kountouriotis | 1782-1858 | March_19, 1848 - October_27, 1848 |
Konstantinos_Kanaris | 1790-1877 | October_27, 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_Kiriakos | 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 |
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 |
Alexandros_Koumoundouros | 1817-1883 | October_27, 1875 - December_8, 1876 |
Epameinontas_Deligeorgis | 1829-1889 | December_8, 1876 - December_13, 1876 |
Alexandros_Koumoundouros | 1817-1883 | December_13, 1876 - March_10, 1877 |
Epameinontas_Deligeorgis | 1829-1889 | 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 |
Nikolaos_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 | 1866-1922 | 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 (Rival government 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 (Controlling the entire country) |
Dimitrios_Rallis | 1844-1921 | November_18, 1920 - February_6, 1921 |
Nikolaos_Kalogeropoulos | 1853-1927 | February_6, 1921 - April_8, 1921 |
Dimitrios_Gounaris | 1866-1922 | 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_Triantaphillakos | 1855-1939 | September_10, 1922 - September_29, 1922 |
Anastasios_Charalabis | 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 |
Alexandros_Papanastasiou | 1876-1936 | March_12, 1924 - July_24, 1924 |
Themistoklis_Sophoulis | 1862-1949 | July_24, 1924 - October_7, 1924 |
Andreas_Michalakopoulos | 1876-1938 | October_7, 1924 - June_26, 1925 |
Theodoros Pangalos | 1878-1952 | June_25, 1925 - July_19, 1926 |
Athanasios_Eftaxias | 1849-1931 | July_19, 1926 - August_23, 1926 |
Georgios_Kondylis | 1879-1936 | August_23, 1926 - December_4, 1926 |
Alexandros_Zaimis | 1855-1936 | December_4, 1926 - July_4, 1928 |
Eleftherios_Venizelos | 1864-1936 | July_4, 1928 - May_26, 1932 |
Alexandros_Papanastasiou | 1876-1936 | May_26, 1932 - June_5, 1932 |
Eleftherios_Venizelos | 1864-1936 | June_5, 1932 - November_3, 1932 |
Panagis_Tsaldaris | 1868-1936 | November_3, 1932 - January_16, 1933 |
Eleftherios_Venizelos | 1864-1936 | January_16, 1933 - March_6, 1933 |
Alexandros_Othonaios | 1879-1970 | March_6, 1933 - March_10, 1933 |
Panagis_Tsaldaris | 1868-1936 | March_10, 1933 - October_10, 1935 |
Georgios_Kondylis | 1879-1936 | October_10, 1935 - November_30, 1935 |
Konstantinos_Demertzis | 1876-1936 | November_30, 1935 - April_12, 1936 |
Ioannis_Metaxas | 1871-1941 | April_13, 1936 - January_29, 1941 |
Alexandros_Korizis | 1885-1941 | January_29, 1941 - April_18, 1941 |
Emmanouil_Tsouderos | 1882-1956 | April_21, 1941 - April_13, 1944 (in exile from April_29, 1941) |
Georgios_Tsolakoglu | 1886-1948 | April_29, 1941 - December_2, 1942 (under Axis occupation) |
Konstantinos_Logothetopoulos | 1878-1951 | December_2, 1942 - April_7, 1943 (under Axis occupation) |
Ioannis_Rallis | 1878-1946 | April_7, 1943 - October_12, 1944 (under Axis occupation) |
Evripidis_Mpakirtzis | 1895-1947 | March_10, 1944 - April_18, 1944 (Head of Political Committee of National Liberation, a government of resistance held territories) |
Sophoklis_Venizelos | 1894-1964 | April_13, 1944 - April_26, 1944 (in exile in Cairo) |
Alexandros_Svolos | 1892-1952 | April_18, 1944 - September_2, 1944 (Head of Political Committee of National Liberation, a government of resistance held territories.) |
George Papandreou | 1888-1968 | April_26, 1944 - January_3, 1945 (in exile in Cairo to October_18, 1944. He absorbed the Political Committee of National Liberation into his government) |
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 |
Panagiotis_Kanellopoulos | 1902-1986 | November_1, 1945 - November_22, 1945 |
Themistoklis_Sophoulis | 1862-1949 | November_22, 1945 - April_4, 1946 |
Panagiotis_Poulitsas | 1881-1968 | April_4, 1946 - April_18, 1946 |
Konstantinos_Tsaldaris | 1884-1970 | April_18, 1946 - January_25, 1947 |
Dimitrios_Maximos | 1873-1955 | January_25, 1947 - August_29, 1947 |
Konstantinos_Tsaldaris | 1884-1970 | August_29, 1947 - November_7, 1947 |
Themistoklis_Sophoulis | 1862-1949 | November_7, 1947 - June_24, 1949 |
Markos_Vafiadis | 1906-1992 | December_24, 1947 - February_7, 1949 (Head of Provisional Democratic Government, a Communist rival government formed during the Hellenic_Civil_War). |
Nikolaos_Zachariadis | 1903-1973 | February_7, 1949 - April_3, 1949 (Head of Provisional Democratic Government, a Communist rival government formed during the Hellenic_Civil_War). |
Dimitrios_Partsalidis | 1905-1980 | April_3, 1949 - October, 1950 (Head of Provisional Democratic Government, a Communist rival government formed during the Hellenic_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 |
Sophoklis_Venizelos | 1894-1964 | March_23, 1950 - April_15, 1950 |
Nikolaos_Plastiras | 1883-1953 | April_15, 1950 - August_21, 1950 |
Sophoklis_Venizelos | 1894-1964 | August_21, 1950 - November_1, 1951 |
Nikolaos_Plastiras | 1883-1953 | November_1, 1951 - October_11, 1952 |
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 |
Konstantinos_Georgakopoulos | 1890-1978 | March_5, 1958 - May_17, 1958 |
Constantine_Karamanlis | 1907-1998 | May_17, 1958 - September_20, 1961 |
Konstantinos_Dovas | 1898-1973 | September_20, 1961 - November_4, 1961 |
Constantine_Karamanlis | 1907-1998 | November_4, 1961 - June_17, 1963 |
Panagiotis_Pipinelis | 1899-1970 | June_17, 1963 - September_29, 1963 |
Stylianos_Mavromichalis | 1902-1981 | September_29, 1963 - November_8, 1963 |
George Papandreou | 1888-1968 | November_8, 1963 - December_30, 1963 |
Ioannis_Paraskevopoulos | 1900-1984 | December_30, 1963 - February_18, 1964 |
George Papandreou | 1888-1968 | February_18, 1964 - July_15, 1965 |
Georgios_Athanasiadis-Novas | 1893-1987 | July_15, 1965 - August_20, 1965 |
Ilias_Tsirimokos | 1907-1968 | 1August_20, 1965 - September_17, 1965 |
Stephanos_Stephanopoulos | 1898-1982 | September_17, 1965 - December_22, 1966 |
Ioannis_Paraskevopoulos | 1900-1984 | December_22, 1966 - April_3, 1967 |
Panagiotis_Kanellopoulos | 1902-1986 | April_3, 1967 - April_21, 1967 |
Constantine_Kollias | 1901-1998 | April_21, 1967 - December_13, 1967 |
George_Papadopoulos | 1919-1999 | December_13, 1967 - October_8, 1973 |
Spiros_Markezinis | 1909-2000 | October_8, 1973 - November_25, 1973 |
Adamantios_Androutsopoulos | 1919-2000 | November_25, 1973 - July_23, 1974 |
Constantine_Karamanlis | 1907-1998 | July_27, 1974- May_10, 1980 |
George_Rallis | 1918- | May_10, 1980- October_21, 1981 |
Andreas_Papandreou | 1919-1996 | October_21, 1981- July_2, 1989 |
Tzannis_Tzannetakis | 1927- | July_2, 1989 - October_11, 1989 |
Yiannis_Grivas | 1923- | October_11, 1989 - November_23, 1989 |
Xenophon_Zolotas | 1904-2004 | November_23, 1989 - April_11, 1990 |
Constantine_Mitsotakis | 1918- | April_11, 1990-October_13, 1993 |
Andreas_Papandreou | 1919-1996 | October_13, 1993- January_22, 1996 |
Costas_Simitis | 1936- | January_22, 1996-March_10 2004 |
Costas_Karamanlis | 1956- | March_10, 2004- |