List of presidents of Greece
editSecond Hellenic Republic (1924–1935)
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Denotes Acting President
President | Term of office | Political party | |||||
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No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Took office | Left office | Time in office | |
1 | Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis Παύλος Κουντουριώτης (1855–1935) |
1924 | 25 March 1924 | 6 April 1926 (Resigned) |
2 years, 12 days | Military | |
2 | Lt. General Theodoros Pangalos Θεόδωρος Πάγκαλος (1878–1952) |
— | 6 April 1926 | 18 April 1926 | 138 days | Military | |
1926 | 18 April 1926 | 22 August 1926 (Deposed) | |||||
(1) | Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis Παύλος Κουντουριώτης (1855–1935) |
— | 22 August 1926 | 24 August 1926 | 3 years, 108 days | Military | |
24 August 1926 | 10 December 1929 (Resigned) | ||||||
3 | Alexandros Zaimis Αλέξανδρος Ζαΐμης (1855–1936) |
— | 10 December 1929 | 14 December 1929 | 5 years, 304 days | Independent | |
1929 1933 |
14 December 1929 | 10 October 1935 (Deposed) |
List of presidents of the Third Republic (1974-present)
editPresident | Term of office | Political party | ||||
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No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Time in office | |
Georgios Papadopoulos (born 1919) |
1 June 1973 | 25 November 1973 | 51 years, 83 days | Military | ||
Phaedon Gizikis (born 1917) |
27 November 1973 | 17 December 1974 | 50 years, 270 days | Military | ||
1 | Michail Stasinopoulos Μιχαήλ Στασινόπουλος (1903–2002) |
18 December 1974 | 19 July 1975 | 213 days | New Democracy | |
Writer and jurist, former President of the Council of State. Supported by New Democracy, he was elected unopposed by the ND-dominated parliament resulting from the 17 November 1974 election and following the definitive abolition of the Greek monarchy in the 8 December 1974 referendum, with 206 votes on the first ballot. | ||||||
2 | Konstantinos Tsatsos Κωνσταντίνος Τσάτσος (1899–1987) |
19 July 1975 | 10 May 1980 | 4 years, 296 days | New Democracy | |
Jurist and cabinet minister with the National Radical Union and New Democracy. Elected by the 1974 Parliament on the first ballot with 210 votes against Panagiotis Kanellopoulos. | ||||||
3 | Konstantinos Karamanlis Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής (1907–1998) |
10 May 1980 | 10 March 1985 (resigned.) |
4 years, 304 days | New Democracy | |
Prime Minister as leader of the National Radical Union in 1955–1963 and again as leader of New Democracy since 1974. Supported by ND, KODISO and KKE Interior, he was elected by the ND-dominated 1977 parliament on the third ballot with 183 votes against seven other candidates put forward by minor parties. Resigned before the end of his term due to his falling out with Andreas Papandreou and PASOK's decision not to support him for a second term in 1985. | ||||||
– | Ioannis Alevras Ιωάννης Αλευράς (1912–1995) |
10 March 1985 | 30 March 1985 | 20 days | PASOK | |
PASOK MP and Speaker of Parliament, he substituted for Karamanlis following his early resignation. | ||||||
4 | Christos Sartzetakis Χρήστος Σαρτζετάκης (born 1929) |
30 March 1985 | 4 May 1990 | 5 years, 35 days | Independent | |
Jurist, famous for his role in investigating the Lambrakis assassination. He was supported by PASOK and KKE, and was elected unopposed by the PASOK-dominated 1981 Parliament on the third ballot with 180 votes. | ||||||
(3) | Konstantinos Karamanlis Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής (1907–1998) |
5 May 1990 | 10 March 1995 | 4 years, 310 days | New Democracy | |
The November 1989 Parliament failed to elect a President after three ballots, with the votes of PASOK being split between incumbent Christos Sartzetakis and Ioannis Alevras, leading to its dissolution and snap elections. Karamanlis did not present himself as a candidate during the first three ballots, but was put forward by New Democracy after the elections. He was elected by the new 1990 Parliament on the fifth ballot with 153 votes, opposed by PASOK-sponsored Ioannis Alevras and Konstantinos Despotopoulos (Synaspismos). | ||||||
5 | Konstantinos Stephanopoulos Κωνσταντίνος Στεφανόπουλος (1926–2016) |
10 March 1995 | 12 March 2005 | 10 years, 2 days | Independent | |
National Radical Union and New Democracy MP and cabinet minister, after 1985 leader of the breakaway Democratic Renewal party. Supported by PASOK and Political Spring, he was elected by the PASOK-dominated 1993 Parliament on the third ballot with 181 votes, against ND's candidate Athanasios Tsaldaris . His re-election in 2000 was by the PASOK-dominated 1996 Parliament, as a joint candidate of PASOK and ND, standing against Synaspismos' Leonidas Kyrkos. | ||||||
6 | Karolos Papoulias Κάρολος Παπούλιας (born 1929) |
12 March 2005 | 13 March 2015 | 10 years, 1 day | PASOK | |
PASOK MP and cabinet minister. He was elected unopposed for his first term by the New Democracy-dominated 2004 Parliament as a joint candidate of ND and PASOK on the first ballot with 279 votes. Re-elected unopposed for a second term in 2010 by the PASOK-dominated 2009 Parliament as a joint candidate of PASOK, ND and LAOS on the first ballot with 266 votes. | ||||||
7 | Prokopis Pavlopoulos Προκόπης Παυλόπουλος (born 1950) |
13 March 2015 | 13 March 2020 | 5 years, 0 days | New Democracy | |
New Democracy MP and cabinet minister. The previous ND-PASOK coalition failed to elect Stavros Dimas on the first three rounds, leading to new elections, which were won by SYRIZA. Supported by SYRIZA, ANEL and ND, Pavlopoulos was elected by the new 2015 Parliament on the fourth ballot with 233 votes, opposed by the candidate of The River and PASOK Nikos Alivizatos. | ||||||
8 | Katerina Sakellaropoulou Κατερίνα Σακελλαροπούλου (born 1956) |
13 March 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 163 days | Independent | |
President of the Council of State from 2018 to 2020, she was elected on 22 January 2020, supported by New Democracy, SYRIZA and KINAL. She is the first woman holding the office of President of Greece. |