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Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Prime Minister · 2,688 days in office

How the political system works in Greece

Greece is governed as a parliamentary republic. Its prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has led the country since Jun 8, 2019. Greece has had 101 prime ministers since 1822. Under the Regimes of the World classification, it counts as an electoral democracy.

Tenure records

Recent prime ministers by days in office

Is a leader's tenure getting longer or shorter in Greece?

Across 185 completed terms, the average prime minister of Greece has served 375 days (about 1.0 years). Terms are getting longer: the last five completed terms averaged 615 days.

All prime ministers of Greece

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Days
186	Kyriakos Mitsotakis	Jun 26, 2023	Incumbent	1,209
185	Ioannis Sarmas	May 25, 2023	Jun 26, 2023	32
184	Kyriakos Mitsotakis	Jul 8, 2019	May 25, 2023	1,417
183	Alexis Tsipras	Sep 21, 2015	Jul 8, 2019	1,386
182	Vasiliki Thanou	Aug 27, 2015	Sep 21, 2015	25
181	Alexis Tsipras	Jan 26, 2015	Aug 27, 2015	213
180	Antonis Samaras	Jun 20, 2012	Jan 26, 2015	950
179	Panagiotis Pikrammenos	May 16, 2012	Jun 20, 2012	35
178	Loukas Papademos	Nov 11, 2011	May 16, 2012	187
177	Giorgos Papandreou	Oct 6, 2009	Nov 11, 2011	766
176	Kostas Karamanlis	Mar 10, 2004	Oct 6, 2009	2,036
175	Costas Simitis	Jan 22, 1996	Mar 8, 2004	2,968
174	Andreas Papandreou	Oct 13, 1993	Jan 17, 1996	826
173	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	Apr 11, 1990	Oct 13, 1993	1,281
172	Xenophon Zolotas	Nov 23, 1989	Apr 11, 1990	139
171	Ioannis Grivas	Oct 12, 1989	Nov 23, 1989	42
170	Tzannis Tzannetakis	Jun 2, 1989	Oct 11, 1989	131
169	Andreas Papandreou	Oct 21, 1981	Jul 2, 1989	2,811
168	Georgios Rallis	May 10, 1980	Oct 21, 1981	529
167	Konstantinos Karamanlis	Jul 24, 1974	May 10, 1980	2,117
166	Adamantios Androutsopoulos	Nov 25, 1973	Jul 24, 1974	241
165	Spiridon Markezinis	Oct 8, 1973	Nov 25, 1973	48
164	Georgios Papadopoulos	Dec 13, 1967	Oct 8, 1973	2,126
163	Konstantinos Kollias	Apr 21, 1967	Dec 13, 1967	236
162	Panagiotis Kanellopoulos	Apr 3, 1967	Apr 21, 1967	18
161	Ioannis Paraskevopoulos	Dec 22, 1966	Apr 3, 1967	102
160	Stefanos Stefanopoulos	Sep 17, 1965	Dec 22, 1966	461
159	Ilias Tsirimokos	Aug 20, 1965	Sep 17, 1965	28
158	Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas	Jul 15, 1965	Aug 20, 1965	36
157	Georgios Papandreou	Feb 18, 1964	Jul 15, 1965	513
156	Ioannis Paraskevopoulos	Dec 30, 1963	Feb 18, 1964	50
155	Georgios Papandreou	Nov 8, 1963	Dec 30, 1963	52
154	Stilianos Mavromichalis	Sep 29, 1963	Nov 8, 1963	40
153	Panagiotis Pipinelis	Jun 19, 1963	Sep 29, 1963	102
152	Konstantinos Karamanlis	Nov 4, 1961	Jun 17, 1963	590
151	Konstantinos Dovas	Sep 20, 1961	Nov 4, 1961	45
150	Konstantinos Karamanlis	Mar 17, 1958	Sep 20, 1961	1,283
149	Konstantinos Georgakopoulos	Mar 5, 1958	May 17, 1958	73
148	Konstantinos Karamanlis	Oct 6, 1955	Mar 5, 1958	881
147	Alexandros Papagos	Nov 19, 1952	Oct 4, 1955	1,049
146	Dimitrios Kiousopoulos	Oct 11, 1952	Nov 19, 1952	39
145	Nikolaos Plastiras	Nov 1, 1951	Oct 11, 1952	345
144	Sofoklis Venizelos	Aug 21, 1950	Nov 1, 1951	437
143	Nikolaos Plastiras	Apr 15, 1950	Aug 21, 1950	128
142	Sofoklis Venizelos	Mar 23, 1950	Apr 15, 1950	23
141	Ioannis Theotokis	Jan 6, 1950	Mar 23, 1950	76
140	Alexandros Diomidis	Jun 30, 1949	Jan 6, 1950	190
139	Themistoklis Sofoulis	Sep 7, 1947	Jun 30, 1949	662
138	Konstantinos Tsaldaris	Aug 29, 1947	Sep 7, 1947	9
137	Dimitrios Maximos	Jan 24, 1947	Aug 29, 1947	217
136	Konstantinos Tsaldaris	Apr 18, 1946	Jan 24, 1947	281
135	Panagiotis Poulitsas	Apr 4, 1946	Apr 18, 1946	14
134	Themistoklis Sofoulis	Nov 22, 1945	Apr 4, 1946	133
133	Panagiotis Kanellopoulos	Nov 1, 1945	Nov 22, 1945	21
132	Archbishop Damaskinos Papandreou	Oct 17, 1945	Nov 1, 1945	15
131	Petros Voulgaris	Apr 9, 1945	Oct 17, 1945	191
130	Nikolaos Plastiras	Jan 3, 1945	Apr 9, 1945	96
129	Georgios Papandreou	Apr 26, 1944	Jan 3, 1945	252
128	Sofoklis Venizelos	Apr 14, 1944	Apr 26, 1944	12
127	Alexandros Svolos	Apr 10, 1944	Oct 9, 1944	182
126	Ioannis Rallis	Apr 7, 1943	Oct 12, 1944	554
125	Konstantinos Logothetopoulos	Dec 2, 1942	Apr 7, 1943	126
124	Georgios Tsolakoglou	Apr 30, 1941	Dec 2, 1942	581
123	Alexandros Koryzis	Jan 29, 1941	Apr 18, 1941	79
122	Ioannis Metaxas	Apr 13, 1936	Jan 29, 1941	1,752
121	Konstantinos Demertzis	Nov 30, 1935	Apr 13, 1936	135
120	Georgios Kondylis	Oct 10, 1935	Nov 30, 1935	51
119	Panagis Tsaldaris	Mar 10, 1933	Oct 10, 1935	944
118	Alexandros Othonaios	Mar 6, 1933	Mar 10, 1933	4
117	Eleftherios Venizelos	Jan 16, 1933	Mar 6, 1933	49
116	Panagis Tsaldaris	Nov 3, 1932	Jan 16, 1933	74
115	Eleftherios Venizelos	Jun 5, 1932	Nov 6, 1932	154
114	Alexandros Papanastasiou	May 26, 1932	Jun 5, 1932	10
113	Eleftherios Venizelos	Jul 4, 1928	May 26, 1932	1,422
112	Alexandros Zaimis	Dec 4, 1926	Jul 4, 1928	578
111	Georgios Kondylis	Aug 23, 1926	Dec 4, 1926	103
110	Athanasios Eftaxias	Jul 19, 1926	Aug 23, 1926	35
109	Theodoros Pangalos	Jun 25, 1925	Jul 19, 1926	389
108	Andreas Michalakopoulos	Oct 7, 1924	Jun 26, 1925	262
107	Themistoklis Sofoulis	Jul 24, 1924	Oct 7, 1924	75
106	Alexandros Papanastasiou	Mar 12, 1924	Jul 24, 1924	134
105	Georgios Kafantaris	Feb 6, 1924	Mar 12, 1924	35
104	Eleftherios Venizelos	Jan 24, 1924	Feb 19, 1924	26
103	Stylianos Gonatas	Nov 14, 1922	Jan 11, 1924	423
102	Sotirios Krokidas	Sep 30, 1922	Nov 27, 1922	58
101	Anastasios Charalambis	Sep 16, 1922	Sep 17, 1922	1
100	Nikolaos Triantafyllakos	Aug 28, 1922	Sep 16, 1922	19
99	Petros Protopapadakis	May 9, 1922	Aug 28, 1922	111
98	Nikolaos Stratos	May 3, 1922	May 9, 1922	6
97	Dimitrios Gounaris	Apr 8, 1921	May 16, 1922	403
96	Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos	Feb 6, 1921	Apr 8, 1921	61
95	Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos	Jan 24, 1921	Apr 8, 1921	74
94	Dimitrios Rallis	Nov 4, 1920	Jan 24, 1921	81
93	Eleftherios Venizelos	Jun 14, 1917	Nov 4, 1920	1,239
92	Spyridon Lambros	Oct 10, 1916	May 4, 1917	206
91	Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos	Sep 16, 1916	Oct 10, 1916	24
90	Stefanos Skouloudis	Oct 25, 1915	Jun 9, 1916	228
89	Eleftherios Venizelos	Aug 10, 1915	Sep 24, 1915	45
88	Dimitrios Gounaris	Mar 10, 1915	Aug 23, 1915	166
87	Eleftherios Venizelos	Oct 6, 1910	Feb 25, 1915	1,603
86	Stefanos Dragoumis	Jan 18, 1910	Oct 6, 1910	261
85	Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis	Aug 15, 1909	Jan 18, 1910	156
84	Dimitrios Rallis	Jul 7, 1909	Aug 15, 1909	39
83	Georgios Theotokis	Dec 8, 1905	Jul 14, 1909	1,314
82	Dimitrios Rallis	Jun 9, 1905	Dec 8, 1905	182
81	Theodoros Deligiannis	Dec 16, 1904	May 31, 1905	166
80	Georgios Theotokis	Dec 6, 1903	Dec 17, 1904	377
79	Dimitrios Rallis	Jun 28, 1903	Dec 6, 1903	161
78	Georgios Theotokis	Jun 14, 1903	Jun 28, 1903	14
77	Theodoros Deligiannis	Nov 24, 1902	Jun 14, 1903	202
76	Georgios Theotokis	Apr 2, 1899	Nov 12, 1901	954
75	Dimitrios Rallis	Apr 18, 1897	Sep 21, 1897	156
74	Theodoros Deligiannis	May 31, 1895	Apr 18, 1897	688
73	Nikolaos Deligiannis	Feb 5, 1895	Jun 23, 1895	138
72	Harilaos Trikoupis	Oct 30, 1893	Jan 12, 1895	439
71	Sotirios Sotiropoulos	May 3, 1893	Oct 30, 1893	180
70	Harilaos Trikoupis	Jun 10, 1892	May 3, 1893	327
69	Konstantinos Konstantopoulos	Feb 18, 1892	Jun 10, 1892	113
68	Theodoros Deligiannis	Oct 14, 1890	Feb 18, 1892	492
67	Harilaos Trikoupis	May 9, 1886	Oct 14, 1890	1,619
66	Dimitrios Valvis	May 9, 1886	May 21, 1886	12
65	Theodoros Deligiannis	Apr 19, 1885	Apr 30, 1886	376
64	Harilaos Trikoupis	Mar 3, 1882	Apr 19, 1885	1,143
63	Alexandros Koumoundouros	Nov 6, 1880	Mar 27, 1882	506
62	Harilaos Trikoupis	Mar 10, 1880	Oct 13, 1880	217
61	Alexandros Koumoundouros	Nov 19, 1878	Apr 3, 1880	501
60	Harilaos Trikoupis	Oct 21, 1878	Oct 26, 1878	5
59	Alexandros Koumoundouros	Sep 26, 1877	Nov 14, 1878	414
58	Alexandros Koumoundouros	Jun 12, 1877	Jun 19, 1877	7
57	Konstantinos Kanaris	Jun 7, 1877	Sep 2, 1877	87
56	Epameinondas Deligiorgis	Feb 26, 1877	May 19, 1877	82
55	Alexandros Koumoundouros	Dec 25, 1876	Mar 22, 1877	87
54	Epameinondas Deligiorgis	Nov 26, 1876	Dec 1, 1876	5
53	Alexandros Koumoundouros	Nov 8, 1875	Dec 20, 1876	408
52	Harilaos Trikoupis	Apr 27, 1875	Oct 15, 1875	171
51	Dimitrios Voulgaris	Feb 21, 1874	May 8, 1875	441
50	Epameinondas Deligiorgis	Jul 8, 1872	Feb 9, 1874	581
49	Dimitrios Voulgaris	Jan 6, 1872	Jul 20, 1872	196
48	Thrasivoulos Zaimis	Nov 9, 1871	Jan 6, 1872	58
47	Alexandros Koumoundouros	Dec 27, 1870	Nov 21, 1871	329
46	Epameinondas Deligiorgis	Jul 9, 1870	Dec 3, 1870	147
45	Thrasivoulos Zaimis	Feb 6, 1869	Jul 22, 1870	531
44	Dimitrios Voulgaris	Feb 6, 1868	Feb 6, 1869	366
43	Aristidis Moraitinis	Jan 1, 1868	Feb 6, 1868	36
42	Alexandros Koumoundouros	Jan 11, 1867	Jan 13, 1868	367
41	Dimitrios Voulgaris	Jun 21, 1866	Dec 30, 1866	192
40	Benizelos Rouphos	Dec 11, 1865	Jun 21, 1866	192
39	Alexandros Koumoundouros	Nov 30, 1865	Dec 7, 1865	7
38	Dimitrios Voulgaris	Nov 15, 1865	Nov 18, 1865	3
37	Epameinondas Deligiorgis	Nov 13, 1865	Nov 28, 1865	15
36	Epameinondas Deligiorgis	Oct 20, 1865	Nov 3, 1865	14
35	Alexandros Koumoundouros	Mar 26, 1865	Nov 13, 1865	232
34	Benizelos Rouphos	Feb 9, 1865	Mar 14, 1865	33
33	Konstantinos Kanaris	Aug 7, 1864	Feb 9, 1865	186
32	Zinovios Valvis	Apr 16, 1864	Jul 26, 1864	101
31	Konstantinos Kanaris	Mar 17, 1864	Apr 28, 1864	42
30	Dimitrios Voulgaris	Nov 6, 1863	Mar 17, 1864	132
29	Benizelos Rouphos	May 10, 1863	Oct 30, 1863	173
28	Diomidis Kyriakos	Apr 9, 1863	May 10, 1863	31
27	Diomidis Kyriakos	Mar 27, 1863	Apr 19, 1863	23
26	Aristidis Moraitinis	Feb 21, 1863	Feb 24, 1863	3
25	Zinovios Valvis	Feb 13, 1863	Mar 25, 1863	40
24	Dimitrios Voulgaris	Oct 23, 1862	Feb 21, 1863	121
23	Ioannis Gennaios Kolokotronis	Jun 7, 1862	Oct 31, 1862	146
22	Athanasios Miaoulis	Nov 13, 1857	May 26, 1862	1,655
21	Dimitrios Voulgaris	Oct 11, 1855	Nov 25, 1857	776
20	Konstantinos Kanaris	May 28, 1854	Jul 29, 1854	62
19	Alexandros Mavrokordatos	Jan 1, 1854	Jan 1, 1855	365
18	Antonios Kriezis	Dec 24, 1849	May 28, 1854	1,616
17	Konstantinos Kanaris	Oct 27, 1848	Dec 24, 1849	423
16	Georgios Kountouriotis	Apr 1, 1848	Nov 8, 1848	221
15	Kitsos Tzavelas	Sep 5, 1847	Mar 4, 1848	181
14	Ioannis Kolettis	Aug 18, 1844	Sep 12, 1847	1,120
13	Konstantinos Kanaris	Mar 11, 1844	Apr 11, 1844	31
12	Alexandros Mavrokordatos	Jan 1, 1844	Jan 1, 1844	0
11	Andreas Metaxas	Sep 15, 1843	Feb 28, 1844	166
10	Alexandros Mavrokordatos	Jan 1, 1841	Jan 1, 1841	0
9	Andreas Zaimis	Dec 8, 1837	May 4, 1840	878
8	Ignaz von Rudhart	Feb 14, 1837	Dec 20, 1837	309
7	Josef Ludwig von Armansperg	Jun 1, 1835	Feb 14, 1837	624
6	Ioannis Kolettis	Jun 12, 1834	Jun 1, 1835	354
5	Spiridon Trikoupis	Feb 6, 1833	Oct 24, 1833	260
4	Alexandros Mavrokordatos	Jan 1, 1833	Jan 1, 1834	365
3	Georgios Kountouriotis	Jan 1, 1832	Feb 18, 1833	414
2	Georgios Kountouriotis	Jan 12, 1824	May 8, 1826	847
1	Alexandros Mavrokordatos	Jan 15, 1822	Apr 25, 1823	465

Officeholder history via Wikidata. Multiple rows for one person indicate separate terms.

Frequently asked questions

Who is the Prime Minister of Greece?

Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been Prime Minister of Greece since Jun 8, 2019.

How is the leader of Greece chosen?

Greece is governed as a parliamentary republic. Its prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has led the country since Jun 8, 2019. Greece has had 101 prime ministers since 1822. Under the Regimes of the World classification, it counts as an electoral democracy.

Who is the longest-serving Prime Minister of Greece?

Konstantinos Karamanlis, with 4,871 days in office across 4 terms.

Are leaders serving longer or shorter terms in Greece?

Across 185 completed terms, the average prime minister of Greece has served 375 days (about 1.0 years). Terms are getting longer: the last five completed terms averaged 615 days.

Has Greece ever had a female prime minister?

Yes. Greece has had 1 female prime minister. The first was Vasiliki Thanou, who took office in 2015.