The Civil Administrator of Mount Athos ( el, Πολιτικός διοικητής του Αγίου Όρους) is the civil head of government of the territory of the

monastic community of Mount Athos The monastic community of Mount Athos is an Eastern Orthodox community of monks in Greece, enjoying the status of an autonomous region holding the combined rights of a decentralized administration, a region and a municipality, with its territo ...

, an autonomous region in northern

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. His seat is

Karyes, Mount Athos Karyes ( el, Καρυές) is a settlement in Mount Athos of the Monastic community of Mount Athos, Athonite monastic community. The 2011 Greek census reported a population of 163 inhabitants. It is the largest settlement in Mount Athos. The majo ...

. There are several other offices established in

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

and

Ouranoupoli Ouranoupoli ( el, Ουρανούπολη, lit=Sky City, formerly ''Ouranopolis'') is an ancient city and a modern village in Chalcidice. The village is today called Ouranoupoli. Location The village of Ouranoupoli is situated on the coastlin ...

. Since 3 September 2019, the incumbent Civil Administrator is the businessman and '' Archon Offikialios'' of the

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...

, Athanasios Martinos. Per Greek law, the civil government of

Mount Athos Mount Athos (; el, Ἄθως, ) is a mountain in the distal part of the eponymous Athos peninsula and site of an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism in northeastern Greece. The mountain along with the respective part of the penins ...

falls under the jurisdiction of the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

of Greece, with the Civil Administration of Mount Athos being responsible for exercising it locally. According to article 29 of the charter of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Civil Administration of Mount Athos consists of the Civil Administrator of Mount Athos (similar to a regional governor in the rest of Greece), the Deputy Civil Administrator and the rest of their staff, permanent or not.

List of Civil Administrators of Mount Athos

References

{{Reflist * Mount Athos Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greece) Lists of political office-holders in Greece