The Deputy Prime Minister of Greece ( el, Αντιπρόεδρος της Κυβερνήσεως, "Vice-President of the Government"; older form: Αντιπρόεδρος του Υπουργικού Συμβουλίου, "Vice-President of the Ministerial Council") is the second senior-most member of the Greek Cabinet. Despite the English translation of the title, he does not actually deputize for the

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, rather it is a mostly honorific post for senior ministers, and is usually combined with another senior government portfolio (traditionally either

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) or a coordinating role over several ministries. The post is not permanent, rather it is created on an ''ad hoc'' basis, usually for the leaders of junior parties in coalition cabinets, and may be held by more than one person at once. The current Deputy Prime Minister is Panagiotis Pikrammenos, in the

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List of deputy prime ministers of Greece

*1862–1863:

Konstantinos Kanaris Konstantinos Kanaris ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Κανάρης, ; c. 17901877), also anglicised as Constantine Kanaris or Canaris, was a Greek admiral, Prime Minister, and a hero of the Greek War of Independence.Woodhouse, p. 129. Biog ...

*1862–1863: Benizelos Roufos **1916–1917:

Pavlos Kountouriotis Pavlos Kountouriotis ( el, Παύλος Κουντουριώτης; 9 April 1855 – 22 August 1935) was a Greek rear admiral during the Balkan Wars, regent, and the first President of the Second Hellenic Republic. In total he served four time ...

( Thessaloniki government) **1916–1917:

Panagiotis Danglis Panagiotis Danglis ( el, Παναγιώτης Δαγκλής; – 9 March 1924) was a Greek Army general and politician. He is particularly notable for his invention of the Schneider-Danglis mountain gun, his service as chief of staff in the Balk ...

( Thessaloniki government) *1919–1920: Emmanouil Repoulis *1929–1932:

Andreas Michalakopoulos Andreas Michalakopoulos ( el, Ανδρέας Μιχαλακόπουλος; 17 May 1876, in Patras – 7 March 1938, in Athens) was an important liberal politician in the inter-war period who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 7 October 1924 ...

*1932:

*1932: Stylianos Gonatas (provisional) *1935:

Georgios Kondylis Georgios Kondylis DSO (; 14 August 1878 – 1 February 1936) was a Greek general, politician and prime minister of Greece. He was nicknamed ''Keravnos'', Greek for " thunder" or "thunderbolt". Military career Kondylis was born in Prou ...

*1935: Ioannis Theotokis *1936: Ioannis Metaxas *1936–1937: Konstantinos Zavitsianos *1941–1942: Alexandros Sakellariou (

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after 23 May 1941) *1942–1943: Panagiotis Kanellopoulos (

) **1941–1942:

Konstantinos Logothetopoulos Konstantinos I. Logothetopoulos ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Ι. Λογοθετόπουλος; 1 August 1878 – 6 July 1961) was a distinguished Greek medical doctor who became Prime Minister of Greece, directing the Greek collaborationis ...

( Collaborationist government) *1942–1944: Georgios Rousos (

) **1944: Ektor Tsironikos ( Collaborationist government) **1944: Evripidis Bakirtzis ( "Mountain government") *1944: Sofoklis Venizelos (

) *1945: Kyriakos Varvaresos *1945–1946: Georgios Kafantaris *1945–1946:

Emmanouil Tsouderos Emmanouil Tsouderos ( el, Εμμανουήλ Τσουδερός, also transliterated as ''Emmanuel Tsouderos''; 19 July 1882 – 10 February 1956) was a political and financial figure of Greece. During World War II, he was the internationally ...

*1947:

Konstantinos Tsaldaris Konstantinos Tsaldaris (, 14 April 1884 – 15 November 1970) was a Greek politician and twice Prime Minister of Greece. Tsaldaris was born in Alexandria, Egypt. He studied law at the University of Athens as well as Berlin, London and Floren ...

*1947: Sofoklis Venizelos *1947–1949:

**1947–1949: Ioannis Ioannidis (

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) *1949:

Alexandros Diomidis Alexandros Diomedes () (3 January 1875 – 11 November 1950) was a governor of the Central Bank of Greece who became Prime Minister of Greece upon the death of Themistoklis Sophoulis. Diomedes was born in Athens, Greece to an Arvanite family fro ...

*1949–1950:

*1949–1950: Sofoklis Venizelos *1950: Panagiotis Kanellopoulos *1950:

Georgios Papandreou Georgios Papandreou ( ''Geórgios Papandréou''; 13 February 1888 – 1 November 1968) was a Greek politician, the founder of the Papandreou political dynasty. He served three terms as prime minister of Greece (1944–1945, 1963, 1964–1 ...

*1950–1951:

*1950:

*1951:

*1951–1952: Sofoklis Venizelos *1954–1955: Panagiotis Kanellopoulos *1954–1955: Stefanos Stefanopoulos *1956–1957: Andreas Apostolidis *1959–1961: Panagiotis Kanellopoulos *1961: Ioannis Paraskevopoulos *1961–1963: Panagiotis Kanellopoulos *1963: Sofoklis Venizelos *1963: Stefanos Stefanopoulos *1964–1965: Stefanos Stefanopoulos *1965–1966:

Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas Georgios Athanasiadis–Novas ( el, Γεώργιος Αθανασιάδης-Νόβας) (February 9, 1893 – August 10, 1987) was a Greek poet, lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister for one month in 1965. Born in Nafpaktos, he ob ...

*1965–1966:

Ilias Tsirimokos Ilias Tsirimokos ( el, Ηλίας Τσιριμώκος, 26 April 1907 – 13 July 1968) was a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece for a very brief period (from 20 August 1965 to 17 September 1965). Life He was born in Lamia ...

*1967: Grigorios Spandidakis *1967–1973: Stylianos Pattakos *1968–1971: Dimitrios Patilis *1971–1973: Nikolaos Makarezos *1973: Charilaos Mitrelias *1974: Georgios Mavros *1977–1981: Konstantinos Papakonstantinou *1981: Evangelos Averoff *1985–1988: Ioannis Charalambopoulos *1987–1988: Menios Koutsogiorgas *1990–1993:

Tzannis Tzannetakis Tzannis Tzannetakis ( el, Τζαννής Τζαννετάκης) (13 September 1927 – 1 April 2010) was a Greek politician who was briefly Prime Minister of Greece during the political crisis of 1989. Biography Tzannetakis was born in Gythei ...

*1990–1992: Athanasios Kanellopoulos *2009–2012: Theodoros Pangalos *2011–2012:

Evangelos Venizelos Evangelos Venizelos (, ; born 1 January 1957) is a Greek academic and politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Greece and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 25 June 2013 to 27 January 2015. Previously, he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minist ...

*2013–2015:

*2015 (January–August): Yannis Dragasakis *2015–2019: Yannis Dragasakis *2019–present: Panagiotis Pikrammenos

External links

Website of the Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
Government of Greece

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