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political families Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

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where two or more members of that family have been members or ministers of the Hellenic Parliament, the

Greek Senate The Greek Senate ( el, Γερουσία, '' Gerousia'') was the upper chamber of the parliament in Greece, extant several times in the country's history. Local senates during the War of Independence During the early stages of the Greek War of ...

or of the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

. For the purposes of this list, a "family" has been defined as a group of people where each person has one of the following relationships to at least one of the other people listed: *son, daughter, grandson or granddaughter *father, mother, grandfather or grandmother *nephew, niece, grandnephew or grandniece *uncle, aunt, great uncle or great aunt *sibling and first cousin *spouse (husband or wife) *connected by marriage ("-in-law" relationships) The list has been indexed against the name of the first family member to enter one of the bodies mentioned above.

History

Political dynasties have long been a feature of the Greek political landscape. They are typically characterized as families that have established their political careers usually starting from local politics and gradually moving upwards to national government or other positions of national politics. Political dynasties usually have a strong, consolidated support base, and this background and the personalities of individual members are often as important as the political positions and parties they represent. Members of such dynasties usually do not limit their involvement to political activities, and may participate in business or cultural activities. There have also been intermarriages between the political families as well. Political dynasties started emerging in the 19th century after the Greek War of Independence and the independence of

. However, political dynasties became a prominent feature in Greek politics from the 20th century onwards. Among the many Greek political dynasties, the most prominent have been the Venizelos, Karamanlis,

Papandreou Papandreou () is a Greek surname. It is the surname of: * Andreas Papandreou (1919–1996), Greek economist and politician and Prime Minister of Greece. * Dimitrios Papandreou (1891–1949), Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens. * George Papandreou (bo ...

and Mitsotakis/ Bakoyannis families. {{Expand list, date=October 2010

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* Konstantinos Alavanos (1872–1958):

Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ...

MP ca. 1915–1936 ** his son Nikolaos Alavanos (1913–1992):

Progressive Party Progressive Party may refer to: Active parties * Progressive Party, Brazil * Progressive Party (Chile) * Progressive Party of Working People, Cyprus * Dominica Progressive Party * Progressive Party (Iceland) * Progressive Party (Sardinia), Ita ...

MP 1961–64,

Centre Union The Centre Union ( el, Ἕνωσις Κέντρου ''Énōsis Kéntrou'', abbreviated ΕΚ) was a major centrist political party in Greece, created in 1961 by Georgios Papandreou.Clogg, 1987, pp. 39–40 History The Centre Union was a politica ...

MP 1964–67, Centre Union–New Forces MP 1974–77, Union of the Democratic Centre MP 1976–77 *** his son Konstantinos N. Alavanos (born 1946): Centre Union–New Forces MP 1974–76, Union of the Democratic Centre MP 1976–81 *** his son Alekos Alavanos (born 1950): Syriza MP 2004-09, leader of Synaspismos 2004–08 **** his nephew Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos (born 1985): Communist Party of Greece, Member of the European Parliament 2019-
* Gerasimos Arsenis (1931–2006): PASOK MP and Minister for National Economy 1982–85, Economics 1984–85, Mercantile Marine 1985, Defence 1993–96, and Education 1996–2000 **his wife Louka Katseli, (born 1952): PASOK MP and Minister for the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping (2009–10) and Minister for Labour and Social Security (2010–11).

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* Stavros Dimas (born 1941): New Democracy MP (1977-2004) and minister for

trade Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. An early form of trade, barter, saw the direct excha ...

1980–1981,

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...

1989–1990, industry, energy and technology 1990–1991, Greek European commissioner 2004–2010, and

Minister for Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...

2011–2012 **his son Christos Dimas (born 1980): New Democracy MP (2012-)

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* Theodore Flogaitis: elected first mayor of Odessa in 1796 **his son Nicolas Flogaitis: Greek supreme court judge ***his son Theodore Flogaitis (died 1905): professor of constitutional law ***his son Ioannis Flogaitis (1906-?): lawyer and politician on

Lefkada Lefkada ( el, Λευκάδα, ''Lefkáda'', ), also known as Lefkas or Leukas ( Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Λευκάς, ''Leukás'', modern pronunciation ''Lefkás'') and Leucadia, is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of G ...

****his son Spyridon Flogaitis (born 1950): professor of public law at the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

, interim Minister of the Interior 2007 and 2009 ****his daughter-in-law Photini Pazartzis: professor of international law at the University of Athens

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* Georgios Gennimatas (1939–1994): PASOK MP and Minister for the Interior 1981–84, Health 1984–87, Labour (1987–89) and National Economy (1989, 1993–94) **his daughter Fofi Gennimata (1964-2021): PASOK MP and super-prefect for Athens and Piraeus 2003–09, Deputy Minister for Health 2009–10 and Education 2010–11, Deputy Minister of the Interior 2011–12, PASOK president since 2015

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* Konstantinos Kanaris (ca. 1790–1877): hero of the Greek War of Independence, admiral and Prime Minister 1844, 1848–49, 1864, 1864–65 and 1877 **his son Nikolaos Kanaris (1818–1848): diplomat and MP **his son Miltiadis Kanaris (1822–1901): admiral, minister and MP ***his son Epaminondas Kanaris: MP ***his son Alexandros Kanaris (1864–1944): minister and MP **his son Lykourgos Kanaris (1826–1865): naval officer and lawyer ***his son Napoleon Kanaris: MP **his son Aristeidis Kanaris (1831–1863): army officer ***his son Themistoklis Kanaris: consul, MP and collaborator of

Charilaos Trikoupis Charilaos Trikoupis ( el, Χαρίλαος Τρικούπης; 11 July 1832 – 30 March 1896) was a Greek politician who served as a Prime Minister of Greece seven times from 1875 until 1895. He is best remembered for introducing the vote of c ...

***his son Ioannis Kanaris: MP * Andreas Karagounis (1943–2012):

New Democracy New Democracy, or the New Democratic Revolution, is a concept based on Mao Zedong's Bloc of Four Social Classes theory in post-revolutionary China which argued originally that democracy in China would take a path that was decisively distinc ...

MP for

Aetolia-Acarnania Aetolia-Acarnania ( el, Αιτωλοακαρνανία, ''Aitoloakarnanía'', ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the geographic region of Central Greece and the administrative region of West Greece. A combination of the histor ...

1989–2000, 2004–2009 **his son Kostas Karagounis (born 1975):

MP for

2009–, ND party spokesman Jan–Oct 2015 * Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907–1998):

Greek Rally Greek Rally ( el, Ἑλληνικὸς Συναγερμός (ΕΣ), ''Ellīnikòs Synagermós'' (ES)) was a right-wing political party in Greece. History Founded on 6 August 1951 by former field marshal Alexandros Papagos, the party encompasse ...

MP, founder of

National Radical Union The National Radical Union ( el, Ἐθνικὴ Ῥιζοσπαστικὴ Ἕνωσις (ΕΡΕ), ''Ethnikī́ Rizospastikī́ Énōsis'' (ERE)) was a Greek political party formed in 1956 by Konstantinos Karamanlis, mostly out of the Greek Rall ...

, Prime Minister 1955–63 and 1974–80, President of the Republic 1980–85 and 1990–95 **his brother Achilleas Karamanlis (born 1929):

MP for Serres 1974–2009 and cabinet minister ***his son Kostas A. Karamanlis (born 1974):

MP for Serres 2015– **his nephew Kostas Karamanlis (born 1956):

MP, Prime Minister 2004–09 (Kostas Karamanlis' father Alekos was Konstantinos Karamanlis' brother) **his nephew Michalis Liapis, New Democracy MP and Minister for Transport (2004–07) and Culture (2007–09) (Liapis' mother Antigoni was Konstantinos Karamanlis' sister) * Ioannis Kefalogiannis (1933–2012):

and

MP and cabinet minister **his daughter Olga Kefalogianni:

MP and cabinet minister * Nikos Konstantopoulos (born 1942): Minister of the Interior 1989, MP for Synaspismos 1990–93 and 1996–2007, leader of Synaspismos 1993–2004 ** his daughter Zoe Konstantopoulou (born 1976): Syriza MP 2012–15,

Parliamentary Speaker The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a Legislature, legislative body, is its chairperson, presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the r ...

2015 * Diomidis Kyriakos (1811–1869): Prime Minister 1863 **his grandson Alexandros Diomidis-Kyriakos (1875–1950): Prime Minister 1949–50 * Michail Kyrkos (1893-1967): MP for the

, People's Party and the United Democratic Left. **his son Leonidas Kyrkos (1924–2011), MP for the United Democratic Left, MP and MEP for the

Communist Party of Greece (Interior) The Communist Party of Greece, Interior (), usually abbreviated as KKE Interior (Greek: ''ΚΚΕ Εσωτερικού''), was a Eurocommunist party existing between 1968 and 1987 in Greece. The party was formed after the Communist Party of Greece ...

, MP for the

Coalition of the Left and Progress The Coalition of the Left, of Movements and Ecology ( el, Συνασπισμός της Αριστεράς των Κινημάτων και της Οικολογίας, ''Synaspismós tīs Aristerás tōn Kinīmátōn kai tīs Oikologías''), com ...

. ***his son Miltiadis Kyrkos (born 1959), MEP for Potami (2014–)

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* Vassilios Meimarakis (1884–1961): People's Party MP for

Heraklion Heraklion or Iraklion ( ; el, Ηράκλειο, , ) is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in Greece with a population of 211,370 (Urban Ar ...

1926–28, 1932–33 and 1936. **his nephew Ioannis Meimarkis:

MP for

1963–64 ***his son Evangelos Meimarkis:

MP for

Athens B Athens B (Athens Beta; el, Β΄ Αθηνών) was a parliamentary constituency in Attica represented in the Hellenic Parliament. It covered a large part of urban area of Athens outside the Municipality of Athens, which forms the Athens A const ...

, 1989–, Minister for Defence 2006–09, Parliamentary Speaker 2012–15, New Democracy leader 2015 * Konstantinos Mitsotakis (born 1918):

and

MP, cabinet minister 1978–81, Prime Minister 1990–93 **his son-in-law Pavlos Bakoyannis (1935–1989):

MP, assassinated by

17N Revolutionary Organization 17 November ( el, Επαναστατική Οργάνωση 17 Νοέμβρη, ''Epanastatiki Organosi dekaefta Noemvri''), also known as 17N or the 17 November Group, was a Greece, Greek Far-left politics, far-left ...

**his daughter Dora Bakoyannis (born 1954):

MP, cabinet minister 1992–93 and 2006–09, Mayor of Athens 2003–06 ***her son Kostas Bakoyannis (born 1978): Regional governor of

Central Greece Continental Greece ( el, Στερεά Ελλάδα, Stereá Elláda; formerly , ''Chérsos Ellás''), colloquially known as Roúmeli (Ρούμελη), is a traditional geographic region of Greece. In English, the area is usually called Central ...

and Mayor of Athens **his son Kyriakos Mitsotakis (born 1968):

MP, Prime Minister 2019- **his niece Antigone Lyberaki (born 1959): MP with Potami 2015

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* Michalis Papakonstantinou (1919–2010):

MP 1961-1967,

MP, 1977-1990s **his nephew Giorgos Papakonstantinou (born 1961): PASOK MP for

Kozani Kozani ( el, Κοζάνη, ) is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani regional unit and of Western Macedonia. It is located in the western part of Macedonia, in the northern part of the Aliakmonas river valley. The city lies above sea ...

, 2007-2009; MEP 2009; cabinet minister 2009–11 * Georgios Papandreou (1888–1968): Prime Minister 1944–45, 1963, 1964–65 **his son Andreas Papandreou (1919–1996): founder of the

Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( el, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellínio Sosialistikó Kínima, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK, (; , ) is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012, it ...

(PASOK), Prime Minister 1981–89, 1993–96 ***his son George Papandreou (born 1952): several cabinet posts incl. Foreign Minister 1999–2004, Prime Minister 2009–11 * Savvas Papapolitis (1911–1973): National Progressive Center Union MP for Piraeus, 1951–56, Liberal Democratic Union 1956-58,

1961–67; Trade Minister 1951–52, 1963 **his son Sotiris Papapolitis (born 1942): Piraeus MP for Centre Union–New Forces MP 1974–76, Union of the Democratic Centre 1976–77,

1981–89, 90–93

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* Dimitrios Rallis (1844–1921): Prime Minister 1897, 1903, 1905, 1909 and 1920–21 **his son Ioannis Rallis (1878–1946): Prime Minister 1943-44 (during the Axis Occupation of Greece) ***his son Georgios Rallis (1918–2006): Prime Minister 1980-81

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* Dimitrios Stephanopoulos (1885–1973): MP for Achaea (1920-22, 1926-28, 1932-35), Minister for Market Regulations (1935), Minister for Supplies (1946) **his son Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926–2016): MP for Achaea the National Radical Union (1964–67), New Democracy in Achaea (1974–89) and Democratic Renewal in Athens (1989);

President of Greece The president of Greece, officially the President of the Hellenic Republic ( el, Πρόεδρος της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας, Próedros tis Ellinikís Dimokratías), commonly referred to in Greek as the President of the Rep ...

(1995-2005)

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* Georgios Theotokis (1844–1916): Prime Minister 1899–1901, 1903 and 1903–04 and 1905–09 **his son Ioannis Theotokis (1880–1961): Prime Minister 1950 (caretaker). ***his nephew Georgios Rallis (see above) * Spyridon Trikoupis (1788–1873): Prime Minister 1833, ambassador to London 1835–1838, 1841–1843 and 1850–1861 **his son Charilaos Trikoupis (1832–1896): Prime Minister 1875, 1878, 1880, 1882–85, 1886–90, 1892–93 and 1893–95 * Panagis Tsaldaris (1868–1936): Prime Minister 1932–33 and 1933–35 **his nephew Konstantinos Tsaldaris: Prime Minister 1946–47 and 1947 * Georgios Tzitzikostas (1941–2000):

MP for Thessaloniki/Thessaloniki B 1974–2000, Minister for Macedonia-Thrace 1990–91 **his son Apostolos Tzitzikostas (born 1978):

MP for Thessaloniki A 2007–09, Regional Governor of Central Macedonia 2013–

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* Miltiadis Varvitsiotis (died 1960): People's Party MP for Athens 1946–1950 **his son Ioannis Varvitsiotis (born 1933):

and

MP, Minister for Commerce (1975–1977), Education (1977–1980), National Defence (1989, 1990–1993), Vice President of the European People's Party and of New Democracy. ***his son Miltiadis Varvitsiotis (born 1969):

MP * Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936): prominent leader in the

Cretan State The Cretan State ( el, Κρητική Πολιτεία, Kritiki Politeia; ota, كريد دولتى, Girid Devleti) was established in 1898, following the intervention by the Great Powers (United Kingdom, France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Germany ...

, founder of the

, Prime Minister 1910–15, 1917–20, 1924, 1928–32 and 1933 **his son Sophoklis Venizelos (1894–1964),

and

MP, Prime Minister 1944, 1950 and 1950–51 ***his son Nikitas Venizelos, MP for Chania, vice-speaker of the Greek Parliament **his nephew Kyriakos Mitsotakis, MP ***his son Konstantinos Mitsotakis (see above)

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* Thrasyvoulos Zaimis (1825–1889): Prime Minister 1869–70 and 1871 **his son Alexandros Zaimis (1855–1936): Prime Minister 1897–99, 1901–02, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1926–1928, President of Greece 1929–35

Families Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideal ...