Events in the year 2017 in Greece.

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

Prokopis Pavlopoulos Prokopios Pavlopoulos ( el, Προκόπιος Παυλόπουλος, ; born 10 July 1950), commonly shortened to Prokopis (Προκόπης), is a Greek lawyer, university professor and politician who served as the president of Greece from 2015 ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

: Alexis Tsipras

Events

*13 May – Three people are killed when a train derails in

Adendro Adendro ( el, Άδενδρο, before 1927: Κιρτζιλάρ - ''Kirtzilar'') is a village in the municipality of Chalkidona, Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. History It was the site of a serious railway accident on 13 May 2017 in which thr ...

and hits a house. *12 June – The 6.3 Lesbos earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), killing one and injuring ten. *21 July – The 6.6 Aegean Sea earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''), killing two and injuring 480+. *15 November – In one of the greatest disasters in the area in decades, flash floods hit Western

Attica Attica ( el, Αττική, Ancient Greek ''Attikḗ'' or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and its countryside. It is a peninsula projecting into the Aegean S ...

, particularly the

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

suburb of

Mandra Mandra ( el, Μάνδρα), is a town and former municipality in West Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Mandra-Eidyllia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an ...

, killing twenty-three.

Deaths

*13 January –

Magic Alex Yannis (later John) Alexis Mardas ( el, Αλέξης Μάρδας; 2 May 1942 – 13 January 2017), also known as Magic Alex, was a Greek electronics engineer who was closely associated with the Beatles. His nickname was given to him by John Le ...

, or Yanni Alexis Mardas, electronics engineer (b. 1942). *7 February –

Konstantinos Despotopoulos Konstantinos Despotopoulos ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Δεσποτόπουλος; 8 February 1913 – 7 February 2016) was a Greek philosopher and intellectual who became a university professor and the Minister of National Education and Religiou ...

, philosopher and politician, MP (b. 1913) *17 February –

Evangelos Basiakos Evangelos Basiakos (or Evangelos Bassiakos) ( el, Ευάγγελος Μπασιάκος; 1954 in Thebes, Greece – 17 February 2017) was a Greek politician in the New Democracy New Democracy, or the New Democratic Revolution, is a conce ...

, politician, MP (b. 1954). *29 May –

Konstantinos Mitsotakis Konstantinos Mitsotakis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Μητσοτάκης, ; – 29 May 2017) was a Greek politician who was 7th Prime Minister of Greece from 1990 to 1993. He graduated in law and economics from the University of Athens. Hi ...

, Former Greek Prime Minister (b. 1918). *5 June –

Giorgos Masadis Georgios Masadis ( gr, Γεώργιος Μασάδης; 1944 – 5 June 2017) was a Greek former professional football (soccer) player who played for the Superleague club Veria his entire career from 1966 to 1981 and played in both Alpha Ethniki ...

, footballer (b. 1944)

References

{{Year in Europe, 2017

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...

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