This is a list of the
heads of government
The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a ...
of the
modern Greek state, from its establishment during the
Greek Revolution to the present day. Although various official and semi-official appellations were used during the early decades of independent statehood, the title of
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 is ...
has been the formal designation of the office at least since 1843. On dates, Greece officially
adopted
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the
Gregorian calendar
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on 16 February 1923 (which became 1 March). All dates prior to that, unless specifically denoted, are
Old Style
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.
Color key
First Hellenic Republic (1822–1833)
The heads of government of the provisional Greek state during the
Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. The Greeks were later assisted by ...
, and the subsequent
Hellenic State.
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Living former prime ministers
See also
*
List of heads of state of Greece
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Provisional Administration of Greece (Presidents of the Executive, 182 ...
*
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References
External links
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