The order of precedence of Greece is fixed by the Decree 52749/2006 of the
Minister of the Interior
An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...
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and prescribes the protocollary hierarchy of the Greek political leadership. The President, as head of state, is first, and the Prime Minister, as head of government, is second.
# The
President of the Republic
The President of the Republic is a title used for heads of state and/or heads of government in countries having republican form of government.
Designation
In most cases the president of a republic is elected, either:
* by direct universal s ...
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Konstantinos Tasoulas
Konstantinos Tasoulas (; born 17 July 1959) is a Greek politician and lawyer who has served as the President of Greece since 2025. He previously served as President of the Hellenic Parliament from 2019 to 2025. A member of the New Democracy pa ...
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# The
Prime Minister
A prime minister 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. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...
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Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Kyriakos Mitsotakis (, ; born 4 March 1968) is a Greek politician currently serving as the prime minister of Greece since July 2019, except for a month between May and June 2023. Mitsotakis has been president of the New Democracy (Greece), New ...
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# The
Speaker of the Parliament (
Nikitas Kaklamanis
Nikitas M. Kaklamanis (; born 1 April 1946 in Andros) is a Greek politician who served as mayor of Athens from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Minister for Health and Social Solidarity from 2004 to 2006. In the Greek local elections of ...
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# The
Archbishop of Athens and All Greece
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Ieronymos II)
# The
Leader of the Official Opposition (
Nikos Androulakis
Nikos Androulakis (; born 7 February 1979) is a Greek politician who serves as president of the PASOK – Movement for Change since 2021. He served also as Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2023.
He was elected as member of the Hell ...
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# The
Former Presidents of the Republic in order of term:
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Prokopis Pavlopoulos
Prokopios "Prokopis" Pavlopoulos (, ; born 10 July 1950) is a Greek retired politician, who served as the president of Greece from 2015 to 2020. A member of New Democracy (Greece), New Democracy, he previously was Ministry of the Interior (Greece ...
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Katerina Sakellaropoulou
Katerina N. Sakellaropoulou ( ; born 30 May 1956) is a Greek retired judge who served as the president of Greece from 2020 to 2025. She was elected by the Hellenic Parliament to succeed Prokopis Pavlopoulos on 22 January 2020. Prior to her electi ...
# The
Deputy Prime Minister
A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a Minister (government), government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to th ...
Current office-holders
References
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Greece
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