This is a list of the heads of state of Greece, from the foundation of the modern nation state until the present.

First Hellenic Republic/Governorate (1828-1833)

Governor[1]	Picture	Life	Term of office	Comments
Ioannis Kapodistrias		1776-1831	January 24, 1828- October 9, 1831	Assassinated in 1831.
Augustinos Kapodistrias		1778-1857	October 9, 1831- April 9, 1832	President of the Provisional Government Commission.
Governing Council			April 9, 1832- February 2, 1833	Collective leadership pending the establishment of a stable government.

Kingdom of Greece (1833-1924)

House of Wittelsbach (1832-1862)

King[2]	Picture	Life	Term of office	Comments
Otto		1815-1867	6 February 1833- 23 October 1862	Until June 13, 1835 with a regency council[3], deposed in 1862.
Regency council			October 23, 1862- 30 March 1863	Collective regency pending the election of a new king.

House of Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863-1924)

King[4]	Picture	Life	Term of office	Comments
George I		1845-1913	30 March 1863- 18 March 1913	Assassinated in 1913.
Constantine I		1868-1923	18 March 1913- 11 June 1917	Went into exile and abdicated in 1917 in favour of his second son Alexander.
Alexander		1893-1920	11 June 1917- 25 October 1920	Died in office.

After the death of Alexander the succession proved problematic, as the Venizelist government at first favoured Alexander's younger brother Paul. As Paul refused to pass by his father Constantine and his elder brother George, the government favoured a republican government and established a regency pending a decision on the matter.

Regent	Picture	Life	Term of office	Comments
Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis		1855-1935	25 October 1920- 17 November 1920	Resigned after the electoral defeat of the Venizelists.
Queen Mother Olga		1851-1926	17 November 1920- 19 December 1920

The new government held a plebiscite, which resulted in an overwhelming majority for the return of King Constantine I.

King[4]	Picture	Life	Term of office	Comments
Constantine I		1868-1923	19 December 1920- 27 September 1922	Abdicated again in 1922 after the Asia Minor Disaster.
George II		1890-1947	27 September 1922- 25 March 1924	Exiled on 19 December 1923, deposed on 25 March 1924.

Second Hellenic Republic (1924-1935)

President	Picture	Life	Term of office	Comments
Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis		1855-1935	March 25, 1924- March 15, 1926	Elected by Parliament, resigned over General Pangalos' dictatorship.
General Theodoros Pangalos		1855-1936	March 15, 1926- August 24, 1926	Military dictator, self-appointed President, overthrown by minister Georgios Kondylis.
Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis		1855-1935	August 24, 1926- December 9, 1929	Restored to office by Kondylis, re-elected in 1929, resigned due to ill health.
Alexandros Zaimis		1855-1936	December 9, 1929- October 10, 1935	Overthrown by military revolt.

Kingdom of Greece (1935-1973)

House of Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1935-1973)

King[4]	Picture	Life	Term of office	Comments
George II		1890-1947	3 November 1935- 1 April 1947	Died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother Paul.
Paul		1901-1964	1 April 1947- 6 March 1964
Constantine II		1940-	6 March 1964- 1 June 1973	Went into exile on 13 December 1967 after a failed counter-coup against the military regime ruling since 21 April 1967.

Military Dictatorship (1967-1974)

The regime of the colonels was established in a military coup led by Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos on 21 April 1967. When King Constantine II went into exile on 13 December, his constitutional role was assumed by regents appointed by the military junta.

Regent	Picture	Life	Term of office	Comments
General Georgios Zoitakis		1910-1996	December 13, 1967- March 21, 1972
Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos		1919-1999	March 21, 1972- June 1, 1973

On 1 June 1973 the junta abolished the monarchy and replaced it with a presidential republic.

President	Picture	Life	Term of office	Comments
Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos		1919-1999	June 1, 1973- November 25, 1973
General Phaedon Gizikis		1917-1999	November 25, 1973- December 18, 1974	appointed after a coup led by Brigadier Dimitrios Ioannides, remained transitional President after the fall of the regime.

Third Hellenic Republic (since 1974)

In 1974, the military junta was overthrown and democracy restored. A second referendum, held on 8 December 1974, confirmed the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of the current parliamentary republic, with the President of the Republic as the head of state.

President	Picture	Life	Term of office	Comments
Michail Stasinopoulos (National Radical Union)		1903-2002	December 18, 1974- June 19, 1975	Interim President
Constantine Tsatsos (New Democracy)		1899-1987	June 19, 1975- May 15, 1980
Constantine Karamanlis (New Democracy)		1907-1998	May 15, 1980- March 10, 1985	1st term.
Ioannis Alevras (PASOK)		1912-1995	March 10, 1985- March 30, 1985	Acting President as Speaker of Parliament
Christos Sartzetakis		1929-	March 30, 1985- May 4, 1990
Constantine Karamanlis (New Democracy)		1907-1998	May 4, 1990- March 10, 1995	2nd term.
Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (New Democracy)		1926-	March 10, 1995- March 12, 2005
Karolos Papoulias (PASOK)		1929-	March 12, 2005-

Notes

External links

• List of Greek heads of state and government
• The President of the Hellenic Republic
• Greek Royal Family

v • d • e Heads of State of Greece First Hellenic Republic (1827–1832): Ioannis Kapodistrias  · Augustinos Kapodistrias  · Governing Council First Period of Monarchy (1832–1924): Otto  · George I  · Constantine I  · Alexander  · Pavlos Kountouriotis§  · Queen Olga§  · Constantine I  · George II Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935): Pavlos Kountouriotis  · Theodoros Pangalos†  · Pavlos Kountouriotis  · Alexandros Zaimis Second Period of Monarchy (1935–1974): Georgios Kondylis§  · George II  · Paul  · Constantine II* Military Junta (1967–1974): Georgios Zoitakis†  · Georgios Papadopoulos†  · Phaedon Gizikis† Third Hellenic Republic (1974–present): Michail Stasinopoulos§  · Konstantinos Tsatsos  · Constantine Karamanlis  · Ioannis Alevras§  · Christos Sartzetakis  · Constantine Karamanlis  · Konstantinos Stephanopoulos  · Karolos Papoulias § denotes Regency or interim Presidency † denotes head of state appointed by military regime * fled Greece in 1968; de jure Zoitakis and Papadopoulos were regents acting on his behalf until the monarchy was abolished in 1973 during the latter's regency The junta-proclaimed Republic (1973-1974) is not officially recognised, and the monarchy is considered to have continued de jure until 1974