List of Prime Ministers of Greece
Kingdom of Greece – Glücksburg dynasty restored (1935–1974)
The heads of government during the second period of the Glücksburg dynasty, including the rival governments during the Second World War and the Civil War, as well as the 1967–74 military regime.

List of Prime Ministers of Greece

Section Title: Kingdom of Greece – Glücksburg dynasty restored (1935–1974)
Table Section Text: The heads of government during the second period of the Glücksburg dynasty, including the rival governments during the Second World War and the Civil War, as well as the 1967–74 military regime.

Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Election	Term of Office	Duration	Party	Notes

Georgios Kondylis Γεώργιος Κονδύλης (1879–1936)	-	—	2	10 October 1935	30 November 1935	51 days	National Radical Party	Lt. General and head of the small National Radical Party.

Konstantinos Demertzis Κωνσταντίνος Δεμερτζής (1876–1936)	-	1936	30 November 1935	12 April 1936	135 days	Independent	Professor of Law, elected as a neutral candidate, initially as head of a caretaker government. After the deadlock of the 1936 elections and until his death, head of compromise government.

Ioannis Metaxas Ιωάννης Μεταξάς (1871–1941)	-	—	13 April 1936	29 January 1941	4 years, 289 days	Freethinkers' Party	Retired Lt. General. Vice-president of Demertzis' government. Suspended Parliament and established dictatorship on 4 August 1936.

Alexandros Koryzis (1885–1941)	AlexandrosKoryzis--P02018.027.jpeg	—	29 January 1941	18 April 1941	80 days	Independent	Chairman of the Bank of Greece, appointed by King George II as Prime Minister. Committed suicide upon the entrance of the German troops in Athens.

Emmanouil Tsouderos Εμμανουήλ Τσουδερός (1882–1956)	-	—	21 April 1941	14 April 1944	2 years, 359 days	Independent	Chairman of the Bank of Greece, appointed by King George II. In exile to London and after in Cairo from 23 May 1941.

Collaborationist governments during the occupation by Axis powers (1941–1944)

Georgios Tsolakoglou Γεώργιος Τσολάκογλου (1886–1948)	-	—	30 April 1941	2 December 1942	1 year, 214 days	Military (Non-partisan)	Lieutenant General. Signed, on his own initiative, the unconditional surrender of the Hellenic Army to the Nazis in April 1941.

Konstantinos Logothetopoulos Κωνσταντίνος Λογοθετόπουλος (1878–1961)	-	—	2 December 1942	7 April 1943	126 days	Independent	Professor of Medicine. Second head of the collaborationist government under Axis occupation. Dismissed by the Germans as ineffective.

Ioannis Rallis Ιωάννης Ράλλης (1878–1946)	-	—	7 April 1943	12 October 1944	1 year, 187 days	People's Party	Third head of the collaborationist government under Axis occupation. Created the Security Battalions, the collaborationist Wehrmacht-equipped paramilitary groups dedicated to the persecution of resistance groups and the support of Nazi occupation troops.

Political Committee of National Liberation ("Mountain Government") (1944)

Evripidis Bakirtzis Ευριπίδης Μπακιρτζής (1895–1947)	-	—	10 March 1944	18 April 1944	39 days	Communist Party	Chairmen of the Political Committee of National Liberation (PEEA), a government in EAM-held territories.

Alexandros Svolos Αλέξανδρος Σβώλος (1892–1952)	-	—	18 April 1944	2 September 1944	137 days	Socialist Party of Greece

Sophoklis Venizelos Σοφοκλής Βενιζέλος (1894–1964)	-	—	1	14 April 1944	26 April 1944	12 days	Liberal Party	Head of the internationally recognized government-in-exile in Cairo.

Georgios Papandreou Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου (1888–1968)	-	—	26 April 1944	3 January 1945	252 days	Democratic Socialist Party of Greece	Head of the internationally recognized government-in-exile in Cairo. Absorbed the PEEA after Lebanon conference in May 1944 and formed government of national unity.

Nikolaos Plastiras Νικόλαος Πλαστήρας (1883–1953)	-	—	1	3 January 1945	8 April 1945	95 days	Independent (Liberal-leaning)	Retired Lt. General. A distinguished officer known as "The Black Rider" during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922.

Petros Voulgaris Πέτρος Βούλγαρης (1884–1957)	—	1	8 April 1945	11 August 1945	192 days	Military (Non-partisan)	Rear Admiral.

2	11 August 1945	17 October 1945

Archbishop Damaskinos Αρχιεπίσκοπος Δαμασκηνός (1891–1949)	-	—	17 October 1945	1 November 1945	15 days	Independent	Archbishop of Athens. Regent and Prime Minister.

Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Παναγιώτης Κανελλόπουλος (1902–1986)	-	—	1	1 November 1945	22 November 1945	21 days	National Unionist Party

Themistoklis Sofoulis Θεμιστοκλής Σοφούλης (1862–1949)	-	—	2	22 November 1945	4 April 1946	133 days	Liberal Party

Panagiotis Poulitsas Παναγιώτης Πουλίτσας (1881–1968)	-	—	4 April 1946	18 April 1946	14 days	Independent	Senior judge. Interim government.

Konstantinos Tsaldaris Κωνσταντίνος Τσαλδάρης (1884–1970)	-	1946	1	18 April 1946	2 October 1946	281 days	People's Party

2	2 October 1946	24 January 1947

Dimitrios Maximos Δημήτριος Μάξιμος (1873–1955)	Dimitrios Maximos.JPG	—	24 January 1947	29 August 1947	5 days	People's Party	Head of coalition government.

Konstantinos Tsaldaris Κωνσταντίνος Τσαλδάρης (1884–1970)	-	—	3	29 August 1947	7 September 1947	221 days	People's Party

Themistoklis Sofoulis Θεμιστοκλής Σοφούλης (1862–1949)	-	—	3	7 September 1947	18 November 1948	1 year, 290 days	Liberal Party	Four terms, head of coalition governments of all centrist and rightist parties.

4	18 November 1948	20 January 1949

5	20 January 1949	14 April 1949

6	14 April 1949	24 June 1949

Provisional Democratic Government (1947–1950)

Markos Vafiadis Μάρκος Βαφειάδης (1906–1992)	-	—	24 December 1947	7 February 1949	1 year, 44 days	Communist Party	Heads of Provisional Democratic Government, a Communist rival government formed during the Greek Civil War. Defeated and in exile from 28 August 1949.

Nikolaos Zachariadis Νικόλαος Ζαχαριάδης (1903–1973)	-	—	7 February 1949	3 April 1949	55 days	Communist Party

Dimitrios Partsalidis Δημήτριος Παρτσαλίδης (1905–1980)	Παρτσαλίδης.JPG	—	3 April 1949	October 1950	1 year, 180 days	Communist Party

Alexandros Diomidis Αλέξανδρος Διομήδης (1875–1950)	-	—	30 June 1949	6 January 1950	190 days	Liberal Party	Vice-president of Sofoulis' government, acting since 24 June after his death, head of the coalition government of all centrist and rightist parties.

Ioannis Theotokis Ιωάννης Θεοτόκης (1880–1961)	—	6 January 1950	23 March 1950	76 days	People's Party	Head of caretaker government.

Sophoklis Venizelos Σοφοκλής Βενιζέλος (1894–1964)	-	1950	2	23 March 1950	15 April 1950	23 days	Liberal Party

Nikolaos Plastiras Νικόλαος Πλαστήρας (1883–1953)	-	—	2	15 April 1950	21 August 1950	128 days	National Progressive Centre Union

Sophoklis Venizelos Σοφοκλής Βενιζέλος (1894–1964)	-	—	3	21 August 1950	13 September 1950	1 year, 66 days	Liberal Party

4	13 September 1950	3 November 1950

5	3 November 1950	27 October 1951

Nikolaos Plastiras Νικόλαος Πλαστήρας (1883–1953)	-	1951	3	27 October 1951	11 October 1952	350 days	National Progressive Centre Union	Tried to heal the rift caused in Greek society by the Greek Civil War.

Dimitrios Kiousopoulos Δημήτριος Κιουσόπουλος (1892–1977)	—	11 October 1952	19 November 1952	39 days	Independent	Senior Judge. Head of caretaker government.

Alexander Papagos Αλέξανδρος Παπαγος (1883–1955)	-	1952	19 November 1952	4 October 1955	2 years, 319 days	Greek Rally	Retired Field Marshal, former Commander-in-Chief of the Greek Armed Forces and former Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff. Died in office.

Konstantinos Karamanlis Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής (1907–1998)	-	—	1	6 October 1955	29 February 1956	2 years, 148 days	Greek Rally/National Radical Union

1956	2	29 February 1956	5 March 1958

Konstantinos Georgakopoulos Κωνσταντίνος Γεωργακόπουλος (1890–1978)	-	—	5 March 1958	17 May 1958	73 days	Independent	President of the Hellenic Red Cross and former Minister for National Education. Head of caretaker government.

Konstantinos Karamanlis Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής (1907–1998)	-	1958	3	17 May 1958	20 September 1961	3 years, 125 days	National Radical Union

Konstantinos Dovas Κωνσταντίνος Δόβας (1898–1973)	—	20 September 1961	4 November 1961	45 days	Independent	Retired General and former Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, head of the Royal Household. Head of caretaker government.

Konstantinos Karamanlis Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής (1907–1998)	-	1961	4	4 November 1961	18 June 1963	1 year, 226 days	National Radical Union

Panagiotis Pipinelis Παναγιώτης Πιπινέλης (1899–1970)	-	—	19 June 1963	28 September 1963	101 days	National Radical Union

Stylianos Mavromichalis Στυλιανός Μαυρομιχάλης (1902–1981)	—	28 September 1963	8 November 1963	41 days	Independent	President of the Court of Cassation. Head of caretaker government.

Georgios Papandreou Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου (1888–1968)	-	1963	2	8 November 1963	31 December 1963	53 days	Center Union

Ioannis Paraskevopoulos Ιωάννης Παρασκευόπουλος (1900–1984)	—	1	31 December 1963	19 February 1964	50 days	Independent	Vice-chairman of the Bank of Greece. Head of caretaker government.

Georgios Papandreou Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου (1888–1968)	-	1964	3	19 February 1964	15 July 1965	1 year, 178 days	Center Union

Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas Γεώργιος Αθανασιάδης-Νόβας (1893–1987)	—	15 July 1965	20 August 1965	36 days	Independent (ex-Center Union)	Failed to achieve parliamentary confidence during the 1965 Apostasy.

Ilias Tsirimokos Ηλίας Τσιριμώκος (1907–1968)	20 August 1965	17 September 1965	28 days	Independent (ex-Center Union)

Stefanos Stefanopoulos Στέφανος Στεφανόπουλος (1898–1982)	-	17 September 1965	22 December 1966	1 year, 96 days	Liberal Democratic Center

Ioannis Paraskevopoulos Ιωάννης Παρασκευόπουλος (1900–1984)	—	2	22 December 1966	3 April 1967	102 days	Independent	Vice-chairman of the Bank of Greece. Head of caretaker government.

Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Παναγιώτης Κανελλόπουλος (1902–1986)	-	2	3 April 1967	21 April 1967	18 days	National Radical Union	Head of caretaker government.

Military Dictatorship (1967–1974)

Konstantinos Kollias Κωνσταντίνος Κόλλιας (1901–1998)	—	21 April 1967	13 December 1967	236 days	Independent	Senior Judge. Appointed Prime Minister by the military regime after a compromise between the leader of the junta Georgios Papadopoulos and King Constantine II.

Georgios Papadopoulos Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος (1919–1999)	—	13 December 1967	8 October 1973	5 years 295 days	Military (Non-partisan)	Colonel, leader of the putschist officers and strongman of the military regime. Assumed the office after King Constantine's failed counter-coup on 13 December 1967.

Spyros Markezinis Σπύρος Μαρκεζίνης (1909–2000)	—	8 October 1973	25 November 1973	48 days	Progressive Party	Attempted democratization. Overthrown by hardliners led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis.

Adamantios Androutsopoulos Αδαμάντιος Ανδρουτσόπουλος (1919–2000)	—	25 November 1973	24 July 1974	241 days	Independent	Appointed Prime Minister by junta strongman Dimitrios Ioannidis.

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