# Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff

The Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff (Greek: Αρχηγός του Γενικού Επιτελείου Ναυτικού, romanized: Archigós tou Genikoú Epiteleíou Naftikoú, abbrev. Α/ΓΕΝ) is the head of the Hellenic Navy General Staff and commander of the Hellenic Navy. The position is customarily held by a three-star flag officer (vice admiral). As part of Greece's membership in NATO, from 1967 until 1999 the Chief of the HNGS was also commander of NATO's COMEDEAST.

## List of chiefs

| No. | Chief of the Navy General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | Kountouriotis, GeorgiosCaptain Georgios A. Kountouriotis [el] (1851–1908) | 13 December 1907 | 10 July 1908 | 210 days |
| 2 | Sachtouris, AlexandrosRear Admiral Alexandros Sachtouris [el] (1851–1926) | 10 July 1908 | 3 August 1911 | 3 years, 24 days |
| 3 | Ginis, PetrosCaptain Petros Ginis [el] (1861–1935) | 07 January 1911 | 15 April 1912 | 1 year, 99 days |
| 4 | Kountouriotis, PavlosRear Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis (1855–1935) | 16 April 1912 | 16 September 1912 | 153 days |
| 5 | Kountouriotis, PavlosCaptain Matthaios Matthaiopoulos [el] (1870–1921) | 16 September 1912 | 7 April 1914 | 1 year, 203 days |
| 6 | Papachristos, DimitriosRear Admiral Dimitrios Papachristos (1867–1949) | 14 April 1914 | 16 June 1914 | 63 days |
| 7 | Dousmanis, SofoklisRear Admiral Sofoklis Dousmanis (1868–1952) | 19 June 1914 | 14 June 1917 | 2 years, 360 days |
| 8 | Kakoulidis, GeorgiosCaptain Georgios Kakoulidis (1871–1946) | 22 June 1917 | 18 December 1917 | 179 days |
| 9 | Papachristos, DimitriosRear Admiral Dimitrios Papachristos (1867–1949) | 18 December 1917 | 22 June 1920 | 2 years, 187 days |
| 10 | Ipitis, IoannisRear Admiral Ioannis Ipitis (1867–1956) | 9 November 1920 | 26 April 1921 | 168 days |
| 11 | Malikopoulos, KonstantinosRear Admiral Konstantinos Malikopoulos (1872–1945) | 29 April 1921 | 15 December 1921 | 230 days |
| 12 | Dousmanis, SofoklisRear Admiral Sofoklis Dousmanis (1868–1952) | 15 December 1921 | 12 October 1922 | 301 days |
| 13 | Gerontas, AgisilaosCaptain Agisilaos Gerontas [el] (1873–1962) | 12 October 1922 | 11 March 1924 | 1 year, 151 days |
| 14 | Gonatas, AnastasiosCaptain Anastasios Gonatas (1877–1957) | 11 March 1924 | 24 March 1924 | 13 days |
| 15 | Loprestis, VikentiosRear Admiral Vikentios Loprestis [el] (1872–1953) | 24 March 1924 | 8 July 1925 | 1 year, 106 days |
| 16 | Gonatas, AnastasiosCaptain Anastasios Gonatas (1877–1957) | 8 July 1925 | 27 February 1926 | 234 days |
| 17 | Louis, ChristosCaptain Christos Louis (1877–1957) | 27 February 1926 | 7 July 1926 | 130 days |
| 18 | Demestichas, IoannisCaptain Ioannis Demestichas (1882–1960) | 7 July 1926 | 3 October 1926 | 88 days |
| 19 | Louis, ChristosCaptain Christos Louis (1877–1957) | 3 October 1926 | 1 December 1926 | 59 days |
| 20 | Demestichas, IoannisCaptain Ioannis Demestichas (1882–1960) | 1 December 1926 | 17 February 1927 | 78 days |
| 21 | Typaldos-Alfonsatos, KonstantinosRear Admiral Konstantinos Typaldos-Alfonsatos (1873–1945) | 17 February 1927 | 15 July 1927 | 148 days |
| 22 | Malikopoulos, KonstantinosRear Admiral Konstantinos Malikopoulos (1872–1945) | 15 July 1927 | 7 December 1928 | 1 year, 145 days |
| 23 | Panas, GeorgiosRear Admiral Georgios Panas (1876–1939) | 7 December 1928 | 18 February 1931 | 2 years, 73 days |
| 24 | Louis, ChristosCaptain Christos Louis (1877–1957) | 18 February 1931 | 7 December 1931 | 292 days |
| 25 | Dimoulis, PeriklisRear Admiral Periklis Dimoulis (1880–1945) | 7 December 1931 | 10 December 1932 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 26 | Demestichas, IoannisCaptain Ioannis Demestichas (1882–1960) | 10 December 1932 | 6 March 1933 | 86 days |
| 27 | Louis, ChristosCaptain Christos Louis (1877–1957) | 6 March 1933 | 9 March 1933 | 3 days |
| 28 | Dimoulis, PeriklisRear Admiral Periklis Dimoulis (1880–1945) | 9 March 1933 | 17 August 1933 | 161 days |
| 29 | Kavvadias, EpameinondasCaptain Epameinondas Kavvadias (1886–1965) | 23 August 1933 | 17 July 1934 | 328 days |
| 30 | Dimoulis, PeriklisRear Admiral Periklis Dimoulis (1880–1945) | 17 July 1934 | 3 March 1935 | 229 days |
| 31 | Oikonomou, DimitriosVice Admiral Dimitrios Oikonomou (1883–1957) | 3 March 1935 | 19 December 1936 | 1 year, 291 days |
| 32 | Captain Epameinondas Kavvadias (1886–1965) | 19.12.1936 | 12.01.1937 | 24 days |
| 33 | Rear Admiral Alexandros Sakellariou (1887–1982) | 12.01.1937 | 13.08.1938 | 1 year, 213 days |
| 34 | Rear Admiral Epameinondas Kavvadias (1886–1965) | 13.08.1938 | 17.09.1938 | 35 days |
| 35 | Rear Admiral Alexandros Sakellariou (1887–1982) | 17.09.1938 | 20.04.1941 | 2 years, 215 days |
| 36 | Rear Admiral Charalambos Delagrammatikas (1887–1947) | 26.04.1941 | 30.04.1941 | 4 days |
| 37 | Vice Admiral Petros Voulgaris (1883–1957) | 03.09.1944 | 11.04.1945 | 220 days |
| 38 | Vice Admiral Grigorios Mezeviris | 11.04.1945 | 14.10.1946 | 1 year, 186 days |
| 39 | Rear Admiral Alfredos Leontopoulos | 14.10.1946 | 02.02.1947 | 111 days |
| 40 | Vice Admiral Grigorios Mezeviris | 02.02.1947 | 20.09.1947 | 230 days |
| 41 | Vice Admiral Periklis Antonopoulos | 20.09.1947 | 17.11.1951 | 4 years, 58 days |
| 42 | Rear Admiral Panagiotis Konstas | 17.11.1951 | 06.09.1952 | 294 days |
| 43 | Vice Admiral Pyrros Lappas (1899–1981) | 06.09.1952 | 13.09.1958 | 6 years, 7 days |
| 44 | Vice Admiral Konstantinos Tsatsos | 13.09.1958 | 04.12.1959 | 1 year, 82 days |
| 45 | Vice Admiral Georgios Panagiotopoulos | 4.12.1959 | 27.11.1961 | 1 year, 358 days |
| 46 | Vice Admiral Dimitrios Kiosses | 27.11.1961 | 12.12.1963 | 2 years, 15 days |
| 47 | Vice Admiral Spyridon Avgeris (1909–1972) | 12.12.1963 | 30.03.1967 | 3 years, 108 days |
| 48 | Vice Admiral Konstantinos Engolfopoulos (1912–1991) | 30.03.1967 | 24.04.1967 | 25 days |
| 49 | Vice Admiral Ippokratis Dedes | 24.04.1967 | 13.12.1967 | 233 days |
| 50 | Vice Admiral Stavros Pervainas | 13.12.1967 | 18.12.1968 | 1 year, 5 days |
| 51 | Vice Admiral Konstantinos Margaritis | 18.12.1968 | 01.06.1973 | 4 years, 165 days |
| 52 | Vice Admiral Petros Arapakis | 01.06.1973 | 08.01.1975 | 1 year, 221 days |
| 53 | Vice Admiral Konstantinos Engolfopoulos (1912–1991) | 08.01.1975 | 08.01.1976 | 1 year, 0 days |
| 54 | Vice Admiral Spyridon Mourkis | 08.01.1976 | 16.09.1976 | 252 days |
| 55 | Vice Admiral Spyridon Konofaos | 16.09.1976 | 05.01.1982 | 5 years, 111 days |
| 56 | Vice Admiral Odysseas Kapetos | 05.01.1982 | 23.03.1982 | 77 days |
| 57 | Vice Admiral Nikolaos Pappas (1930–2013) | 23.03.1982 | 22.12.1986 | 4 years, 274 days |
| 58 | Vice Admiral Leonidas Vasilikopoulos (1932–2014) | 22.12.1986 | 17.07.1989 | 2 years, 207 days |
| 59 | Vice Admiral Evangelos Lagaras | 17.07.1989 | 28.02.1992 | 2 years, 226 days |
| 60 | Vice Admiral Iraklis Drikos | 28.02.1992 | 17.12.1993 | 1 year, 292 days |
| 61 | Vice Admiral Ioannis Stagas | 17.12.1993 | 16.02.1996 | 2 years, 61 days |
| 62 | Vice Admiral Leonidas Paliogiorgos | 16.02.1996 | 16.02.1998 | 2 years, 0 days |
| 63 | Vice Admiral Georgios Ioannidis | 16.02.1998 | 15.02.2001 | 2 years, 365 days |
| 64 | Vice Admiral Georgios Theodoroulakis | 16.02.2001 | 05.03.2002 | 1 year, 17 days |
| 65 | Vice Admiral Antonis Antoniadis (born 1946) | 05.03.2002 | 15.02.2005 | 2 years, 347 days |
| 66 | Vice Admiral Dimitrios Gousis | 15.02.2005 | 5.02.2008 | 2 years, 355 days |
| 67 | Vice Admiral Georgios Karamalikis | 05.02.2008 | 17.02.2010 | 2 years, 12 days |
| 68 | Vice Admiral Dimitrios Elefsiniotis | 17.02.2010 | 01.11.2011 | 1 year, 257 days |
| 69 | Vice Admiral Kosmas Christidis | 01.11.2011 | 07.03.2013 | 1 year, 126 days |
| 70 | Vice Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis (born 1957) | 07.03.2013 | 16.09.2015 | 2 years, 193 days |
| 71 | Vice Admiral Georgios Giakoumakis (born 1959) | 16.09.2015 | 16.01.2017 | 1 year, 122 days |
| 72 | Vice Admiral Nikolaos Tsounis | 16.01.2017 | 17.01.2020 | 3 years, 1 day |
| 73 | Vice Admiral Stylianos Petrakis | 17.01.2020 | 16.01.2023 | 2 years, 364 days |
| 74 | Vice Admiral Ioannis Drymousis | 16.01.2023 | Incumbent | 2 years, 2 days |