# Civil Administrator of Mount Athos

The Civil Administrator of Mount Athos (Greek: Πολιτικός διοικητής του Αγίου Όρους) is the civil head of government of the territory of the monastic community of Mount Athos, an autonomous region in northern Greece. His seat is Karyes, Mount Athos. There are several other offices established in Thessaloniki and Ouranoupoli. Since 3 September 2019, the incumbent Civil Administrator is the businessman and Archon Offikialios of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Athanasios Martinos.
Per Greek law, the civil government of Mount Athos falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece, with the Civil Administration of Mount Athos being responsible for exercising it locally. According to article 29 of the charter of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Civil Administration of Mount Athos consists of the Civil Administrator of Mount Athos (similar to a regional governor in the rest of Greece), the Deputy Civil Administrator and the rest of their staff, permanent or not.

## List of civil administrators of Mount Athos

| No. | Civil Administrator | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Profession |
| No. | Civil Administrator | Took office | Left office | Length of office | Profession |
| 1 | Nikolaos P. Batestatos † | 15 Dec. 1926 | 10 June 1927 | 178 days | |
| 2 | Nikolaos Lelis (Acting) | 15 June 1927 | 26 Febr. 1929 | 1 year, 252 days | |
| 3 | Zisis Hatzivasiliou | 8 Jan. 1930 | 8 Νov. 1931 | 1 year, 301 days | |
| 4 | Ioannis Kokotakis | 8 Nov. 1931 | 1 Dec. 1931 | 24 days | |
| 5 | Ioannis Petridis | 1 Dec. 1931 | 2 Apr. 1932 | 124 days | |
| 6 | Nikolaos Damtsas | 24 May 1932 | 20 Apr. 1933 | 332 days | |
| 7 | Alexandros Tsorbatzis | 9 May 1933 | 24 Aug. 1933 | 108 days | |
| 8 | Periklis Noulis | 24 Aug. 1933 | 15 May 1937 | 3 years, 262 days | |
| 9 | Konstantinos Valtis | 20 May 1937 | 26 June 1937 | 38 days | |
| 10 | G. Paraskevopoulos (Acting) | 1 July 1937 | 9 July 1937 | 9 days | |
| 11 | Andreas Panourgias | 11 July 1937 | 8 Dec. 1938 | 1 year, 148 days | |
| 12 | Aristidis Fokas | 8 Dec. 1938 | 6 March 1941 | 2 years, 87 days | |
| 13 | Vasilios Karfiotakis | 9 July 1941 | 26 Jan. 1944 | 2 years, 198 days | |
| 14 | Dimitrios Papadimitriou | 17 March 1945 | Nov. 1947 | ~ 2 years, 5 months | |
| 15 | Renos Pyrgos | Jan. 1948 | Αug. 1948 | ~ 6 months | |
| 16 | Panagiotis Panagiotakos | 16 Sept. 1948 | 15 June 1950 | 1 year, 9 months | |
| 17 | Konstantinos Papakyriakou | June 1950 | June 1950 | — | |
| 18 | Nikolaos Kourasis | Aug. 1950 | Dec. 1951 | ~ 1 year, 4 months | |
| 19 | Konstantinos S. Konstantopoulos | 1951 | 1964 | ~12 years | |
| 20 | Emmanouil Rounis | July 1964 | 1967 | ~ 2 years, 6 months | |
| 21 | Stavros Papadatos | 14 Aug. 1967 | Aug. 1971 | ~ 4 years | |
| 22 | Konstantinos Karadimitropoulos | Aug. 1971 | 15 Sept. 1973 | ~ 2 years, 2 months | |
| 23 | Dimitrios Krekoukias | 28 Sept. 1973 | May 1975 | ~ 1 year, 7 months | |
| 24 | Dimitrios Tsamis | June 1975 | September 1981 | ~ 6 years, 3 months | |
| 25 | Vasilios Pseftogas | September 1981 | November 1982 | ~ 1 year, 2 months | |
| 26 | Vasilis Stogianos † | May 1983 | 18 July 1985 | ~ 2 years, 2 months | Theologian |
| 27 | Apostolos Glavinas | July 1985 | 1989 | ~ 4 years | Theologian and writer |
| 28 | Konstantinos Loulis | 1989 | 1991 | ~ 2 years | Businessman and politician |
| 29 | Nikolaos–Ioannis Papadimitriou Doukas | 1991 | 1993 | ~ 2 years | Prefect of Chalkidiki Prefecture (1978–79) and Pieria (1979-81) |
| 30 | Georgios Martzelos | May 1994 | October 1996 | ~ 2 years, 5 months | Theologian and writer |
| 31 | Stavros Psycharis | 1996 | 2001 | ~ 5 years | Publisher |
| 32 | Aristos Kasmiroglou (Acting) | 2001 | 2004 | ~ 3 years | Lawyer |
| 33 | Giorgos Dalakouras | 2004 | 2010 | ~ 6 years | Shipowner, MP and MEP |
| (32) | Aristos Kasmiroglou | 2010 | 2018 | ~ 8 years | Lawyer |
| 34 | Konstantinos Dimtsas | August 2018 | August 2019 | ~ 1 year | Journalist |
| 35 | Thanasis Martinos | October 2019 | July 2023 | ~ 4 years | Businessman and shipowner |
| 36 | Anastasios Mitsialis | December 2023 | August 2024 | 8 months | Honourary ambassador |
| 37 | Alkiviadis Stefanis | August 6, 2024 | incumbent | In Office | f.Minister of National Defence General (ret.) |