page_title: List of people from Greece
section_title: Greece
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Greece / Military and political figures / Modern period / Greece
caption_attribution_description: English: Ioannis Metaxas, prime minister and dictator of Greece 1936-1941
context_page_description: This is a list of notable Greeks.
context_section_description: Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776–1831), first President of the free and unified Greek state, last President of the first Greek republic 
  Georgios Hatzianestis (1863–1922), General
  Constantine Kanaris (c. 1794–1877), freedom fighter, politician, and later Prime Minister
  Constantine I (1868–1923), King of Greece
  Constantine II, (born 1940), King of Greece
  George II (1890–1947), King of Greece
  Paul (1901–1964), King of Greece
  Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907–1998), President of Greece and four-time Prime Minister
  Kostas Karamanlis (born 1956), Prime Minister of Greece and leader of the New Democracy party – Greek-Macedonian
  Dimitris Plapoutas (1786–1864), Greek General in the Greek War of Independence against the rule of the Ottoman Empire and later a Politician
  Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770–1843), Greek general in the Greek War of Independence against the rule of the Ottoman Empire 
  Pavlos Kountouriotis (1855–1935), admiral, war hero and later President of Greece
  Alexander Mavrocordatos
  Pavlos Melas (1870–1904), hero of Greek Struggle for Macedonia
  Ioannis Metaxas (1871–1941), dictator of Greece before and during the first part of its participation in World War II 
  Andreas Papandreou (1919–1996), economist, politician, and three-time Prime Minister
  George Andreas Papandreou (born 1952), current leader of the PASOK political party and former Foreign Minister of Greece (1999–2004).
  Aleka Papariga (born 1945), current General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) (1991–)
  Karolos Papoulias (born 1929), current President of Greece (2005–)
  Kostas Simitis (born 1936), former Prime Minister of Greece (1996–2004)
  Kostis Stephanopoulos (born 1926), former President of Greece (1995–2005)
  Aris Velouchiotis (27 August 1905 – 16 June 1945), born Athanasios (Thanasis) Klaras, leader of Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS), the communist segment of Greek guerrilla resistance during World War II
  Maria Theofili (fl. from 1990s), diplomat, Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations
  Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936), Prime Minister of Greece during Balkan Wars and First World War 
  Nikos Zachariadis (1903–1973), former Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) (1931–1957)
caption: Ioannis Metaxas in 1937, Fascist dictator of Greece who refused the invasion of Italian troops, famously responding to Benito Mussolini, "Then it is war".
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