Government of Greece

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OverviewState

GreeceLeaderPrime Minister
(Kyriakos Mitsotakis)Appointed byPresident of the Republic
(Katerina Sakellaropoulou)Main organMinisterial CouncilMinistries20Responsible toParliament of the HellenesHeadquartersMaximos MansionWebsitegov.gr

The Government of Greece (Greek: Κυβέρνηση της Ελλάδας), officially the Government of the Hellenic Republic (Κυβέρνηση της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας) is the collective body of the greek state responsible to define and direct the general policy of the country.^[1] It exercises the executive powers alongside the president of the republic^[2] and it is constituted by the cabinet (officially: minesterial council) which is composed by the prime minister, the ministers and the deputy ministers.^[3]^[4]

Other collective government bodies, apart from the Ministerial Council, are the Committee on Institutions, the Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence and others, which manage particular government policy issues.

References

^ "Article 82, The Constitution of Greece".
^ "Article 26, The Constitution of Greece".
^ "Article 81, The Constitution of Greece".
^ "Collective Government Bodies".

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v t e Cabinets of Greece
First Republic (1822–1832)	Executive of 1822 Executive of 1823 [el] Executive of 1824 [el] Administrative Committee (1826) [el] Vice-gubernatorial Committee [el] I. Kapodistrias [el] Administrative Committee (1831) [el] A. Kapodistrias [el] Administrative Committee (1832) I Sp. Trikoupis
Wittelsbach monarchy (1833–1862)	II Sp. Trikoupis I Mavrokordatos I Kolettis Armansperg Rundhart I King Otto II Mavrokordatos II King Otto A. Metaxas I Kanaris III Mavrokordatos II Kolettis III Kolettis Tzavelas Kountouriotis II Kanaris Kriezis IV Mavrokordatos I D. Voulgaris Miaoulis Kolokotronis
Glücksburg monarchy (1863–1924)	Provisional Government [el] I Moraitinis I Z. Valvis Kyriakos I Roufos III D. Voulgaris III Kanaris II Z. Valvis IV Kanaris I Koumoundouros I Deligiorgis II Roufos Voulgaris-Deligiorgis II Koumoundouros II Deligiorgis III Roufos V D. Voulgaris III Koumoundouros II Moraitinis VI D. Voulgaris I Th. Zaimis III Deligiorgis IV Koumoundouros II Th. Zaimis VII D. Voulgaris IV Deligiorgis VIII D. Voulgaris I Ch. Trikoupis V Koumoundouros V Deligiorgis VI Koumoundouros VI Deligiorgis VII Koumoundouros V Kanaris VIII Koumoundouros II Ch. Trikoupis IX Koumoundouros III Ch. Trikoupis X Koumoundouros IV Ch. Trikoupis I Th. Deligiannis D. Valvis V Ch. Trikoupis II Th. Deligiannis Konstantopoulos VI Ch. Trikoupis Sotiropoulos VII Ch. Trikoupis N. Deligiannis III Th. Deligiannis I D. Rallis I Alex. Zaimis I G. Theotokis II Alex. Zaimis IV Th. Deligiannis II G. Theotokis II D. Rallis III G. Theotokis V Th. Deligiannis III D. Rallis IV G. Theotokis IV D. Rallis Mavromichalis Dragoumis I E. Venizelos I Gounaris II E. Venizelos III Alex. Zaimis Skouloudis IV Alex. Zaimis Kalogeropoulos Lambros V Alex. Zaimis III E. Venizelos V D. Rallis Kalogeropoulos II Gounaris Stratos Protopapadakis Triantaphyllakos Charalambis Krokidas Gonatas IV E. Venizelos Kafantaris
Second Republic (1924–1935)	Papanastasiou I Sofoulis Michalakopoulos Pangalos Eftaxias Kondylis VI Alex. Zaimis V E. Venizelos Papanastasiou VI E. Venizelos Tsaldaris VII E. Venizelos Othonaios Tsaldaris
Glücksburg monarchy (1935–1967)	Kondylis Demertzis I. Metaxas Koryzis Tsouderos I S. Venizelos I Georgios Papandreou I Plastiras P. Voulgaris Archbishop Damaskinos Kanellopoulos II Sofoulis Poulitsas I Tsaldaris Maximos II Tsaldaris III Sofoulis Diomidis I. Theotokis II S. Venizelos II Plastiras III S. Venizelos III Plastiras Kiousopoulos Papagos I Kon. Karamanlis Georgakopoulos II Kon. Karamanlis Dovas III Kon. Karamanlis Pipinelis Mavromichalis II Georgios Papandreou Paraskevopoulos III Georgios Papandreou Athanasiadis-Novas Tsirimokos Stefanopoulos Paraskevopoulos Kanellopoulos
Military dictatorship (1967–1974)	Kollias Papadopoulos Markezinis Androutsopoulos
Third Republic (since 1974)	IV Kon. Karamanlis V Kon. Karamanlis VI Kon. Karamanlis G. Rallis I A. Papandreou II A. Papandreou Tzannetakis Grivas Zolotas Kon. Mitsotakis III A. Papandreou I Simitis II Simitis III Simitis I Kos. Karamanlis II Kos. Karamanlis G. Papandreou Papademos Pikrammenos Samaras I Tsipras Thanou-Christophilou II Tsipras I Kyr. Mitsotakis Sarmas II Kyr. Mitsotakis
Parallel administrations	"National Defence" (1916–1917): E. Venizelos Collaborationist government during Axis Occupation (1941–1944): Tsolakoglou Logothetopoulos I. Rallis "Mountain Government" (PEEA): Bakirtzis Svolos Communist government during Greek Civil War (1947–1949): Vafeiadis Zachariadis Partsalidis
Formations	Jun 1989 Nov 1989 May 2012 Jun 2012 Aug-Sep 2015 May 2023