Greece Prime Minister

The Prime Minister of Greece is the leader of the Greek cabinet and the head of government of the Hellenic Republic. He is appointed by the president.

The leader of the political party with the absolute majority of the votes in the Parliament is appointed the Prime Minister. In the case of an absolute majority being impossible, the leader of the largest party is asked to try to organize a government.

Following is the list of Prime ministers of the Third Hellenic Republic:

Konstantinos Karamanlis (24 July 1974 - 10 May 1980) Georgios Rallis (10 May 1980 - 21 October 1981) Andreas Papandreou (21 October 1981 - 2 July 1989)

• Tzannis Tzannetakis (2 July 1989 - 12 October 1989)
• Ioannis Grivas (12 October 1989 - 23 November 1989)
• Xenophon Zolotas (23 November 1989 - 11 April 1990)
• Konstantinos Mitsotakis (11 April 1990 - 13 October 1993)
• Andreas Papandreou (13 October 1993 - 22 January 1996)
• Kostas Simitis (22 January 1996 - 10 March 2004)
• Kostas Karamanlis (10 March 2004 - 17 September 2007)
• George A. Papandreou (6 October 2009 - 11 November 2011)
• Lucas Papademos (11 November 2011 - present)

Lucas Papademos, the current prime minister of Greece is an economist of acclaim. He was appointed as Prime Minister of Greece on 11 November 2011.

Although various names have been given to this post in the past since the middle of the 19th century this name has adhered. The following are the most illustrious Leaders of the Greek populace as Prime ministers of the Third Hellenic Republic:

• Andreas Papandreou
• Georgios Rallis
• Konstantinos Karamanlis
• Xenophon Zolotas
• Yiannis Grivas
• Tzannis Tzannetakis
• Kostas Karamanlis
• Konstantinos Mitsotakis
• Kostas Simitis