List of mayors of Athens
Mayor of Athens | |
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Δήμαρχος Αθηναίων | |
since 1 January 2024 | |
Appointer | Electorate of the Municipality of Athens |
Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Anargyros Petrakis |
Formation | 1836 |
Website | www.cityofathens.gr |
The mayor of Athens is the head of Athens. The current mayor is Haris Doukas who assumed office on 1 January 2024.
Kingdom of Greece (1832–1924)
Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |
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1 | Anargyros Petrakis | 5 May 1836 | 26 January 1837 | French Party |
2 | Angelos Gerontas | 26 January 1837 | 11 June 1837 | French Party |
3 | Dimitrios Kallifronas | 11 June 1837 | 7 July 1837 | Russian Party |
(2) | Angelos Gerontas | 7 July 1837 | 6 September 1840 | French Party |
(3) | Dimitrios Kallifronas | 6 September 1840 | 16 March 1841 | Russian Party |
4 | Dimitrios Misaraliotis | 16 March 1841 | 16 August 1841 | Russian Party |
(1) | Anargyros Petrakis | 16 August 1841 | 21 October 1843 | French Party |
5 | Spyridon Benizelos | 21 October 1843 | 12 November 1850 | English Party |
6 | Nikolaos Zacharitsas | 12 November 1850 | 29 August 1851 | Russian Party |
7 | Ioannis Koniaris | 29 August 1851 | 14 November 1854 | Independent |
8 | Konstantinos Galatis | 14 November 1854 | 25 March 1857 | Independent |
9 | Georgios Skoufos | 25 March 1857 | 13 October 1862 | French Party |
10 | Emmanouil Koutsikaris | 13 October 1862 | 28 August 1865 | Russian Party |
11 | Periklis Zacharitsas | 28 August 1865 | 22 April 1866 | Russian Party |
(9) | Georgios Skoufos | 22 April 1866 | 22 April 1870 | French Party |
12 | Panagis Kyriakos | 22 April 1870 | 11 May 1879 | Independent |
13 | Dimitrios Soutsos | 11 May 1879 | 1 October 1887 | New Party (1873) |
14 | Thrasyvoulos Papalexandris | 1 October 1887 | 17 December 1887 | Independent |
15 | Timoleon Filimon | 17 December 1887 | 1 October 1891 | New Party (1873) |
16 | Michail Melas | 1 October 1891 | 1 November 1894 | Nationalist Party |
17 | Dimitrios Silyvriotis | 1 November 1894 | 1 December 1895 | Independent |
18 | Lambros Kallifronas | 1 December 1895 | 12 September 1899 | Independent |
19 | Spyridon Mercouris | 12 September 1899 | 1 April 1914 | New Party (1873) |
20 | Emmanouil Benakis | 1 April 1914 | 9 July 1919 | Liberal Party |
21 | Spyridon Patsis | 9 July 1919 | 26 November 1920 | Liberal Party |
22 | Georgios Tsochas | 26 November 1920 | 21 September 1922 | People's Party |
(21) | Spyridon Patsis | 21 September 1922 | 30 November 1925 | Liberal Party |
Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935)
Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |
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(21) | Spyridon Patsis | 30 November 1925 | 1 September 1929 | Liberal Party |
(19) | Spyridon Merkouris | 1 September 1929 | 1 April 1934 | Liberal Party |
23 | Konstantinos Kotzias | 1 April 1934 | 16 September 1936 | Freethinkers' Party |
Kingdom of Greece (1935–1941)
Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |
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Metaxas Regime (1936–1941) | ||||
24 | Ambrosios Plytas | 16 September 1936 | 11 May 1941 | Independent |
25 | Konstantinos Mermigas | 11 May 1941 | 2 August 1941 | Independent |
Hellenic State (1941–1944)
Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |
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Axis occupation (1941–1944) | ||||
26 | Angelos Georgatos | 2 August 1941 | 12 October 1944 | Independent (Collaborationist) |
Kingdom of Greece (1944–1974)
Mayor | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition | ||
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27 | Aristeidis Skliros | 12 October 1944 | 18 May 1946 | Liberal Party | Liberal Party 1944 – 1946 | |
28 | Ioannis Pitsikas | 18 May 1946 | 18 August 1950 | People's Party | People's Party 1946 – 1950 | |
29 | Antonios Ragousis | 18 August 1950 | 20 May 1951 | Independent | Independents 1950 – 1951 | |
(23) | Konstantinos Kotzias | 20 May 1951 | 9 December 1951 | Politically Independent Alignment | PAP – People's Party 1951 | |
30 | Konstantinos Deligiannis | 9 December 1951 | 18 December 1951 | Independent | Independents 1951 | |
31 | Konstantinos Nikolopoulos | 18 December 1951 | 13 February 1955 | Independent | Independents 1951 – 1955 | |
32 | Pafsanias Katsotas | 13 February 1955 | 28 June 1959 | Liberal Party | EPEK – Liberal Party – EDA 1955 – 1956 | |
Liberal Party 1956 – 1959 | ||||||
33 | Angelos Tsoukalas | 28 June 1959 | 15 September 1964 | Liberal Party | Liberal Party 1959 – 1961 | |
Centre Union | Centre Union 1961 – 1964 | |||||
34 | Georgios Plytas | 15 September 1964 | 9 May 1967 | National Radical Union | National Radical Union 1964 – 1967 | |
Greek Junta (1967–1974) | ||||||
35 | Georgios Plytas | 10 December 1967 | 25 September 1974 | Military | Independents 1967 – 1974 |
Third Hellenic Republic (1974–present)
Mayor | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition | |||
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36 | Konstantinos Darras | 25 September 1974 | 6 June 1975 | Independent | Independents 1974 – 1975 | ||
37 | Ioannis Papatheodorou | 6 June 1975 | 1 January 1979 | Centre Union – New Forces | Centre Union – New Forces 1975 – 1979 | ||
38 | Dimitris Beis | 1 January 1979 | 31 December 1986 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | Panhellenic Socialist Movement 1979 – 1986 | ||
39 | Miltiadis Evert | 1 January 1987 | 15 May 1989 | New Democracy | New Democracy 1987 – 1989 | ||
40 | Nikolaos Giatrakos | 15 May 1989 | 31 December 1990 | Independent | New Democracy 1989 – 1990 | ||
41 | Antonis Tritsis | 1 January 1991 | 22 April 1992 | Greek Radical Movement | New Democracy – Greek Radical Movement 1991 – 1992 | ||
42 | Leonidas Kouris | 22 April 1992 | 31 December 1994 | New Democracy | New Democracy 1992 – 1994 | ||
43 | Dimitris Avramopoulos | 1 January 1995 | 31 December 2002 | New Democracy | New Democracy 1995 – 2002 | ||
44 | Dora Bakoyannis | 1 January 2003 | 14 February 2006 | New Democracy | New Democracy – Athens Tomorrow 2003 – 2006 | ||
45 | Theodoros Bechrakis (Acting) | 14 February 2006 | 31 December 2006 | New Democracy | New Democracy – Athens Tomorrow 2006 | ||
46 | Nikitas Kaklamanis | 1 January 2007 | 31 December 2010 | New Democracy | New Democracy – LAOS 2007 – 2010 | ||
47 | Giorgos Kaminis | 1 January 2011 | 1 May 2019 | PASOK | PASOK – Democratic Left – Ecologist Athens – Drassi – Liberal Alliance 2011 – 2014 | ||
PASOK – Democratic Left – Drassi – Recreate Greece 2014 – 2019 | |||||||
48 | Georgios Broulias (Acting) | 1 May 2019 | 31 August 2019 | PASOK | PASOK – Democratic Left – Drassi – Recreate Greece 2019 | ||
49 | Kostas Bakoyannis | 1 September 2019 | 31 December 2023 | New Democracy | New Democracy – Athens High 2019 – 2023 | ||
50 | Haris Doukas | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | PASOK | PASOK – SYRIZA 2024 – present |