Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff
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| Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff | |
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| Αρχηγός του Γενικού Επιτελείου Ναυτικού | |
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| Hellenic Navy General Staff | |
| Abbreviation | Α/ΓΕΝ |
| Member of |  Hellenic Navy |
| Reports to | Chief of the National Defence General Staff |
| Seat | Hellenic National Defence General Staff |
| Formation | 13 December 1907 |
| First holder | Georgios A. Kountouriotis |
The Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff (Greek: Αρχηγός του Γενικού Επιτελείου Ναυτικού, romanized: Archigós tou Genikoú Epiteleíou Naftikoú, abbrev. Α/ΓΕΝ) is the head of the Hellenic Navy General Staff and commander of the Hellenic Navy. The position is customarily held by a three-star flag officer (vice admiral). As part of Greece's membership in NATO, from 1967 until 1999 the Chief of the HNGS was also commander of NATO's COMEDEAST.
List of chiefs[edit]
| No. | Portrait | Chief of the Navy General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Captain Georgios A. Kountouriotis (1851–1908) | 13 December 1907[1] | 10 July 1908 | 210 days | |
| 2 | Rear Admiral Alexandros Sachtouris (1851–1926) | 10 July 1908 | 3 August 1911 | 3 years, 24 days | |
| 3 | Captain Petros Ginis (1861–1935) [a] | 07 January 1911 | 15 April 1912 | 1 year, 99 days | |
| 4 | Rear Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis (1855–1935) [b] | 16 April 1912 | 16 September 1912 | 153 days | |
| 5 | Captain Matthaios Matthaiopoulos (1870–1921) | 16 September 1912 | 7 April 1914 | 1 year, 203 days | |
| 6 | Rear Admiral Dimitrios Papachristos (1867–1949) [c] | 14 April 1914 | 16 June 1914 | 63 days | |
| 7 | Rear Admiral Sofoklis Dousmanis (1868–1952) [d] | 19 June 1914 | 14 June 1917 | 2 years, 360 days | |
| 8 | Captain Georgios Kakoulidis (1871–1946) [e] | 22 June 1917 | 18 December 1917 | 179 days | |
| 9 | Rear Admiral Dimitrios Papachristos (1867–1949) | 18 December 1917 | 22 June 1920 | 2 years, 187 days | |
| 10 | Rear Admiral Ioannis Ipitis (1867–1956) [f] | 9 November 1920 | 26 April 1921 | 168 days | |
| 11 | Rear Admiral Konstantinos Malikopoulos (1872–1945) | 29 April 1921 | 15 December 1921 | 230 days | |
| 12 | Rear Admiral Sofoklis Dousmanis (1868–1952) | 15 December 1921 | 12 October 1922 | 301 days | |
| 13 | Captain Agisilaos Gerontas (1873–1962) | 12 October 1922 | 11 March 1924 | 1 year, 151 days | |
| 14 | Captain Anastasios Gonatas (1877–1957) | 11 March 1924 | 24 March 1924 | 13 days | |
| 15 | Rear Admiral Vikentios Loprestis (1872–1953) | 24 March 1924 | 8 July 1925 | 1 year, 106 days | |
| 16 | Captain Anastasios Gonatas (1877–1957) | 8 July 1925 | 27 February 1926 | 234 days | |
| 17 | Captain Christos Louis (1877–1957) [g] | 27 February 1926 | 7 July 1926 | 130 days | |
| 18 | Captain Ioannis Demestichas (1882–1960) [h] | 7 July 1926 | 3 October 1926 | 88 days | |
| 19 | Captain Christos Louis (1877–1957) | 3 October 1926 | 1 December 1926 | 59 days | |
| 20 | Captain Ioannis Demestichas (1882–1960) | 1 December 1926 | 17 February 1927 | 78 days | |
| 21 | Rear Admiral Konstantinos Typaldos-Alfonsatos (1873–1945) [i] | 17 February 1927 | 15 July 1927 | 148 days | |
| 22 | Rear Admiral Konstantinos Malikopoulos (1872–1945) | 15 July 1927 | 7 December 1928 | 1 year, 145 days | |
| 23 | Rear Admiral Georgios Panas (1876–1939) | 7 December 1928 | 18 February 1931 | 2 years, 73 days | |
| 24 | Captain Christos Louis (1877–1957) | 18 February 1931 | 7 December 1931 | 292 days | |
| 25 | Rear Admiral Periklis Dimoulis (1880–1945) | 7 December 1931 | 10 December 1932 | 1 year, 3 days | |
| 26 | Captain Ioannis Demestichas (1882–1960) | 10 December 1932 | 6 March 1933 | 86 days | |
| 27 | Captain Christos Louis (1877–1957) | 6 March 1933 | 9 March 1933 | 3 days | |
| 28 | Rear Admiral Periklis Dimoulis (1880–1945) | 9 March 1933 | 17 August 1933 | 161 days | |
| 29 | Captain Epameinondas Kavvadias (1886–1965) [j] | 23 August 1933 | 17 July 1934 | 328 days | |
| 30 | Rear Admiral Periklis Dimoulis (1880–1945) | 17 July 1934 | 3 March 1935 | 229 days | |
| 31 | Vice Admiral Dimitrios Oikonomou (1883–1957) | 3 March 1935 | 19 December 1936 | 1 year, 291 days | |
| 32 | Captain Epameinondas Kavvadias (1886–1965) | 19.12.1936 | 12.01.1937 | 24 days | |
| 33 | Rear Admiral Alexandros Sakellariou (1887–1982) | 12.01.1937 | 13.08.1938 | 1 year, 213 days | |
| 34 | Rear Admiral Epameinondas Kavvadias (1886–1965) | 13.08.1938 | 17.09.1938 | 35 days | |
| 35 | Rear Admiral Alexandros Sakellariou (1887–1982) | 17.09.1938 | 20.04.1941 | 2 years, 215 days | |
| 36 | Rear Admiral Charalambos Delagrammatikas (1887–1947) | 26.04.1941 | 30.04.1941 | 4 days | |
| 37 | Vice Admiral Petros Voulgaris (1883–1957) | 03.09.1944 | 11.04.1945 | 220 days | |
| 38 | Vice Admiral Grigorios Mezeviris | 11.04.1945 | 14.10.1946 | 1 year, 186 days | |
| 39 | Rear Admiral Alfredos Leontopoulos | 14.10.1946 | 02.02.1947 | 111 days | |
| 40 | Vice Admiral Grigorios Mezeviris | 02.02.1947 | 20.09.1947 | 230 days | |
| 41 | Vice Admiral Periklis Antonopoulos | 20.09.1947 | 17.11.1951 | 4 years, 58 days | |
| 42 | Rear Admiral Panagiotis Konstas | 17.11.1951 | 06.09.1952 | 294 days | |
| 43 | Vice Admiral Pyrros Lappas (1899–1981) | 06.09.1952 | 13.09.1958 | 6 years, 7 days | |
| 44 | Vice Admiral Konstantinos Tsatsos | 13.09.1958 | 04.12.1959 | 1 year, 82 days | |
| 45 | Vice Admiral Georgios Panagiotopoulos | 4.12.1959 | 27.11.1961 | 1 year, 358 days | |
| 46 | Vice Admiral Dimitrios Kiosses | 27.11.1961 | 12.12.1963 | 2 years, 15 days | |
| 47 | Vice Admiral Spyridon Avgeris (1909–1972) | 12.12.1963 | 30.03.1967 | 3 years, 108 days | |
| 48 | Vice Admiral Konstantinos Engolfopoulos (1912–1991) | 30.03.1967 | 24.04.1967 | 25 days | |
| 49 | Vice Admiral Ippokratis Dedes | 24.04.1967 | 13.12.1967 | 233 days | |
| 50 | Vice Admiral Stavros Pervainas | 13.12.1967 | 18.12.1968 | 1 year, 5 days | |
| 51 | Vice Admiral Konstantinos Margaritis | 18.12.1968 | 01.06.1973 | 4 years, 165 days | |
| 52 | Vice Admiral Petros Arapakis | 01.06.1973 | 08.01.1975 | 1 year, 221 days | |
| 53 | Vice Admiral Konstantinos Engolfopoulos (1912–1991) | 08.01.1975 | 08.01.1976 | 1 year, 0 days | |
| 54 | Vice Admiral Spyridon Mourkis | 08.01.1976 | 16.09.1976 | 252 days | |
| 55 | Vice Admiral Spyridon Konofaos | 16.09.1976 | 05.01.1982 | 5 years, 111 days | |
| 56 | Vice Admiral Odysseas Kapetos | 05.01.1982 | 23.03.1982 | 77 days | |
| 57 | Vice Admiral Nikolaos Pappas (1930–2013) | 23.03.1982 | 22.12.1986 | 4 years, 274 days | |
| 58 | Vice Admiral Leonidas Vasilikopoulos (1932–2014) | 22.12.1986 | 17.07.1989 | 2 years, 207 days | |
| 59 | Vice Admiral Evangelos Lagaras | 17.07.1989 | 28.02.1992 | 2 years, 226 days | |
| 60 | Vice Admiral Iraklis Drikos | 28.02.1992 | 17.12.1993 | 1 year, 292 days | |
| 61 | Vice Admiral Ioannis Stagas | 17.12.1993 | 16.02.1996 | 2 years, 61 days | |
| 62 | Vice Admiral Leonidas Paliogiorgos | 16.02.1996 | 16.02.1998 | 2 years, 0 days | |
| 63 | Vice Admiral Georgios Ioannidis | 16.02.1998 | 15.02.2001 | 2 years, 365 days | |
| 64 | Vice Admiral Georgios Theodoroulakis | 16.02.2001 | 05.03.2002 | 1 year, 17 days | |
| 65 | Vice Admiral Antonis Antoniadis (born 1946) | 05.03.2002 | 15.02.2005 | 2 years, 347 days | |
| 66 | Vice Admiral Dimitrios Gousis | 15.02.2005 | 5.02.2008 | 2 years, 355 days | |
| 67 | Vice Admiral Georgios Karamalikis | 05.02.2008 | 17.02.2010 | 2 years, 12 days | |
| 68 | Vice Admiral Dimitrios Elefsiniotis | 17.02.2010 | 01.11.2011 | 1 year, 257 days | |
| 69 | Vice Admiral Kosmas Christidis | 01.11.2011 | 07.03.2013 | 1 year, 126 days | |
| 70 | Vice Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis (born 1957) | 07.03.2013 | 16.09.2015 | 2 years, 193 days | |
| 71 | Vice Admiral Georgios Giakoumakis (born 1959) | 16.09.2015 | 16.01.2017 | 1 year, 122 days | |
| 72 | Vice Admiral Nikolaos Tsounis | 16.01.2017 | 17.01.2020 | 3 years, 1 day | |
| 73 | Vice Admiral Stylianos Petrakis | 17.01.2020 | 16.01.2023 | 2 years, 364 days | |
| 74 | Vice Admiral Ioannis Drymousis | 16.01.2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 96 days |
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Notes[edit]
- ^ MP for Spetses (1910, 1915), Senator (1932–33)
- ^ Commander of the Aegean Fleet during the Balkan Wars (1912–13), Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour (1914), Member of the "Triumvirate of National Defence" (1916–17), Regent (1920), First President of the Second Hellenic Republic (1924–29)
- ^ Senator (1929–35)
- ^ Minister for Naval Affairs (1935)
- ^ MP and Senator, Governor-General of Thrace
- ^ Vice-Minister for Naval Affairs (1950)
- ^ Minister for Communications (1945)
- ^ 1st term; Minister for Aviation and Naval Affairs (1933), Minister for the Interior, Education, and Mercantile Marine (1944)
- ^ Minister for Naval Affairs (1922)
- ^ Fleet Commander (1941–42), Vice-Minister for Naval Affairs (1942–43), Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour (1947)
References[edit]
- ^ Note: Greece officially adopted the Gregorian calendar on 16 February 1923 (which became 1 March). All dates prior to that, unless specifically denoted, are Old Style.
Sources[edit]
- "Διατελέσαντες Αρχηγοί ΓΕΝ" (in Greek). Hellenic Navy. Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
