2005 in Greece
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Incumbents
| Photo | Post | Name |
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President of the Hellenic Republic | Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (until March 12)[1][2] |
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President of the Hellenic Republic | Karolos Papoulias (starting March 12)[3][4] |
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Prime Minister of Greece | Costas Karamanlis[5] |
| Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament | Anna Benaki-Psarouda[6] | |
| Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic | Air Force Colonel Georgios Dritsakos (until August) | |
| Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic | Navy Vice-Captain Sotiris Charalambopoulos (until August) | |
| Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic | Navy Vice-Captain Stelios Kostalas (starting August) | |
| Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic | Army Lieutenant Colonel Dimitrios Reskos (until August) |
Events
- 21 May – Helena Paparizou wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "My Number One",[7] Greece's first victory in the contest.[8]
- 14 August – Helios Airways Flight 522, a Boeing 737-300 en route from Larnaca to Athens crashed into a mountain near Grammatiko after suffering a loss of cabin pressure, killing all 121 passengers and crew on board.[9]
