List of mayors of Athens
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The mayor of Athens is the head of Athens. The current mayor is Haris Doukas who assumed office on 1 January 2024.
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AppointerElectorate of the Municipality of Athens
Term length5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holderAnargyros Petrakis
Formation1836
| Mayor of Athens | |
|---|---|
| Δήμαρχος Αθηναίων | |
| Appointer | Electorate of the Municipality of Athens |
| Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Anargyros Petrakis |
| Formation | 1836 |
| Website | www.cityofathens.gr |
Kingdom of Greece (1832–1924)
| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anargyros Petrakis | 9 May 1836 | 25 January 1837 | French Party |
| 2 | Angelos Gerontas | 26 January 1837 | 10 June 1837 | French Party |
| 3 | Dimitrios Kallifronas | 11 June 1837 | 5 July 1837 | Russian Party |
| (2) | Angelos Gerontas | 6 July 1840 | 5 September 1840 | French Party |
| (3) | Dimitrios Kallifronas | 6 September 1840 | 15 March 1841 | Russian Party |
| 4 | Dimitrios Misaraliotis | 16 March 1841 | 15 August 1841 | Russian Party |
| (1) | Anargyros Petrakis | 16 August 1841 | 20 October 1843 | French Party |
| 5 | Spyridon Benizelos | 21 October 1843 | 20 January 1845 | English Party |
| 20 January 1845 | 11 May 1847 | |||
| 12 May 1847 | 11 November 1850 | |||
| 6 | Nikolaos Zacharitsas | 12 November 1850 | 28 August 1851 | Russian Party |
| 7 | Ioannis Koniaris | 29 August 1851 | 22 November 1853 | Independent |
| 23 November 1853 | 13 November 1854 | |||
| 8 | Konstantinos Galatis | 14 November 1854 | 7 June 1855 | Independent |
| 8 June 1855 | 24 March 1857 | |||
| (5) | Spyridon Benizelos | 25 March 1857 | 3 December 1857 | English Party |
| 9 | Georgios Skoufos | 3 December 1857 | 13 November 1861 | French Party |
| 14 November 1861 | 12 October 1862 | |||
| 10 | Emmanouil Koutsikaris | 13 October 1862 | 27 August 1865 | Russian Party |
| 11 | Periklis Zacharitsas | 28 August 1865 | 21 April 1866 | Russian Party |
| (9) | Georgios Skoufos | 22 April 1866 | 21 April 1870 | French Party |
| 12 | Panagis Kyriakos | 22 April 1870 | 23 April 1874 | Independent |
| 24 April 1875 | 10 May 1879 | |||
| 13 | Dimitrios Soutsos | 11 May 1879 | 30 September 1887 | New Party |
| 1 October 1883 | 30 September 1887 | |||
| 14 | Thrasyvoulos Papalexandris | 1 October 1887 | 16 December 1887 | Independent |
| 15 | Timoleon Filimon | 17 December 1887 | 30 September 1891 | New Party |
| 16 | Michail Melas | 1 October 1891 | 31 October 1894 | National Party |
| 17 | Dimitrios Silyvriotis | 1 November 1894 | 30 December 1895 | Independent |
| 18 | Lambros Kallifronas | 1 December 1895 | 10 November 1899 | Independent |
| 19 | Spyridon Mercouris | 12 September 1899 | 30 December 1903 | New Party |
| 31 December 1903 | 30 September 1907 | |||
| 31 September 1907 | 30 September 1911 | |||
| 31 September 1911 | 31 March 1914 | |||
| 20 | Emmanouil Benakis | 1 April 1914 | 25 November 1916 | Liberal Party |
| 21 | Georgios Tsochas | 26 November 1916 | 8 July 1917 | People's Party |
| 22 | Spyridon Patsis | 9 July 1917 | 2 November 1920 | Liberal Party |
| (21) | Georgios Tsochas | 26 November 1920 | 20 September 1922 | People's Party |
| (22) | Spyridon Patsis | 21 September 1922 | 30 November 1925 | Liberal Party |
Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935)
| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (22) | Spyridon Patsis | 1 December 1925 | 31 August 1929 | Liberal Party |
| (19) | Spyridon Merkouris | 1 September 1929 | 31 March 1934 | Liberal Party |
| 23 | Konstantinos Kotzias | 1 April 1934 | 15 September 1936 | Freethinkers' Party |
Kingdom of Greece (1935–1941)
| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metaxas Regime (1936–1941) | ||||
| 24 | Ambrosios Plytas | 16 September 1936 | 10 May 1941 | Independent |
| 25 | Konstantinos Mermigas | 11 May 1941 | 1 August 1941 | Independent |
Hellenic State (1941–1944)
| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axis occupation (1941–1944) | ||||
| 26 | Angelos Georgatos | 2 August 1941 | 19 August 1944 | Independent (Collaborationist) |
| 20 August 1941 | 11 October 1944 | |||
Kingdom of Greece (1944–1974)
| Mayor | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Aristidis Skliros | 12 October 1944 | 17 May 1946 | Liberal Party | Liberal Party 1944 – 1946 | |
| 28 | Ioannis Pitsikas | 18 May 1946 | 17 August 1950 | People's Party | People's Party 1946 – 1950 | |
| 29 | Antonios Ragousis | 18 August 1950 | 19 May 1951 | Independent | Independents 1950 – 1951 | |
| (23) | Konstantinos Kotzias | 20 May 1951 | 6 July 1951 | Politically Independent Alignment | PAP – People's Party 1951 | |
| 30 | Konstantinos Nikolopoulos | 6 July 1951 | 11 July 1951 | Independent | Independents 1951 | |
| (23) | Konstantinos Kotzias | 12 July 1951 | 8 December 1951 | Politically Independent Alignment | PAP – People's Party 1951 | |
| 31 | Konstantinos Deligiannis | 9 December 1951 | 17 December 1951 | Independent | Independents 1951 | |
| (30) | Konstantinos Nikolopoulos | 18 December 1951 | 12 February 1955 | Independent | Independents 1951 – 1955 | |
| 32 | Pafsanias Katsotas | 13 February 1955 | 8 October 1955 | Liberal Party | EPEK – Liberal Party – EDA 1955 | |
| 33 | Phocion Theodoropoulos | 9 October 1955 | 14 October 1955 | Independent | Independents 1955 | |
| (32) | Pafsanias Katsotas | 15 October 1955 | 20 December 1955 | Liberal Party | EPEK – Liberal Party – EDA 1955 | |
| (33) | Phocion Theodoropoulos | 21 December 1955 | 30 December 1955 | Independent | Independents 1955 | |
| (32) | Pafsanias Katsotas | 31 December 1955 | 2 February 1956 | Liberal Party | EPEK – Liberal Party – EDA 1955 – 1956 | |
| 34 | Alexandros Magriplis | 2 February 1956 | 10 February 1956 | Independent | Independents 1955 | |
| (32) | Pafsanias Katsotas | 10 February 1956 | 28 June 1959 | Liberal Party | Liberal Party 1956 – 1959 | |
| 35 | Angelos Tsoukalas | 28 June 1959 | 5 June 1964 | Liberal Party | Liberal Party 1959 – 1961 | |
| 35 | Centre Union | Centre Union 1961 – 1964 | ||||
| 36 | Ioannis Papakonstantinou | 6 June 1964 | 14 September 1964 | Independent | Independents 1964 | |
| 37 | Georgios Plytas | 15 September 1964 | 9 December 1967 | National Radical Union | National Radical Union 1964 – 1967 | |
| Greek Junta (1967–1974) | ||||||
| 38 | Dimitrios Ritsos | 10 December 1967 | 17 December 1967 | Independent | Independents 1967 – 1974 | |
| 18 December 1967 | 17 September 1974 | |||||
Third Hellenic Republic (1974–present)
| Mayor | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | Konstantinos Darras | 25 September 1974 | 1 June 1975 | Independent | Independents 1974 – 1975 | ||
| 40 | Ioannis Papatheodorou | 6 June 1975 | 31 December 1978 | Centre Union – New Forces | Centre Union – New Forces 1975 – 1979 | ||
| 41 | Dimitris Beis | 1 January 1979 | 31 December 1982 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | Panhellenic Socialist Movement 1979 – 1986 | ||
| 1 January 1983 | 31 December 1986 | ||||||
| 42 | Miltiadis Evert | 1 January 1987 | 14 May 1989 | New Democracy | New Democracy 1987 – 1989 | ||
| 43 | Nikolaos Giatrakos | 15 May 1989 | 31 December 1990 | Independent | New Democracy 1989 – 1990 | ||
| 44 | Antonis Tritsis | 1 January 1991 | 7 April 1992 | Greek Radical Movement | New Democracy – Greek Radical Movement 1991 – 1992 | ||
| 45 | Leonidas Kouris | 22 April 1992 | 31 December 1994 | New Democracy | New Democracy 1992 – 1994 | ||
| 46 |  |
Dimitris Avramopoulos | 1 January 1995 | 31 December 1998 | New Democracy | New Democracy 1995 – 2002 | |
| 1 January 1999 | 31 December 2002 | ||||||
| 47 |  |
Dora Bakoyannis | 1 January 2003 | 14 February 2006 | New Democracy | New Democracy 2003 – 2006 | |
| 48 | Theodoros Bechrakis (Acting) |
24 February 2006 | 317 January 2007 | New Democracy | New Democracy 2006 – 2007 | ||
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Nikitas Kaklamanis | 1 January 2007 | 31 December 2010 | New Democracy | New Democracy 2007 – 2010 | |
| 50 |  |
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 | |||||||
| 51 | Georgios Broulias (Acting) |
2 May 2019 | 31 August 2019 | PASOK | PASOK – Democratic Left – Drassi – Recreate Greece 2019 | ||
| 52 |  |
Kostas Bakoyannis | 1 September 2019 | 31 December 2023 | New Democracy | New Democracy 2019 – 2023 | |
| 53 | |
Haris Doukas | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | PASOK | PASOK – Volt 2024 – present | |
Sources
- Δήμος Αθηναίων: διατελέσαντες δήμαρχοι Archived 7 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine
- Γεώργιος Π. Παρασκευόπουλος (1907). Oι Δήμαρχοι των Aθηνών (1835-1907) μετά προεισαγωγής περί δημογεροντίας (in Greek). Τυπογραφείο Ρουφτάνη-Παππαγεωργίου. Retrieved 26 August 2026.