Prosecutor General of Greece

The Prosecutor General is appointed according to the Greek Constitution and the specific law that exists in that respect (called the Code of Organization of Courts and Status of Judicial Officers).^[3] The Greek Constitution provides for the position of the Prosecutor General through article 90 and also describes the way he is appointed.^[4][5] The law is the basic legal framework that describes the responsibilities of the Prosecutor General.^[3]

The appointment is formalized by a presidential decree issued after the proposition made from the Council of Ministers. The candidates can only be members of the Supreme Court and its deputy prosecutors.^[5]

Since 7 July 2025, the Prosecutor General of the Hellenic Republic is Konstantinos Tzavelas.^[6] He has been appointed at this position following a decision of the Council of Ministers, together with Anastasia Papadopoulou as the President of the Supreme Court.^[1]

Greece's constitutionally established judicial system is divided into two jurisdictions: the administrative and the civil/criminal. These jurisdictions are further sub-divided into three bodies: the Supreme Courts (the highest courts), the Courts of Appeals (upper, appellate courts), and the Courts of First Instance (lower courts).^[7]

The highest courts in Greece are the Supreme Administrative Court (Symvoulio tis Epikrateias), the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court (Areios Pagos), and the Court of Audit (Elegktiko Synedrio), which has the authority to audit the State's, local government agencies', and other legal entities' expenditures.^[7]

Greek judges fall into one of these two categories; hence, a civil judge cannot decide an administrative matter, and an administrative judge cannot decide a criminal or civil case.^[7]