Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff
The Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff (Greek: Αρχηγός του Γενικού Επιτελείου Ναυτικού, 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.
| Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff
Αρχηγός του Γενικού Επιτελείου Ναυτικού | |
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 Hellenic Navy Coat of Arms | |
Incumbent Vice Admiral Nikolaos Tsounis since 16 January 2017 | |
| Hellenic Navy General Staff | |
| Abbreviation | Α/ΓΕΝ |
| Member of |  |
| Reports to |  |
| Seat | Hellenic National Defence General Staff |
| Formation | 13 December 1907 |
| First holder | Georgios A. Kountouriotis |
List of chiefs
Kingdom of Greece
| No. | 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) [lower-alpha 1] | 07 January 1911 | 15 April 1912 | 1 year, 99 days | |
| 4 | Rear Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis (1855–1935) [lower-alpha 2] | 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) [lower-alpha 3] | 14 April 1914 | 16 June 1914 | 63 days | |
| 7 | Rear Admiral Sofoklis Dousmanis (1868–1952) [lower-alpha 4] | 19 June 1914 | 14 June 1917 | 2 years, 360 days | |
| 8 | Captain Georgios Kakoulidis (1871–1946) [lower-alpha 5] | 22 June 1917 | 18 December 1917 | 179 days | |
| (6) | Rear Admiral Dimitrios Papachristos (1867–1949) | 18 December 1917 | 22 June 1920 | 2 years, 187 days | |
| 9 | Rear Admiral Ioannis Ipitis (1867–1956) [lower-alpha 6] | 9 November 1920 | 26 April 1921 | 168 days | |
| 10 | Rear Admiral Konstantinos Malikopoulos (1872–1945) | 29 April 1921 | 15 December 1921 | 230 days | |
| (7) | Rear Admiral Sofoklis Dousmanis (1868–1952) | 15 December 1921 | 12 October 1922 | 301 days | |
| 11 | Captain Agisilaos Gerontas (1873–1962) | 12 October 1922 | 11 March 1924 | 1 year, 151 days | |
| 12 | Captain Anastasios Gonatas (1877–1957) | 11 March 1924 | 24 March 1924 | 13 days |
Second Hellenic Republic
| No. | Chief of the Navy General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Rear Admiral Vikentios Loprestis (1872–1953) | 24 March 1924 | 8 July 1925 | 1 year, 106 days | |
| (12) | Captain Anastasios Gonatas (1877–1957) | 8 July 1925 | 27 February 1926 | 234 days | |
| 14 | Captain Christos Louis (1877–1957) [lower-alpha 7] | 27 February 1926 | 7 July 1926 | 130 days | |
| 15 | Captain Ioannis Demestichas (1882–1960) [lower-alpha 8] | 7 July 1926 | 3 October 1926 | 88 days | |
| (14) | Captain Christos Louis (1877–1957) | 3 October 1926 | 1 December 1926 | 59 days | |
| (15) | Captain Ioannis Demestichas (1882–1960) | 1 December 1926 | 17 February 1927 | 78 days | |
| 16 | Rear Admiral Konstantinos Typaldos-Alfonsatos (1873–1945) [lower-alpha 9] | 17 February 1927 | 15 July 1927 | 148 days | |
| (10) | Rear Admiral Konstantinos Malikopoulos (1872–1945) | 15 July 1927 | 7 December 1928 | 1 year, 145 days | |
| 17 | Rear Admiral Georgios Panas (1876–1939) | 7 December 1928 | 18 February 1931 | 2 years, 73 days | |
| (14) | Captain Christos Louis (1877–1957) | 18 February 1931 | 7 December 1931 | 292 days | |
| 18 | Rear Admiral Periklis Dimoulis (1880–1945) | 7 December 1931 | 10 December 1932 | 1 year, 3 days | |
| (15) | Captain Ioannis Demestichas (1882–1960) | 10 December 1932 | 6 March 1933 | 86 days | |
| (14) | Captain Christos Louis (1877–1957) | 6 March 1933 | 9 March 1933 | 3 days | |
| (18) | Rear Admiral Periklis Dimoulis (1880–1945) | 9 March 1933 | 17 August 1933 | 161 days | |
| 19 | Captain Epameinondas Kavvadias (1886–1965) [lower-alpha 10] | 23 August 1933 | 17 July 1934 | 328 days | |
| (18) | Rear Admiral Periklis Dimoulis (1880–1945) | 17 July 1934 | 3 March 1935 | 229 days | |
| 20 | Vice Admiral Dimitrios Oikonomou (1883–1957) | 3 March 1935 | 19 December 1936 | 1 year, 291 days |
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Kingdom of Greece
| # | Name | Image | Rank | From | To | Notes on term and later career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32. | Epameinondas Kavvadias | Captain | 19.12.1936 | 12.01.1937 | 2nd term | |
| 33. | Alexandros Sakellariou |  |
Rear Admiral | 12.01.1937 | 13.08.1938 | 1st term; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Naval Affairs in the Greek government in exile (1941–42), Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour (1947), Minister for Supply (1947), Minister for Naval Affairs (1947–48), Minister for National Defence (1951–52) |
| 34. | Epameinondas Kavvadias | Rear Admiral | 13.08.1938 | 17.09.1938 | 3rd term | |
| 35. | Alexandros Sakellariou | |
Rear Admiral | 17.09.1938 | 20.04.1941 | 2nd term |
| 36. | Haralambos Delagrammatikas | Rear Admiral | 26.04.1941 | 30.04.1941 | ||
| 37. | Petros Voulgaris | Vice Admiral | 03.09.1944 | 11.04.1945 | Prime Minister of Greece and Minister for Aviation, Naval Affairs, Interior, and Foreign Affairs (1945), Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour (1947) | |
| 38. | Grigorios Mezeviris | Vice Admiral | 11.04.1945 | 14.10.1946 | 1st term | |
| 39. | Alfredos Leontopoulos | Rear Admiral | 14.10.1946 | 02.02.1947 | ||
| 40. | Grigorios Mezeviris | Vice Admiral | 02.02.1947 | 20.09.1947 | 2nd term | |
| 41. | Periklis Antonopoulos | Vice Admiral | 20.09.1947 | 17.11.1951 | ||
| 42 | Panagiotis Konstas | Rear Admiral | 17.11.1951 | 06.09.1952 | ||
| 43 | Pyrros Lappas | Vice Admiral | 06.09.1952 | 13.09.1958 | ||
| 44 | Konstantinos Tsatsos | Vice Admiral | 13.09.1958 | 04.12.1959 | ||
| 45. | Georgios Panagiotopoulos | Vice Admiral | 4.12.1959 | 27.11.1961 | ||
| 46. | Dimitrios Kiosses | Vice Admiral | 27.11.1961 | 12.12.1963 | ||
| 47. | Spyridon Avgeris | Vice Admiral | 12.12.1963 | 30.03.1967 | Promoted to Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (1967) | |
| 48. | Konstantinos Engolfopoulos | Vice Admiral | 30.03.1967 | 24.04.1967 | 1st term, dismissed following the establishment of the Regime of the Colonels; Minister for Mercantile Marine (1974) | |
| 49. | Ippokratis Dedes | Vice Admiral | 24.04.1967 | 13.12.1967 | Appointed by the Regime of the Colonels, dismissed following the failure of the counter-coup of King Constantine II | |
| 50. | Stavros Pervainas | Vice Admiral | 13.12.1967 | 18.12.1968 | Appointed by the Regime of the Colonels | |
| 51. | Konstantinos Margaritis | Vice Admiral | 18.12.1968 | 01.06.1973 | Appointed by the Regime of the Colonels | |
| 52. | Petros Arapakis | Vice Admiral | 01.06.1973 | 08.01.1975 | Appointed by the Regime of the Colonels | |
Third Hellenic Republic
| # | Name | Image | Rank | From | To | Notes on term and later career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52. | Petros Arapakis | Vice Admiral | 01.06.1973 | 08.01.1975 | Retained after the Metapolitefsi | |
| 53. | Konstantinos Engolfopoulos | Vice Admiral | 08.01.1975 | 08.01.1976 | 2nd term | |
| 54. | Spyridon Mourkis | Vice Admiral | 08.01.1976 | 16.09.1976 | ||
| 55. | Spyridon Konofaos | Vice Admiral | 16.09.1976 | 05.01.1982 | ||
| 56. | Odysseas Kapetos | Vice Admiral | 05.01.1982 | 23.03.1982 | ||
| 57. | Nikolaos Pappas | Vice Admiral | 23.03.1982 | 22.12.1986 | Minister for Mercantile Marine (1989–90) | |
| 58. | Leonidas Vasilikopoulos | Vice Admiral | 22.12.1986 | 17.07.1989 | Director of the National Intelligence Service (1993–1996) | |
| 59. | Evangelos Lagaras | Vice Admiral | 17.07.1989 | 28.02.1992 | ||
| 60. | Iraklis Drikos | Vice Admiral | 28.02.1992 | 17.12.1993 | ||
| 61. | Ioannis Stagas | Vice Admiral | 17.12.1993 | 16.02.1996 | ||
| 62. | Leonidas Paliogiorgos | Vice Admiral | 16.02.1996 | 16.02.1998 | ||
| 63. | Georgios Ioannidis | Vice Admiral | 16.02.1998 | 15.02.2001 | ||
| 64. | Georgios Theodoroulakis | Vice Admiral | 16.02.2001 | 05.03.2002 | ||
| 65. | Antonis Antoniadis | Vice Admiral | 05.03.2002 | 15.02.2005 | ||
| 66. | Dimitrios Gousis | Vice Admiral | 15.02.2005 | 5.02.2008 | ||
| 67. | Georgios Karamalikis |  |
Vice Admiral | 05.02.2008 | 17.02.2010 | |
| 68. | Dimitrios Elefsiniotis | Vice Admiral | 17.02.2010 | 01.11.2011 | ||
| 69. | Kosmas Christidis | Vice Admiral | 01.11.2011 | 07.03.2013 | ||
| 70. | Evangelos Apostolakis |  |
Vice Admiral | 07.03.2013 | 16.09.2015 | Promoted to Admiral and Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (since 2015) |
| 71. | Georgios Giakoumakis |  |
Vice Admiral | 16.09.2015 | 16.01.2017 | |
| 72. | Nikolaos Tsounis | Vice Admiral | 16.01.2017 | incumbent |
Notes
- 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
- 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
- "Διατελέσαντες Αρχηγοί ΓΕΝ" (in Greek). Hellenic Navy. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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