Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff | |
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Αρχηγός του Γενικού Επιτελείου Ναυτικού | |
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.
No. | Portrait | Chief of the Navy General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | Georgios A. Kountouriotis (1851–1908) | Captain13 December 1907 [1] | 10 July 1908 | 210 days | |
2 | Alexandros Sachtouris (1851–1926) | Rear Admiral10 July 1908 | 3 August 1911 | 3 years, 24 days | |
3 | Petros Ginis (1861–1935) [a] | Captain07 January 1911 | 15 April 1912 | 1 year, 99 days | |
4 | Pavlos Kountouriotis (1855–1935) [b] | Rear Admiral16 April 1912 | 16 September 1912 | 153 days | |
5 | Matthaios Matthaiopoulos (1870–1921) | Captain16 September 1912 | 7 April 1914 | 1 year, 203 days | |
6 | Dimitrios Papachristos (1867–1949) [c] | Rear Admiral14 April 1914 | 16 June 1914 | 63 days | |
7 | Sofoklis Dousmanis (1868–1952) [d] | Rear Admiral19 June 1914 | 14 June 1917 | 2 years, 360 days | |
8 | Georgios Kakoulidis (1871–1946) [e] | Captain22 June 1917 | 18 December 1917 | 179 days | |
9 | Dimitrios Papachristos (1867–1949) | Rear Admiral18 December 1917 | 22 June 1920 | 2 years, 187 days | |
10 | Ioannis Ipitis (1867–1956) [f] | Rear Admiral9 November 1920 | 26 April 1921 | 168 days | |
11 | Konstantinos Malikopoulos (1872–1945) | Rear Admiral29 April 1921 | 15 December 1921 | 230 days | |
12 | Sofoklis Dousmanis (1868–1952) | Rear Admiral15 December 1921 | 12 October 1922 | 301 days | |
13 | Agisilaos Gerontas (1873–1962) | Captain12 October 1922 | 11 March 1924 | 1 year, 151 days | |
14 | Anastasios Gonatas (1877–1957) | Captain11 March 1924 | 24 March 1924 | 13 days | |
15 | Vikentios Loprestis (1872–1953) | Rear Admiral24 March 1924 | 8 July 1925 | 1 year, 106 days | |
16 | Anastasios Gonatas (1877–1957) | Captain8 July 1925 | 27 February 1926 | 234 days | |
17 | Christos Louis (1877–1957) [g] | Captain27 February 1926 | 7 July 1926 | 130 days | |
18 | Ioannis Demestichas (1882–1960) [h] | Captain7 July 1926 | 3 October 1926 | 88 days | |
19 | Christos Louis (1877–1957) | Captain3 October 1926 | 1 December 1926 | 59 days | |
20 | Ioannis Demestichas (1882–1960) | Captain1 December 1926 | 17 February 1927 | 78 days | |
21 | Konstantinos Typaldos-Alfonsatos (1873–1945) [i] | Rear Admiral17 February 1927 | 15 July 1927 | 148 days | |
22 | Konstantinos Malikopoulos (1872–1945) | Rear Admiral15 July 1927 | 7 December 1928 | 1 year, 145 days | |
23 | Georgios Panas (1876–1939) | Rear Admiral7 December 1928 | 18 February 1931 | 2 years, 73 days | |
24 | Christos Louis (1877–1957) | Captain18 February 1931 | 7 December 1931 | 292 days | |
25 | Periklis Dimoulis (1880–1945) | Rear Admiral7 December 1931 | 10 December 1932 | 1 year, 3 days | |
26 | Ioannis Demestichas (1882–1960) | Captain10 December 1932 | 6 March 1933 | 86 days | |
27 | Christos Louis (1877–1957) | Captain6 March 1933 | 9 March 1933 | 3 days | |
28 | Periklis Dimoulis (1880–1945) | Rear Admiral9 March 1933 | 17 August 1933 | 161 days | |
29 | Epameinondas Kavvadias (1886–1965) [j] | Captain23 August 1933 | 17 July 1934 | 328 days | |
30 | Periklis Dimoulis (1880–1945) | Rear Admiral17 July 1934 | 3 March 1935 | 229 days | |
31 | Dimitrios Oikonomou (1883–1957) | Vice Admiral3 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, 126 days |