Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff

Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff
Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff
Αρχηγός του Γενικού Επιτελείου Ναυτικού
	Incumbent; Vice Admiral Ioannis Drymousis; since 16 January 2023
	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.

List of chiefs

No.	Chief of the Navy General Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	Kountouriotis, GeorgiosCaptain Georgios A. Kountouriotis [el] (1851–1908)	13 December 1907^[1]	10 July 1908	210 days
2	Sachtouris, AlexandrosRear Admiral Alexandros Sachtouris [el] (1851–1926)	10 July 1908	3 August 1911	3 years, 24 days
3	Ginis, PetrosCaptain Petros Ginis [el] (1861–1935) ^[a]	07 January 1911	15 April 1912	1 year, 99 days
4	Kountouriotis, PavlosRear Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis (1855–1935) ^[b]	16 April 1912	16 September 1912	153 days
5	Kountouriotis, PavlosCaptain Matthaios Matthaiopoulos [el] (1870–1921)	16 September 1912	7 April 1914	1 year, 203 days
6	Papachristos, DimitriosRear Admiral Dimitrios Papachristos (1867–1949) ^[c]	14 April 1914	16 June 1914	63 days
7	Dousmanis, SofoklisRear Admiral Sofoklis Dousmanis (1868–1952) ^[d]	19 June 1914	14 June 1917	2 years, 360 days
8	Kakoulidis, GeorgiosCaptain Georgios Kakoulidis (1871–1946) ^[e]	22 June 1917	18 December 1917	179 days
9	Papachristos, DimitriosRear Admiral Dimitrios Papachristos (1867–1949)	18 December 1917	22 June 1920	2 years, 187 days
10	Ipitis, IoannisRear Admiral Ioannis Ipitis (1867–1956) ^[f]	9 November 1920	26 April 1921	168 days
11	Malikopoulos, KonstantinosRear Admiral Konstantinos Malikopoulos (1872–1945)	29 April 1921	15 December 1921	230 days
12	Dousmanis, SofoklisRear Admiral Sofoklis Dousmanis (1868–1952)	15 December 1921	12 October 1922	301 days
13	Gerontas, AgisilaosCaptain Agisilaos Gerontas [el] (1873–1962)	12 October 1922	11 March 1924	1 year, 151 days
14	Gonatas, AnastasiosCaptain Anastasios Gonatas (1877–1957)	11 March 1924	24 March 1924	13 days
15	Loprestis, VikentiosRear Admiral Vikentios Loprestis [el] (1872–1953)	24 March 1924	8 July 1925	1 year, 106 days
16	Gonatas, AnastasiosCaptain Anastasios Gonatas (1877–1957)	8 July 1925	27 February 1926	234 days
17	Louis, ChristosCaptain Christos Louis (1877–1957) ^[g]	27 February 1926	7 July 1926	130 days
18	Demestichas, IoannisCaptain Ioannis Demestichas (1882–1960) ^[h]	7 July 1926	3 October 1926	88 days
19	Louis, ChristosCaptain Christos Louis (1877–1957)	3 October 1926	1 December 1926	59 days
20	Demestichas, IoannisCaptain Ioannis Demestichas (1882–1960)	1 December 1926	17 February 1927	78 days
21	Typaldos-Alfonsatos, KonstantinosRear Admiral Konstantinos Typaldos-Alfonsatos (1873–1945) ^[i]	17 February 1927	15 July 1927	148 days
22	Malikopoulos, KonstantinosRear Admiral Konstantinos Malikopoulos (1872–1945)	15 July 1927	7 December 1928	1 year, 145 days
23	Panas, GeorgiosRear Admiral Georgios Panas (1876–1939)	7 December 1928	18 February 1931	2 years, 73 days
24	Louis, ChristosCaptain Christos Louis (1877–1957)	18 February 1931	7 December 1931	292 days
25	Dimoulis, PeriklisRear Admiral Periklis Dimoulis (1880–1945)	7 December 1931	10 December 1932	1 year, 3 days
26	Demestichas, IoannisCaptain Ioannis Demestichas (1882–1960)	10 December 1932	6 March 1933	86 days
27	Louis, ChristosCaptain Christos Louis (1877–1957)	6 March 1933	9 March 1933	3 days
28	Dimoulis, PeriklisRear Admiral Periklis Dimoulis (1880–1945)	9 March 1933	17 August 1933	161 days
29	Kavvadias, EpameinondasCaptain Epameinondas Kavvadias (1886–1965) ^[j]	23 August 1933	17 July 1934	328 days
30	Dimoulis, PeriklisRear Admiral Periklis Dimoulis (1880–1945)	17 July 1934	3 March 1935	229 days
31	Oikonomou, DimitriosVice Admiral Dimitrios Oikonomou (1883–1957)	3 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, 346 days

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. Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2016.

[2] MP for Spetses (1910, 1915), Senator (1932–33)

[3] 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)

[4] Senator (1929–35)

[5] Minister for Naval Affairs (1935)

[6] MP and Senator, Governor-General of Thrace

[7] Vice-Minister for Naval Affairs (1950)

[8] Minister for Communications (1945)

[9] 1st term; Minister for Aviation and Naval Affairs (1933), Minister for the Interior, Education, and Mercantile Marine (1944)

[10] Minister for Naval Affairs (1922)

[11] Fleet Commander (1941–42), Vice-Minister for Naval Affairs (1942–43), Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour (1947)

[1] 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.

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