The Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (Greek: Αντιπρόεδρος της Κυβερνήσεως, "Vice-President of the Government"; older form: Αντιπρόεδρος του Υπουργικού Συμβουλίου, "Vice-President of the Ministerial Council") is the second senior-most member of the Greek Cabinet. Despite the English translation of the title, he does not actually deputize for the Prime Minister,[dubious – discuss] rather it is a mostly honorific post for senior ministers, and is usually combined with another senior government portfolio (traditionally either Foreign Affairs, Finance or Defence) or a coordinating role over several ministries. The post is not permanent, rather it is created on an ad hoc basis, usually for the leaders of junior parties in coalition cabinets, and may be held by more than one person at once.
| Deputy Prime Minister of Greece | |
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Incumbent Vacant since 25 May 2023 | |
| Government of Greece | |
| Member of | Cabinet |
| Reports to | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | Prime Minister of Greece |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Inaugural holder | Konstantinos Kanaris |
| Formation | 1862 |
| Website | Deputy Prime Minister's Office |
The position of the Deputy Prime Minister is currently vacant in Mitsotakis' second cabinet.
List of deputy prime ministers of Greece
- 1862–1863: Konstantinos Kanaris
- 1862–1863: Benizelos Roufos
- 1916–1917: Pavlos Kountouriotis (Thessaloniki government)
- 1916–1917: Panagiotis Danglis (Thessaloniki government)
- 1919–1920: Emmanouil Repoulis
- 1929–1932: Andreas Michalakopoulos
- 1932: Andreas Michalakopoulos
- 1932: Stylianos Gonatas (provisional)
- 1935: Georgios Kondylis
- 1935: Ioannis Theotokis
- 1936: Ioannis Metaxas
- 1936–1937: Konstantinos Zavitsianos
- 1941–1942: Alexandros Sakellariou (Government-in-exile after 23 May 1941)
- 1942–1943: Panagiotis Kanellopoulos (Government-in-exile)
- 1941–1942: Konstantinos Logothetopoulos (Collaborationist government)
- 1942–1944: Georgios Rousos (Government-in-exile)
- 1944: Sofoklis Venizelos (Government-in-exile)
- 1945: Kyriakos Varvaresos
- 1945–1946: Georgios Kafantaris
- 1945–1946: Emmanouil Tsouderos
- 1947: Konstantinos Tsaldaris
- 1947: Sofoklis Venizelos
- 1947–1949: Konstantinos Tsaldaris
- [1947–1949: Ioannis Ioannidis (Communist government)][note 2]
- 1949: Alexandros Diomidis
- 1949–1950: Konstantinos Tsaldaris
- 1949–1950: Sofoklis Venizelos
- 1950: Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
- 1950: Georgios Papandreou
- 1950–1951: Georgios Papandreou
- 1950: Konstantinos Tsaldaris
- 1951: Emmanouil Tsouderos
- 1951–1952: Sofoklis Venizelos
- 1954–1955: Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
- 1954–1955: Stefanos Stefanopoulos
- 1956–1957: Andreas Apostolidis
- 1959–1961: Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
- 1961: Ioannis Paraskevopoulos
- 1961–1963: Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
- 1963: Sofoklis Venizelos
- 1963: Stefanos Stefanopoulos
- 1964–1965: Stefanos Stefanopoulos
- 1965–1966: Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas
- 1965–1966: Ilias Tsirimokos
- 1967: Grigorios Spandidakis
- 1967–1973: Stylianos Pattakos
- 1968–1971: Dimitrios Patilis
- 1971–1973: Nikolaos Makarezos
- 1973: Charilaos Mitrelias
- 1974: Georgios Mavros
- 1977–1981: Konstantinos Papakonstantinou
- 1981: Evangelos Averoff
- 1985–1988: Ioannis Charalambopoulos
- 1987–1988: Menios Koutsogiorgas
- 1990–1993: Tzannis Tzannetakis
- 1990–1992: Athanasios Kanellopoulos
- 2009–2012: Theodoros Pangalos
- 2011–2012: Evangelos Venizelos
- 2013–2015: Evangelos Venizelos
- 2015 (January–August): Yannis Dragasakis
- 2015–2019: Yannis Dragasakis
- 2019–2023: Panagiotis Pikrammenos