2017 in Greece explained

Events in the year 2017 in Greece.

Incumbents

• President

Prokopis Pavlopoulos

• Prime Minister

Alexis Tsipras

Events

• 13 May – A train derailment in Adendro killed three people and hits a house.^{[1] [2]}
• 12 June – The 6.3 Lesbos earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing one and injuring ten.
• 21 July – The 6.6 Aegean Sea earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing two and injuring 480.^[3]
• 15 November – In one of the greatest disasters in the area in decades, flash floods hit Western Attica, particularly the Athens suburb of Mandra, killing twenty-three.^{[4] [5]}
• December – Rebetiko, a Greek music genre, is added to UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.^[6]

Deaths

• 13 January – Magic Alex, or Yanni Alexis Mardas, electronics engineer (b. 1942).^[7]
• 7 February – Konstantinos Despotopoulos, philosopher and politician, MP (b. 1913)
• 17 February – Evangelos Basiakos, politician, MP (b. 1954).^[8]
• 29 May – Konstantinos Mitsotakis, former Greek Prime Minister (b. 1918).^[9]
• 5 June – Georgios Masadis, footballer (b. 1944)
• 13 November – Yannis Kapsis, journalist and politician, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1929).^[10]
• 16 December – Angela Kokkola, politician, former MEP (b. 1932).^[11]

Notes and References

1. News: Tagaris . Karolina . 13 May 2017 . Three dead, 10 injured in Greek passenger train derailment . 14 May 2017 . Reuters.
2. Web site: 14 May 2017 . Adendro Greece Train Derailment . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170828055330/https://cweb.com/2017/05/14/adendro-greece-train-derailment-cweb-com/ . 28 August 2017 . 16 May 2017 . CWEB.
3. Web site: M 6.6 - 11 km ENE of Kos, Greece . 2024-08-10 . earthquake.usgs.gov.
4. Web site: 17 November 2017 . Τι αποκαλύπτουν οι δορυφόροι για την καταστροφή στη Δυτική Αττική . 26 November 2017 . CNN.gr.
5. Web site: 2017-11-19 . Στους 20 οι νεκροί από τις φονικές πλημμύρες: Η σορός ενός άνδρα εντοπίστηκε στη Μάνδρα . 2017-11-26 . Left.gr.
6. Web site: 2017-12-11 . UNESCO adds rebetiko to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list eKathimerini.com . 2024-08-10 . www.ekathimerini.com . English.
7. News: Αλέξης Μάρδας: Όταν οι Beatles τον "έχρισαν" Magic Alex!. 13 January 2017. Newsit.gr. el. Alexis Mardas: When the Beatles called him Magic Alex!. 4 February 2017.
8. Web site: New Democracy MP dies of heart attack at age 63. ekathimerini.com. 17 February 2017. 18 February 2017.
9. Web site: former Greek Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis dies . ekathimerini.com . 29 May 2017. 29 May 2017.
10. Web site: 2017-11-13 . Veteran journalist, politician Yiannis Kapsis dies eKathimerini.com . 2024-08-10 . www.ekathimerini.com . English.
11. http://www.aftodioikisi.gr/koinonia/pethane-angela-kokkola/ Πέθανε η Αγγέλα Κοκκόλα