List of mayors of Athens explained

Post:Mayor
Body:Athens
Native Name:Δήμαρχος Αθηναίων
Insigniasize:170px
Incumbent:Haris Doukas
Incumbentsince:1 January 2024
Appointer:Electorate of the Municipality of Athens
Termlength:5 years, renewable once
Formation:1836
Inaugural:Anargyros Petrakis
Website:www.cityofathens.gr

The mayor of Athens is the head of Athens. The current mayor is Haris Doukas who assumed office on 1 January 2024.

Kingdom of Greece (1832–1924)

MayorTerm startTerm endParty
1Anargyros Petrakis5 May 183626 January 1837French Party
2Angelos Gerontas26 January 183711 June 1837French Party
3Dimitrios Kallifronas11 June 18377 July 1837Russian Party
(2)Angelos Gerontas7 July 18376 September 1840French Party
(3)Dimitrios Kallifronas6 September 184016 March 1841Russian Party
4Dimitrios Misaraliotis16 March 184116 August 1841Russian Party
(1)Anargyros Petrakis16 August 184121 October 1843French Party
5Spyridon Benizelos21 October 184312 November 1850English Party
6Nikolaos Zacharitsas12 November 185029 August 1851Russian Party
7Ioannis Koniaris29 August 185114 November 1854Independent
8Konstantinos Galatis14 November 185425 March 1857Independent
9Georgios Skoufos25 March 185713 October 1862French Party
10Emmanouil Koutsikaris13 October 186228 August 1865Russian Party
11Periklis Zacharitsas28 August 186522 April 1866Russian Party
(9)Georgios Skoufos22 April 186622 April 1870French Party
12Panagis Kyriakos22 April 187011 May 1879Independent
13Dimitrios Soutsos11 May 18791 October 1887New Party (1873)
14Thrasyvoulos Papalexandris1 October 188717 December 1887Independent
15Timoleon Filimon17 December 18871 October 1891New Party (1873)
16Michail Melas1 October 18911 November 1894Nationalist Party
17Dimitrios Silyvriotis1 November 18941 December 1895Independent
18Lambros Kallifronas1 December 189512 September 1899Independent
19Spyridon Mercouris12 September 18991 April 1914New Party (1873)
20Emmanouil Benakis1 April 19149 July 1919Liberal Party
21Spyridon Patsis9 July 191926 November 1920Liberal Party
22Georgios Tsochas26 November 192021 September 1922People's Party
(21)Spyridon Patsis21 September 192230 November 1925Liberal Party

Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935)

MayorTerm startTerm endParty
bgcolor=(21)Spyridon Patsis30 November 19251 September 1929Liberal Party
bgcolor=(19)Spyridon Merkouris1 September 19291 April 1934Liberal Party
23Konstantinos Kotzias1 April 193416 September 1936Freethinkers' Party

Kingdom of Greece (1935–1941)

MayorTerm startTerm endParty
Metaxas Regime (1936–1941)
bgcolor=24Ambrosios Plytas16 September 193611 May 1941Independent
bgcolor=25Konstantinos Mermigas11 May 19412 August 1941Independent

Hellenic State (1941–1944)

MayorTerm startTerm endParty
Axis occupation (1941–1944)
26Angelos Georgatos2 August 194112 October 1944Independent (Collaborationist)

Kingdom of Greece (1944–1974)

MayorTook officeLeft officePartyCoalition
27Aristeidis Skliros12 October 194418 May 1946Liberal PartyLiberal Party
1944 – 1946
28Ioannis Pitsikas18 May 194618 August 1950People's PartyPeople's Party
1946 – 1950
29Antonios Ragousis18 August 195020 May 1951IndependentIndependents
1950 – 1951
(23)Konstantinos Kotzias20 May 19519 December 1951Politically Independent AlignmentPAPPeople's Party
1951
30Konstantinos Deligiannis9 December 195118 December 1951IndependentIndependents
1951
31Konstantinos Nikolopoulos18 December 195113 February 1955IndependentIndependents
1951 – 1955
32Pafsanias Katsotas13 February 195528 June 1959Liberal PartyEPEKLiberal PartyEDA
1955 – 1956
Liberal Party
1956 – 1959
33Angelos Tsoukalas28 June 195915 September 1964Liberal PartyLiberal Party
1959 – 1961
Centre UnionCentre Union
1961 – 1964
34Georgios Plytas15 September 19649 May 1967National Radical UnionNational Radical Union
1964 – 1967
Greek Junta (1967–1974)
35Georgios Plytas10 December 196725 September 1974MilitaryIndependents
1967 – 1974

Third Hellenic Republic (1974–present)

MayorTook officeLeft officePartyCoalition
36Konstantinos Darras25 September 19746 June 1975IndependentIndependents
1974 – 1975
37Ioannis Papatheodorou6 June 19751 January 1979Centre Union – New ForcesCentre Union – New Forces
1975 – 1979
38Dimitris Beis1 January 197931 December 1986Panhellenic Socialist MovementPanhellenic Socialist Movement
1979 – 1986
39Miltiadis Evert1 January 198715 May 1989New DemocracyNew Democracy
1987 – 1989
40Nikolaos Giatrakos15 May 198931 December 1990IndependentNew Democracy
1989 – 1990
41Antonis Tritsis1 January 199122 April 1992Greek Radical MovementNew DemocracyGreek Radical Movement
1991 – 1992
42Leonidas Kouris22 April 199231 December 1994New DemocracyNew Democracy
1992 – 1994
43Dimitris Avramopoulos1 January 199531 December 2002New DemocracyNew Democracy
1995 – 2002
44Dora Bakoyannis1 January 200314 February 2006New DemocracyNew Democracy – Athens Tomorrow
2003 – 2006
45Theodoros Bechrakis (Acting)14 February 200631 December 2006New DemocracyNew Democracy – Athens Tomorrow
2006
46Nikitas Kaklamanis1 January 200731 December 2010New DemocracyNew DemocracyLAOS
2007 – 2010
47Giorgos Kaminis1 January 20111 May 2019PASOKPASOKDemocratic LeftEcologist AthensDrassiLiberal Alliance
2011 – 2014
PASOKDemocratic LeftDrassiRecreate Greece
2014 – 2019
48Georgios Broulias (Acting)1 May 201931 August 2019PASOKPASOKDemocratic LeftDrassiRecreate Greece
2019
49Kostas Bakoyannis1 September 2019 31 December 2023New DemocracyNew Democracy – Athens High
2019 – 2023
501 January 2024Incumbent PASOKPASOKSYRIZA
2024 – present