Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament

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The Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament (

The incumbent speaker is Konstantinos Tasoulas of New Democracy.

Constitutional powers

According to the Constitution of Greece, in the event of a temporary absence of the president of the Hellenic Republic on account of illness, travel abroad or similar circumstances, the speaker of the parliament serves as acting president, and exercises the powers of the state president until the president resumes his functions, and in the event that the presidency falls vacant as a result of death or resignation or for any other reason, until the election of a new president.

List of speakers

Provisional government of the War of Independence, 1821–1827

This includes the presidents of the various

First Hellenic Republic, 1827–1832

This includes the presidents of the National Assemblies and the various legislative bodies under Governor Ioannis Kapodistrias and his successors.

Note: all dates are

Old Style

Presidents of the National Assemblies and the Parliament (Βουλή)

Presidents of the Senate (Γερουσία)

Reign of King Otto, 1843–1862

When

After the ousting of King Otto, elections were held to form the Second National Assembly [el], which effectively ran the country until the arrival of King George I in October 1863. The Assembly thereafter promulgated the Constitution of 1864 and dissolved itself on 16 November 1864. The new constitution was liberal, established the principle of popular sovereignty and defined the country's new form of government as a Constitutional monarchy with parliamentary democracy (βασιλευομένη δημοκρατία), but retained considerable executive powers for the king. The Senate was abolished, and a unicameral parliament (Βουλή) of 181 members with a four-year term was proclaimed as the country's sole legislative body.

The first decade was marked by frequent changes of government, especially due to the king's interference. A landmark was the adoption of the "dedilomeni principle", championed by

Note: all dates are

Old Style

Second Hellenic Republic, 1924–1935

The

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Portrait	Name	Entered office	Left office	Party		Comments
	Konstantinos Papakonstantinou [el]	December 9, 1974	October 22, 1977		New Democracy	Parliament (Fifth Revisionary) resulting from the 1974 elections
	Dimitrios Papaspyrou [el]	December 12, 1977	September 19, 1981		New Democracy	Parliament resulting from the 1977 elections
	Ioannis Alevras	November 17, 1981	May 7, 1985		Panhellenic Socialist Movement	Parliament resulting from the 1981 elections
		June 18, 1985	June 2, 1989			Parliament (Sixth Revisionary) resulting from the 1985 elections
	Athanasios Tsaldaris [el]	July 7, 1989	October 12, 1989		New Democracy	Parliament resulting from the June 1989 elections
		November 23, 1989	March 12, 1990			Parliament resulting from the November 1989 elections
		April 22, 1990	September 11, 1993			Parliament resulting from the 1990 elections
	Apostolos Kaklamanis	October 22, 1993	August 24, 1996		Panhellenic Socialist Movement	Parliament resulting from the 1993 elections
		October 8, 1996	March 14, 2000			Parliament resulting from the 1996 elections
		April 21, 2000	February 11, 2004			Parliament (Seventh Revisionary) resulting from the 2000 elections
	Anna Benaki-Psarouda	March 19, 2004	August 18, 2007		New Democracy	Parliament resulting from the 2004 elections, first female speaker
	Dimitris Sioufas	September 27, 2007	September 7, 2009		New Democracy	Parliament (Eighth Revisionary) resulting from the 2007 elections
	Philippos Petsalnikos	October 15, 2009	April 11, 2012		Panhellenic Socialist Movement	Parliament resulting from the 2009 elections
	Vyron Polydoras	May 18, 2012	May 19, 2012		New Democracy	Parliament resulting from the May 2012 elections
	Vangelis Meimarakis	June 29, 2012	December 31, 2014		New Democracy	Parliament resulting from the June 2012 elections
	Zoi Konstantopoulou	February 6, 2015	August 28, 2015		Coalition of the Radical Left	Parliament resulting from the January 2015 elections
	Nikos Voutsis	October 4, 2015	June 11, 2019		Coalition of the Radical Left	Parliament resulting from the September 2015 elections
	Konstantinos Tasoulas	July 18, 2019	April 22, 2023		New Democracy	Parliament resulting from the 2019 elections
		May 29, 2023				Parliament resulting from May 2023 elections
		July 4, 2023	Incumbent			Parliament resulting from the June 2023 elections

See also

• History of modern Greece
• Politics of Greece

Sources

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• Πρόεδροι της Βουλής και των Εθνοσυνελεύσεων, 1821–2008 [Presidents of Parliament and the National Assemblies, 1821–2008] (PDF) (in Greek). Hellenic Parliament Foundation for Parliamentarism and Democracy. 2009.
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