Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece
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| Άρειος Πάγος | |
 Logo of the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court | |
| Established | 1834 |
| Location | Athens, Greece |
| Website | www.areiospagos.gr |
| President | |
| Currently | Johanna Klapa |
| Since | July 25, 2023 |
The Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece (
Greek constitution
.
History
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The Areios Pagos is named after the first court of androfonies (crimes of murder), founded between 1500-1300 BC by
Ekklesia
(public assembly). The institution was copied in many Greek city-states, and survived until well into the late Roman period, when the cities' internal autonomy was curtailed.
On 16 October 1834, the Areios Pagos was founded as the supreme court of independent Greece by royal decree. Instead of receiving the name
Nafplion and the minister of justice in the government of Ioannis Kapodistrias. The first attorney-general was Andronikos Paekos, who until then was the presiding judge of the temporary court of Missolonghi
.
Among the areopagites there was also
Greek Revolution, Theodoros Kolokotronis
.
The first case of the Supreme Court (1/1835) was heard on 30 April 1835 and the decision was published on 1 May 1835.
The Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece is currently housed in the courthouse of Alexandras Avenue built by renowned architect Iason Rizos (Ιάσων Ρίζος) on 23 February 1981.[1]
List of presidents
- Christos Klonaris (1835–1847)
- Yannis Somakis (1847–1848)
- Christos Klonaris (1848– 1849)
- Georgios A. Rallis (1849–1861)
- Aristeidis Moraitinis (1861–1872)
- Dimitrios Valvis (1872–1885)
- Nikolaos Deligiannis (1885–1891)
- Konstantinos Simantiras (1891–1911)
- Christos Kapsalis (1911–1921)
- Spiridon Tsagris (1921–1922)
- Antonios Zilimon (1922-1933)
- Georgios Panopoulos (1933–1941)
- Konstantinos Kyrillopoulos (1941–1945)
- Yannis Sakketas (1945–1948)
- Ilias Papailiou (1948–1953)
- Christos Stavropoulos (1953)
- Yannis Apostolopoulos (1953–1959)
- Konstantinos Kafkas (1959–1963)
- Stylianos Mavromichalis (1963–1968)
- Theodoros Kamperis (1968–1969)
- Athanasios Georgiou (1969–1970)
- Vasilios Patsourakos (1970–1973)
- Lisandros Kanellakos (1973–1974)
- Dimitris Margellos (1974–1975)
- Konstantinos Zacharis (1975–1976)
- Spiridon Gaggas (1976–1977)
- Georgios Karamanos (1977–1978)
- Spiridon Kollas (1978–1979)
- Dimitrios Skoumpis (1979–1982)
- Georgios Konstas (1982–1985)
- Antonios Stasinos (1985–1989)
- Ioannis Grivas (1989–1990)
- Vasilios Kokkinos (1990–1996)
- Stefanos Matthias (1996–2002)
- Georgios Kapos (2002–2005)
- Romilos Kedikoglou(2005–2007)
- Vasileios Nikopoulos (2007–2009)
- Georgios Kalamidas (2009–2011)
- Rena Asimakopoulou (2011– 2013)
- Michail Theocharidis (2013–2014)
- Athanasios Koutromanos (2014–2015)
- Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou (2015–2017)
- Vasileios Peppas (2017–2020)
- Aggeliki Aliferopoulou (2020–2021)
- Maria Georgiou (2021–2023)
- Johanna Klapa (2023 - current)
References:[2]
See also
- Judicial system of Greece
References
- ^ "Οι λευκοί ιππότες της Αθήνας: Τα 9 μαρμάρινα κτίρια που φωτίζουν την πόλη". 24 February 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "Former Presidents". Court of Cassation. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
