List of mayors of Athens

The Mayor of Athens is the head of the Municipality of Athens, the largest district of the City of Athens.

Mayor of Athens Δήμαρχος Αθηναίων
Incumbent Kostas Bakoyannis since 1 September 2019
Appointer	Electorate of the Municipality of Athens
Term length	Dependent on term of city council; five years (since 2010)
Inaugural holder	Anargyros Petrakis
Formation	1836
Website	www.cityofathens.gr

Kingdom of Greece (1832–1924)

Mayor		Term start	Term end	Party
1	Anargyros Petrakis	5 May 1836	26 January 1837	French Party
2	Angelos Gerontas	26 January 1837	11 June 1837	French Party
3	Dimitrios Kallifronas	11 June 1837	7 July 1837	Russian Party
(2)	Angelos Gerontas	7 July 1837	6 September 1840	French Party
(3)	Dimitrios Kallifronas	6 September 1840	16 March 1841	Russian Party
4	Dimitrios Misaraliotis	16 March 1841	16 August 1841	Russian Party
(1)	Anargyros Petrakis	16 August 1841	21 October 1843	French Party
5	Spyridon Benizelos	21 October 1843	12 November 1850	English Party
6	Nikolaos Zacharitsas	12 November 1850	29 August 1851	Russian Party
7	Ioannis Koniaris	29 August 1851	14 November 1854	Independent
8	Konstantinos Galatis	14 November 1854	25 March 1857	Independent
9	Georgios Skoufos	25 March 1857	13 October 1862	French Party
10	Emmanouil Koutsikaris	13 October 1862	28 August 1865	Russian Party
11	Periklis Zacharitsas	28 August 1865	22 April 1866	Russian Party
(9)	Georgios Skoufos	22 April 1866	22 April 1870	French Party
12	Panagis Kyriakos	22 April 1870	11 May 1879	Independent
13	Dimitrios Soutsos	11 May 1879	1 October 1887	New Party (1873)
14	Thrasyvoulos Papalexandris	1 October 1887	17 December 1887	Independent
15	Timoleon Filimon	17 December 1887	1 October 1891	New Party (1873)
16	Michail Melas	1 October 1891	1 November 1894	Nationalist Party
17	Dimitrios Silyvriotis	1 November 1894	1 December 1895	Independent
18	Lambros Kallifronas	1 December 1895	12 September 1899	Independent
19	Spyridon Mercouris	12 September 1899	1 April 1914	New Party (1873)
20	Emmanouil Benakis	1 April 1914	9 July 1919	Liberal Party
21	Spyridon Patsis	9 July 1919	26 November 1920	Liberal Party
22	Georgios Tsochas	26 November 1920	21 September 1922	People's Party
(21)	Spyridon Patsis	21 September 1922	30 November 1925	Liberal Party

Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935)

Mayor		Term start	Term end	Party
(21)	Spyridon Patsis	30 November 1925	1 September 1929	Liberal Party
(19)	Spyridon Merkouris	1 September 1929	1 April 1934	Liberal Party
23	Konstantinos Kotzias	1 April 1934	16 September 1936	Freethinkers' Party

Kingdom of Greece (1935–1941)

Mayor		Term start	Term end	Party
Metaxas Regime (1936–1941)
24	Ambrosios Plytas	16 September 1936	11 May 1941	Independent
25	Konstantinos Mermigas	11 May 1941	2 August 1941	Independent

Hellenic State (1941–1944)

Mayor		Term start	Term end	Party
Axis occupation (1941–1944)
26	Angelos Georgatos	2 August 1941	12 October 1944	Independent (Collaborationist)

Kingdom of Greece (1944–1974)

Mayor		Took office	Left office	Party	Coalition
27	Aristeidis Skliros	12 October 1944	18 May 1946	Liberal Party		Liberal Party 1944 – 1946
28	Ioannis Pitsikas	18 May 1946	18 August 1950	People's Party		People's Party 1946 – 1950
29	Antonios Ragousis	18 August 1950	20 May 1951	Independent		Independents 1950 – 1951
(23)	Konstantinos Kotzias	20 May 1951	9 December 1951	Politically Independent Alignment		PAP - People's Party 1951
30	Konstantinos Deligiannis	9 December 1951	18 December 1951	Independent		Independents 1951
31	Konstantinos Nikolopoulos	18 December 1951	13 February 1955	Independent		Independents 1951 – 1955
32	Pafsanias Katsotas	13 February 1955	28 June 1959	Liberal Party		EPEK - Liberal Party - EDA 1955 – 1956
						Liberal Party 1956 – 1959
33	Angelos Tsoukalas	28 June 1959	15 September 1964	Liberal Party		Liberal Party 1959 – 1961
				Centre Union		Centre Union 1961 – 1964
34	Georgios Plytas	15 September 1964	9 May 1967	National Radical Union		National Radical Union 1964 – 1967
Greek Junta (1967–1974)
35	Georgios Plytas	10 December 1967	25 September 1974	Military		Independents 1967 – 1974

Third Hellenic Republic (1974–present)

Mayor			Took office	Left office	Party	Coalition
36		Konstantinos Darras	25 September 1974	6 June 1975	Independent		Independents 1974 – 1975
37		Ioannis Papatheodorou	6 June 1975	1 January 1979	Centre Union – New Forces		Centre Union – New Forces 1975 – 1979
38		Dimitris Beis	1 January 1979	31 December 1986	Panhellenic Socialist Movement		Panhellenic Socialist Movement 1979 – 1987
39		Miltiadis Evert	1 January 1987	15 May 1989	New Democracy		New Democracy 1987 – 1989
40		Nikolaos Giatrakos	15 May 1989	31 December 1990	Independent		New Democracy 1989 – 1991
41		Antonis Tritsis	1 January 1991	22 April 1992	Greek Radical Movement		New Democracy - Greek Radical Movement 1991 – 1992
42		Leonidas Kouris	22 April 1992	31 December 1994	New Democracy		New Democracy 1992 – 1995
43		Dimitris Avramopoulos	1 January 1995	31 December 2002	New Democracy		New Democracy 1995 – 2002
44		Dora Bakoyannis	1 January 2003	23 February 2006	New Democracy		New Democracy - Athens Tomorrow 2002 – 2006
45		Theodoros Bechrakis	23 February 2006	31 December 2006	New Democracy		New Democracy - Athens Tomorrow 2006 – 2007
46		Nikitas Kaklamanis	1 January 2007	31 December 2010	New Democracy		New Democracy - LAOS 2007 – 2011
47		Giorgos Kaminis	1 January 2011	4 May 2019	Independent		PASOK - Democratic Left - Ecologist Athens - Drassi - Liberal Alliance 2011 – 2014
							Olive Tree - Democratic Left - Drassi - Recreate Greece 2014 – 2019
48		Georgios Broulias	8 May 2019	25 August 2019	Independent		Olive Tree - Democratic Left - Drassi - Recreate Greece 2019
49		Kostas Bakoyannis	25 August 2019	Incumbent	New Democracy		New Democracy - Athens High 2019 – Incumbent