Leader of the Opposition (Greece)

parliamentary position of Greece

The Leader of the Opposition (Greek: Αρχηγός της Αξιωματικής Αντιπολίτευσης) is the politician who leads the official Opposition in Greece.

Leader of the Opposition
Αρχηγός της Αξιωματικής Αντιπολίτευσης
Incumbent
Nikos Androulakis

since 21 November 2024
Term lengthWhile leader of the largest political party not in government
Inaugural holderYannis Makriyannis
Formation16 September 1843

The Leader of the Opposition is normally the leader of the largest party not within the government, which is usually the second largest political party in the Hellenic Parliament.

List of Leaders of the Opposition since 1974

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Political Party:   EK–ND / EDIK   PASOK   ND   SYRIZA

Portrait Name Political Party Term of office
  Georgios Mavros Centre Union – New Forces
in 1976 merged into
Union of the Democratic Centre
1974 28 November 1977
  Andreas Papandreou PASOK 28 November 1977 21 October 1981
  Georgios Rallis New Democracy 21 October 1981 December 1981
  Evangelos Averoff New Democracy December 1981 1 September 1984
  Konstantinos Mitsotakis New Democracy 1 September 1984 12 October 1989
  Andreas Papandreou PASOK 12 October 1989 23 November 1989
None – National Unity Government 23 November 1989 11 April 1990
  Andreas Papandreou PASOK 11 April 1990 13 October 1993
  Miltiadis Evert New Democracy 13 October 1993 21 March 1997
  Kostas Karamanlis New Democracy 21 March 1997 10 March 2004
  George Papandreou PASOK 10 March 2004 6 October 2009
  Antonis Samaras New Democracy 30 November 2009 20 June 2012
  Alexis Tsipras SYRIZA 20 June 2012 26 January 2015
  Antonis Samaras New Democracy 26 January 2015 5 July 2015
  Vangelis Meimarakis New Democracy 5 July 2015 24 November 2015
  Ioannis Plakiotakis New Democracy 24 November 2015 11 January 2016
  Kyriakos Mitsotakis New Democracy 11 January 2016 8 July 2019
  Alexis Tsipras SYRIZA 8 July 2019 29 June 2023
  Sokratis Famellos SYRIZA 3 July 2023 27 August 2024
  Nikos Pappas SYRIZA 27 August 2024 21 November 2024
  Nikos Androulakis PASOK - Movement for Change 21 November 2024 Incumbent