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Regions Anatoliki Makedonia kai Thraki (East Macedonia and Thrace) - Attiki (Attica) - Dytiki Ellada (Western Greece) - Dytiki Makedonia (Western Macedonia) - Ionia Nissia (Ionian Islands) - Ipiros (Epirus) - Kentriki Makedonia (Central Macedonia) - Kriti (Crete) - Notio Aigaio (South Aegean) - Peloponnisos (Peloponnese) - Sterea Ellada (Central Greece) - Thessalai (Thessaly) - Voreio Aigaio (North Aegean) -

Note: From 1 Jan 2011, the administrative system of Greece was drastically overhauled. The former system of 13 peripheries, 54 prefectures was replaced by 7 decentralized administrations, 13 peripheries or regions. The first elections were held on 7 Nov 2010 and 14 Nov 2010. The Autonomous Monastic State of Athos, as an autonomous self-governing entity, was exempt from these reforms. Party abbreviations: ND = Nea Dimokratia (New Democracy, center-right, est.1974); PASOK = Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima (Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement, socialist, est.1974)

Anatoliki Makedonia kai Thraki (East Macedonia and Thrace)

Governor 1 Jan 2011 - Aristeidis Athanasiou Giannakidis (b. 1959) PASOK

Attiki (Attica)

[Attica (Greece)]

Governor 1 Jan 2011 - Ioannis Panagioti Sgouros (b. 1953) PASOK

Dytiki Ellada (Western Greece)

Governor 1 Jan 2011 - Apostolos Ioanni Katsifaras (b. 1959) PASOK

Dytiki Makedonia (Western Macedonia)

Macedonia (Greece)

Governor 1 Jan 2011 - Georgios Konstantinou Dakis (b. 1959) ND

Ionia Nisia (Ionian Islands)

Governor 1 Jan 2011 - Spyridon Petrou Spyrou (b. 1945) ND

Ipiros (Epirus)

Governor 1 Jan 2011 - Alexandros Georgiou Kachrimanis (b. 1956) ND

Kentriki Makedonia (Central Macedonia)

Macedonia (Greece)

Governors 1 Jan 2011 - 7 Jan 2013 Panagiotis Charalampou Psomiadis (b. 1948) ND (suspended from 6 Jun 2011) 6 Jun 2011 - 7 Jan 2013 Dionysios Psomiadis (b. 1940) ND (substitute for suspended Psomiadis) 7 Jan 2013 - Apostolos-Ioannis Georgiou (b. 1978) ND Tzitzikostas

Kriti (Crete)

Governor 1 Jan 2011 - Stavros Fokiona Arnaoutakis (b. 1956) PASOK

Notio Aigaio (South Aegean)

Governor 1 Jan 2011 - Ioannis Theophylaktou Machairidis (b. 1953) PASOK

Peloponnisos (Peloponnese)

Governor 1 Jan 2011 - Petros Panagioti Tatoulis (b. 1953) PASOK

Sterea Ellada (Central Greece)

Governor 1 Jan 2011 - Klearchos Ioanni Pergantas (b. 1960) PASOK

Thessalai (Thessaly)

Governor 1 Jan 2011 - Konstantinos Anastasiou Agorastos (b. 1963) ND

Voreio Aigaio (North Aegean)

Governor 1 Jan 2011 - Athanasios Panagioti Giakalis (b. 1950) PASOK