Peripheries (Regions) of Greece
Note: From 1 Jan 2011, in accordance with the "Kallikrátis Program" on the new architecture of local government and decentralized management, the administrative system of Greece was devolved. The former system of 13 regions established in 1987, 50 nomós (prefectures), 19 eparcheía (provinces), 910 municipalities (dímoi) and 124 communities (koinótites) was replaced by 13 self-governing regions called periféreies (peripheries [or regions]), 325 dímous (municipalities), and 7 apokentroméni dioíkisi (decentralized administrations). The first elections for regional (periféreia) governors were held on 7 and 14 Nov 2010. The Holy Mountain (see Mount Athos under Greece), as an autonomous self-governing entity, was exempt from these reforms. The regional governors' title is perifereiárchis. Greek names are listed using a modified Hellenic Organization for Standardization (ELOT) 743 romanization system. Party abbreviations: Ind = Exokommatiká (Independent, non-party); ND = Néa Dimokratía (New Democracy, center-right, est.4 Oct 1974); PASOK = Panellínio Sosialistikó Kínima (Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement, socialist, est.3 Sep 1974); SYRIZA = Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás (Coalition of the Radical Left, democratic socialist, left-wing populist, est.22 May 2012) Anatolikí Makedonía kai Thráki
(Eastern Macedonia and Thrace) 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Aug 2014 Aristeídis "Áris" Athanasíou (b. 1959) PASOK Giannakídis 1 Sep 2014 - 20 Oct 2016 Geórgios Athanasíou Pavlídis (b. 1956 - d. 2016) ND 20 Oct 2016 - 7 Nov 2016 Theódoros Alexíou Markópoulos (b. 1968) ND (acting) 7 Nov 2016 - 31 Dec 2023 Chrístos Georgíou Métios (b. 1968) ND 1 Jan 2024 - Christódoulos Athanasíou Topsídis (b. 1973) Ind Attikí (Attica) Regional Governors 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Aug 2014 Ioánnis "Giánnis" Panagióti (b. 1953) PASOK Sgourós 1 Sep 2014 - 31 Aug 2019 Eiríni "Réna" Athanasíou Doúrou (f)(b. 1974) SYRIZA 1 Sep 2019 - 31 Dec 2023 Geórgios Efthymíou Patoúlis (b. 1961) ND 1 Jan 2024 - Nikólaos Georgíou Chardaliás (b. 1968) ND Dytikí Elláda (West Greece) Regional Governors Dytikí Makedonía (West Macedonia) Regional Governors 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Aug 2014 Geórgios Konstantínou Dákis (b. 1959) ND 1 Sep 2014 - 31 Aug 2019 Theódoros Ioánni Karypídis (b. 1965) Ind 1 Sep 2019 - 31 Dec 2023 Geórgios Dimosthéniou Kasapídis (b. 1971) ND 1 Jan 2024 - Geórgios Isaák Amanatídis (b. 1960) Ind Iónioi Nísoi (Ionian Islands) Regional Governors Ípeiros (Epirus) Regional Governor Kentrikí Makedonía (Central Macedonia) Regional Governors Kríti (Crete) Regional Governor Notío Aigaío (South Aegean) Pelopónnisos (Peloponnese) Stereá Elláda (Continental Greece) Regional Governors Regional Governors © Ben Cahoon |