2019 in Greece

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Events in the year 2019 in Greece.

Incumbents

Photo	Post	Name
	President of the Hellenic Republic	Prokopis Pavlopoulos [1]
	Prime Minister of Greece	Alexis Tsipras (until 8 July 2019) [2]
	Prime Minister of Greece	Kyriakos Mitsotakis (starting 8 July 2019) [3]
	Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament	Nikos Voutsis (until 18 July 2019) [4]
	Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament	Konstantinos Tasoulas (starting July 18, 2019) [5]
	Adjutant of the Hellenic Navy	Nikolaos Patsakis

Events

• 13 January - Greece Defence Minister Panos Kammenos and his Independent Greeks party quit Greece's ruling coalition on Sunday, over a deal struck on the Macedonia naming dispute. Potentially leaving the governing coalition without a workable majority in parliament. ^[6]
• 25 January - Greek Parliament ratifies the Prespa Agreement, officially naming FYROM as “North Macedonia” by a narrow vote of 153 in the 300-seat House, despite strong public opposition. ^[7]
• 26–27 May - European Parliament elections are held in Greece alongside the first round of local and regional elections; New Democracy win with 33.12% of the vote, defeating the ruling Syriza party.
• 19 July - A magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes near Athens at 2:13 p.m., causing power outages, injuries, and communication problems. ^[8]
• 11 December - Greek Parliament passes a constitutional amendment granting Greeks living abroad the right to vote in national elections, with 288 MPs in favor. ^[7]

Births

Main article: births in 2019

Further information: Category:2019 births

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 2019

• Thanos Mikroutsikos, composer and former Minister of Culture of Greece (b. 1947) ^[7]

Further information: Category:2019 deaths

See also

• 2019 European Parliament election

References

1. "Prokopis Pavlopoulos - Presidency of the Hellenic Republic". Presidency of the Hellenic Republic. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
2. "Alexis Tsipras - prime minister of Greece". Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved 10 August 2023.
3. "Kyriakos Mitsotakis - prime minister of Greece". Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved 2 January 2023.
4. "Nikos Voutsis - Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament". Hellenic Parliament . Retrieved 10 August 2023.
5. "Konstantinos Tasoulas - Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament". Hellenic Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2023.
6. "Greek government splits over Macedonia name change".
7. Chrysopoulos, Philip (30 December 2019). "The Year in Review: The Events that Shook Greece in 2019". Greek Reporter. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
8. "2019 Athens EQ". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 5 August 2025.