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This list is for people who held general officer rank (including, after 1946, Brigadier General ) in the regular Hellenic Army since 1828. It does not include the numerous generals of the irregular troops appointed during the Greek War of Independence , unless they also received a general rank in the post-war regular army. This list is not complete – please add to it if you know of any omissions.
Rank
Name
Born
Died
Notes
Lieutenant General
Anastasios Charalambis
1862
1949
Chief of the Army Staff Service (1917), Commander of II Corps (1918), Prime Minister, Minister of Military Affairs (1922)
Lieutenant General
Aristeidis Chasapidis
1875
1941
Commander of 10th & 8th Divisions, II Corps. Chief of the Army General Staff (1935–36)
Major General
Nikolaos Christodoulou
1863
1924
General
Richard Church
1784
1873
British military officer, commander-in-chief of the Greek forces during the last stages of the Greek War of Independence , Secretary of Military Affairs (1835) Senator
Field Marshal
King Constantine I
1868
1923
Lt. General as Crown Prince and Inspector-General of the Army until 1913, commander-in-chief of the Greek Army in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and the Balkan Wars . General and soon after Field Marshal as King of Greece (1913–17, 1920–22)
Field Marshal
King Constantine II
1940
Held the rank of Field Marshal as King of Greece (1964–73)
Rank
Name
Born
Died
Notes
Lieutenant General
Konstantinos Damianos
1853
1915
Commander of 3rd Division (1911–13), IV Corps (1914–15)
Lieutenant General
Panagiotis Danglis
1853
1924
Chief of the Army General Staff (1912), Commander of V Corps (1913–14), member of the "Triumvirate of National Defence ", leader of the Liberal Party
General
Ioannis Davos
1918
2008
Commander of III Corps (1973–74), Chief of the Army General Staff (1974–76) and the Armed Forces Command (1976–80)
Lieutenant General
Nikolaos Delagrammatikas
1853
1938
Commander of 6th and 8th Divisions (1912–13)
Lieutenant General
Panagiotis Demestichas
1885
1960
Commander of I Corps (1940, 1941), V Corps (1940–41), Interior Minister in the collaborationist government (1941)
Lieutenant General
Dimosthenis Dialetis
1869
1954
Chief of the Greek Gendarmerie (1928)
Major General
Kimon Digenis
1871
1945
Commander of 13th Division (1920–21) and II Corps (1921–22)
Lieutenant General
Viktor Dousmanis
1861
1949
Chief of the field staff in the Balkan Wars , Chief of the Army General Staff (1914–16, 1921, 1922)
Lieutenant General
Nikolaos Douvas
1947
Chief of the Army General Staff (2004–06)
Lieutenant General
Konstantinos Dovas
1898
1973
Chief of the National Defence General Staff (1954–59), interim Prime Minister (1961)
Lieutenant General
Markos Drakos
1888
1975
Commander of Epirus Army Section (1941)
Lieutenant General
Antonis Drosogiannis
1922
2006
Deputy and Alternate Minister of National Defence (1981–86), Minister of Public Order (1986–88)
Rank
Name
Born
Died
Notes
Lieutenant General
Evangelos Florakis
1943
2002
Commander of II Corps (1999–2000), and the Cypriot National Guard (2000–02)
Lieutenant General
Frangoulis Frangos
1951
Chief of the Army General Staff (2009–11), Minister for National Defence (2012)
Lieutenant General
Athanasios Frangou
1864
1923
Commander of 1st Division (1920–22) and of the "Southern Group" (August 1922)
Rank
Name
Born
Died
Notes
Lieutenant General
Ioannis Gennimatas
1910
1981
Chief of the Army General Staff (1964–65)
General
King George I
1845
1913
Held the rank of General as King of Greece (1863–1913)
Field Marshal
King George II
1890
1947
Held the rank of General, and from 1939 of Field Marshal, as King of Greece (1922–24, 1935–47)
Lieutenant General
Dimitrios Giatzis
1891
1964
Commander of 9th Infantry Division (1945), I Corps (1946–47), First Army (1947), Chief of the Army General Staff (1947–49)
Lieutenant General
Solon Gikas
1898
1978
Chief of the Army General Staff (1954–56), Minister for Public Works (1958–63), Minister for Public Order (1974–76)
General
Phaedon Gizikis
1917
1999
Commander of First Army and Military Commander of Athens during the Regime of the Colonels , President of the Republic (1973–74)
Lieutenant General
Stylianos Gonatas
1876
1966
As a colonel, one of the leaders of the 11 September 1922 Revolution . Prime Minister of the Revolutionary Government (1922–24), Senator and President of the Senate, Minister for Public Works. Awarded the rank of Lt. General by the National Assembly in 1924.
General
Dimitrios Grapsas
1948
Chief of the Army General Staff (2006–07), Chief of the National Defence General Staff (2007–09)
General
Agamemnon Gratsios
1922
1993
Chief of the Army General Staff (1976–80), Chief of the National Defence General Staff (1980–82)
Major General
Neokosmos Grigoriadis
1879
1967
General
Georgios Grivas
1898
1974
Cypriot-born officer, leader of the royalist Organization X , leader of EOKA against British rule in Cyprus (1955–59), awarded the rank of General in retirement by the Greek Parliament. Held active rank as commander of the Cypriot National Guard (1964–67), leader of EOKA B against Archbishop Makarios (1967–74)
Lieutenant General
Theodoros Grivas
1797
1862
Rank
Name
Born
Died
Notes
Lieutenant General
Stylianos Kalfelis
1950
Inspector-General of the Army (2006–09)
Lieutenant General
Konstantinos Kallaris
1858
1940
Commander of the 2nd Division (1911–13), I Corps (1914), Minister of Military Affairs (1916)
Major General
Dimitrios Kallergis
1803
1867
Fighter in the Greek War of Independence , one of the leaders of the 3 September 1843 Revolution . Minister for Military Affairs (1853–55).
Lieutenant General
Andreas Kallinskis-Roïdis
1868
Lieutenant General
Spyridon Karaiskakis
1826
1899
Minister for Military Affairs (1875–76, 1878, 1880, 1882), MP
Lieutenant General
Vasileios Kardamakis
1900
1971
Chief of the Army General Staff (1959–62)
Major General
Georgios Katechakis
1881
1939
MP and Senator, Minister for Military Affairs (1924, 1930–32), Governor-General in Thrace (1922–23) and Crete (1928–30)
Lieutenant General
Dimitrios Katheniotis
1882
1947
Chief of the Army General Staff (1933–35)
Lieutenant General
Charalambos Katsimitros
1886
1962
Commander of the 8th Division (1938–41), Minister of Labour and Agriculture in the collaborationist government (1941)
Major General
Pafsanias Katsotas
1896
1991
Commander of I Greek Brigade at El Alamein , MP and Minister in several portfolios, Mayor of Athens (1954–59)
Major General
Kleomenis Kleomenous
1852
Major General
Miltiadis Koimisis
1878
1935
Major General
Gennaios Kolokotronis
1805
1868
Fighter in the Greek War of Independence , aide-de-camp of King Otto and Prime Minister (1862)
Field Marshal
Theodoros Kolokotronis
1770
1843
Klepht leader, he served under the British in the 1800s. One of the main Greek leaders in the Greek War of Independence , as general-in-chief of the Morea . After Independence, he was a political opponent of the regency during King Otto's minority and imprisoned, narrowly escaping execution.
Lieutenant General
Georgios Kondylis
1878
1936
Suppressed the royalist revolt of 1923, overthrew the dictatorship of Theodoros Pangalos in 1926, suppressed the March 1935 Venizelist coup attempt . MP and Minister of Military Affairs (1924, 1926, 1932–33, 1933–35), Prime Minister (1926, 1935). Abolished the Republic on 10 October 1935, restoring the Greek monarchy
Lieutenant General
Alexandros Kontoulis
1858
1933
Commander of I Corps (1921–22), Ambassador to Albania
Lieutenant General
Aristotelis Korakas
1858
Commander of V, III Corps (1917–18), Head of Royal Military Household (1918–20)
Lieutenant General
Georgios Kosmas
1884
1964
Commander of IV, V, I Corps (1940–41), Governor-General in Thrace (1947–48), Chief of the Army General Staff (1949–51)
General
Michail Kostarakos
1956
Chief of the National Defence General Staff (2011–2015)
Lieutenant General
Georgios Koumanakos
1913
2003
Lieutenant General
Alexandros Kontoulis
1858
1933
Commander of I Corps in the Asia Minor Campaign , Ambassador to Albania
Lieutenant General
Konstantinos Koumoundouros
1846
1924
MP, Minister for Naval Affairs (1890–92), Minister of Military Affairs (1899)
Rank
Name
Born
Died
Notes
Major General
Nikolaos Makris
1829
1911
Chief of the Gendarmerie, Commander of 1st Division (1897)
Major General
Ioannis Mamouris
1797
1867
Fighter in the War of Independence
Lieutenant General
Konstantinos Manetas
1879
1960
Chief of the Army General Staff (1931), MP and minister
Lieutenant General
Theodoros Manetas
1881
1947
Chief of the Army General Staff (1931–33), MP and minister
Lieutenant General
Christos Manolas
1959
Chief of the Army General Staff (2014–)
Lieutenant General
Emmanouil Manousogiannakis
1853
1916
Commander of 1st Division in the Balkan Wars , II Corps thereafter
Major General
Manolis Mantakas
1891
1968
Leader of the leftist Cretan Resistance and PEEA member in World War II
Lieutenant General
Dimitrios Matthaiopoulos
1861
1923
Commander of the 5th and 8th Divisions in the Balkan Wars
Antonios Mavromichalis
1792
1873
Fighter in the War of Independence
Lieutenant General
Alexandros Mazarakis-Ainian
1874
1943
Chief of the Army General Staff (1924–25, 1926–27, 1929–31), minister
Lieutenant General
Konstantinos Mazarakis-Ainian
1869
1949
Fighter in the Macedonian Struggle , Commander of Xanthi Division in the Asia Minor Campaign
Lieutenant General
Vasileios Melas
1879
1956
Commander of Cavalry Division in the Asia Minor Campaign
Lieutenant General
Dimitrios Meletopoulos
1796
1858
Fighter in the War of Independence
Major General
Alexandros Merentitis
1880
1964
Chief of the Army General Staff (1928–29), General Director of the Aviation Ministry (1930–34), Minister
Lieutenant General
Ioannis Metaxas
1871
1941
Chief of the Army General Staff (1915), leading figure of the National Schism , Prime Minister and dictator of the 4th of August Regime (1936–41)
Lieutenant General
Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos
1869
1949
Commander of 6th Division in the Balkan Wars, and the Army of Asia Minor in the Asia Minor Campaign
Lieutenant General
Konstantinos Moschopoulos
1854
1942
Commander of 4th Division and various divisional groups in the Balkan Wars, III Corps, Chief of the Army General Staff (1916)
Rank
Name
Born
Died
Notes
Lieutenant General
Konstantinos Pallis
1871
1941
Chief of Staff of Army of Asia Minor (1920–22), Chief of Army General Staff (1940–41)
Lieutenant General
Dimitrios Papadopoulos
1889
1983
Inspector of Artillery (1938–40), Commander of II Corps (1940–41)
Field Marshal
Alexandros Papagos
1883
1955
Minister of Military Affairs (1935), Chief of the Army General Staff (1936–40), Commander-in-Chief of the Army (1940–41, 1949–50), Chief of the National Defense General Staff (1950–51), Prime Minister (1952–55)
Lieutenant General
Leonidas Papagos
1844
Lieutenant General
Anastasios Papoulas
1857
1935
Commander of the Army of Asia Minor (1920–22)
Lieutenant General
Leonidas Paraskevopoulos
1860
1936
Commander of I Corps (1917–18), Commander-in-Chief of the Army (1918–20), Senator
Field Marshal
King Paul I
1901
1964
Brigadier General
Stylianos Pattakos
1912
2016
One of the leaders of the 1967 coup, Interior Minister (1967–71, 1973), Deputy Prime Minister (1967–73)
Major General
Christoforos Perraivos
1773
1863
Fighter in the Greek War of Independence
Lieutenant General
Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis
1863
1938
Olympic medallist (1986), Interior Minister (1922–23), Minister for Military Affairs (1924), Senator
Lieutenant General
Ioannis Pitsikas
1881
1975
Commander of I Corps (1940), W. Macedonia Army Section and Epirus Army Section (1940–41), Mayor of Athens (1946–50), Minister of National Defence (1952), Minister for Northern Greece (1961)
Lieutenant General
Nikolaos Plastiras
1883
1953
As Colonel, one of the leaders of the 11 September 1922 Revolution. Prime Minister (1945, 1950, 195–152). Awarded the rank of Lt. General by the National Assembly in 1924.
Lieutenant General
Andreas Platis
1865
Commander of 7th Division (1921–22), Smyrna Superior Military Command (1922)
Lieutenant General
Georgios Polymenakos
1859
1942
Commander of III Corps (1921), Northern Group of Divisions (1921–22)
Lieutenant General
Theodoros Pangalos
1878
1952
Chief of staff of the Army of Asia Minor (1919–20), Commander of the Army of the Evros (1922–23), Prime Minister (1925–26) and President (1926) as dictator
Lieutenant General
Achilleas Protosyngellos
1879
1943
Director-General of the Ministry of Military Affairs (1930–34), Deputy Chief of the Army General Staff (1934–35), Commander of the Supreme War School (1935–36).
Rank
Name
Born
Died
Notes
Lieutenant General
Konstantinos Sapountzakis
1846
1931
Chief of the Army General Staff (1906–09), commander of the Army of Epirus (1912–13)
Lieutenant General
Vasileios Sapountzakis
1811
1901
Inspector-General of the Army (1878), Minister of Military Affairs
Major General
Ptolemaios Sarigiannis
1882
1958
Chief of the Army General Staff (1925–26)
Major General
Chrysanthos Sisinis
1857
Major General
Dimitrios Sisinis
1861
Major General
Ioannis Sismanis
1859
Lieutenant General
Konstantinos Skarlatos
1872
1969
Commander General Colonel
Nikolaos G. Skarvelis
1821?
1858?
Fighter in the Greek War of Independence , Commander of the Athens Infantry in the 3 September 1843 Revolution .
Lieutenant General
Konstantinos Smolenskis
1842
1915
Commander of 1st Division (1897), Minister of Military Affairs (1897, 1903–04)
Lieutenant General
Napoleon Sotilis
1860
1953
Deputy Chief of Army General Staff (1912), Commander of 7th Division (1912–15), V & II Corps (1915–16)
Major General
Spyridon Sotiropoulos
1859
Lieutenant General
Petros Soumilas
1861
1955
Commander of 12th & 10th Divisions (1920–22), III Corps (1922)
Lieutenant General
Grigorios Spandidakis
1909
1996
Chief of the Army General Staff (1965–67), Deputy PM and Minister of National Defence (1967)
Lieutenant General
Panagiotis Spiliotopoulos
1891
1962
Chief of the Army General Staff (1946–47), Minister for National Defence (1951)
Lieutenant General
Spyromilios
1800
1880
Fighter in the War of Independence, Minister of Military Affairs (1850–53, 1859, 1862, 1867–68)
Lieutenant General
Georgios Stanotas
1888
1965
Commander of the Cavalry Division (1939–41), Peloponnese Mil. Command (1947–48)
Major General
Xenophon Stratigos
1869
1927
Deputy Chief of Army General Staff (1916–17, 1920–21)
Major General
Ioannis Stratos
1793
1848
Fighter in the War of Independence, Major General in the Royal Phalanx
Rank
Name
Born
Died
Notes
Major General
Nikos Toskas
1952
Deputy Minister for National Defence (2015), Alternate Minister of Citizen Protection (2015–)
Lieutenant General
Nikolaos Trikoupis
1868
1956
Commander of 3rd Division (1917–18, 1921), II Corps (1921), I Corps (1921–22)
Lieutenant General
Ioannis Trilivas
1868
Commander of 5th Division (1921–22), IV Corps (1927)
Lieutenant General
Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos
1897
1989
Commander of I and II Corps (1948–49), Chief of the Army General Staff (1951–52)
Major General
Ioannis Tsangaridis
1887
1939
Lieutenant General
Athanasios Tselios
1956
Chief of the Army General Staff (2013–14)
Lieutenant General
Charalambos Tseroulis
1879
1929
Commander of Archipelago Division (1920), IV Corps (1922–23)
Lieutenant General
Efthymios Tsimikalis
1879
1943
Commander of Crete Division (1920–21), 10th Division (1922–23), IV Corps (1923–25)
Major General
Nikolaos Tsipouras
1880
Lieutenant General
Vlasios Tsirogiannis
1872
1928
Commander of 3rd & 2nd Division, III Corps (1922–28)
Major General
Christos Tsolakopoulos
1868
1923
Posthumous honorary promotion
Lieutenant General
Georgios Tsolakoglou
1886
1948
Commander of III Corps and W. Macedonia Army Section (1940–41), Collaborationist Prime Minister during the Occupation (1941–43)
Lieutenant General
Georgios Tsontos
1871
1942