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.
A Rank Name Born Died Notes 1882 1944 Commander of II Corps (1921–22), V Corps (1922) 1893 1920 Held the rank of General as King of Greece (1917–20) 1918 Chief of the Central Intelligence Service (1965) 1912 1987 Chief of the Armed Forces (1967–73), Vice President of the Republic (1973) 1912 1987 Commander of the Greek Battalion in Korea and ELDYK, Chief of the Armed Forces (1974–76)
B Rank Name Born Died Notes 1889 1950 Commander of Eastern Macedonia Army Section (1941) 1892 1946 Commander of 3rd Division (1940–41), Defence Minister in the collaborationist government (1941–43) 1792 1853 Fighter in the Greek War of Independence, Senator
C Rank Name Born Died Notes 1862 1949 Chief of the Army Staff Service (1917), Commander of II Corps (1918), Prime Minister, Minister of Military Affairs (1922) 1875 1941 Commander of 10th & 8th Divisions, II Corps. Chief of the Army General Staff (1935–36) 1863 1924 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 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) 1940 Held the rank of Field Marshal as King of Greece (1964–73)
D Rank Name Born Died Notes 1853 1915 Commander of 3rd Division (1911–13), IV Corps (1914–15) 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 1918 2008 Commander of III Corps (1973–74), Chief of the Army General Staff (1974–76) and the Armed Forces Command (1976–80) 1853 1938 Commander of 6th and 8th Divisions (1912–13) 1885 1960 Commander of I Corps (1940, 1941), V Corps (1940–41), Interior Minister in the collaborationist government (1941) 1869 1954 Chief of the Greek Gendarmerie (1928) 1871 1945 Commander of 13th Division (1920–21) and II Corps (1921–22) 1861 1949 Chief of the field staff in the Balkan Wars, Chief of the Army General Staff (1914–16, 1921, 1922) 1947 Chief of the Army General Staff (2004–06) 1898 1973 Chief of the National Defence General Staff (1954–59), interim Prime Minister (1961) 1888 1975 Commander of Epirus Army Section (1941) 1922 2006 Deputy and Alternate Minister of National Defence (1981–86), Minister of Public Order (1986–88)
E Rank Name Born Died Notes 1869 1936 Deputy Chief of the Army Staff Service, Chief of Staff of the Interior Army (1921) French Army general, head of the French military mission (1911–14)
F Rank Name Born Died Notes 1943 2002 Commander of II Corps (1999–2000), and the Cypriot National Guard (2000–02) 1951 Chief of the Army General Staff (2009–11), Minister for National Defence (2012) 1864 1923 Commander of 1st Division (1920–22) and of the "Southern Group" (August 1922)
G Rank Name Born Died Notes 1910 1981 Chief of the Army General Staff (1964–65) 1845 1913 Held the rank of General as King of Greece (1863–1913) 1890 1947 Held the rank of General, and from 1939 of Field Marshal, as King of Greece (1922–24, 1935–47) 1891 1964 Commander of 9th Infantry Division (1945), I Corps (1946–47), First Army (1947), Chief of the Army General Staff (1947–49) 1898 1978 Chief of the Army General Staff (1954–56), Minister for Public Works (1958–63), Minister for Public Order (1974–76) 1917 1999 Commander of First Army and Military Commander of Athens during the Regime of the Colonels, President of the Republic (1973–74) 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. 1948 Chief of the Army General Staff (2006–07), Chief of the National Defence General Staff (2007–09) 1922 1993 Chief of the Army General Staff (1976–80), Chief of the National Defence General Staff (1980–82) 1879 1967 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) 17971862
H Rank Name Born Died Notes 1801 1867 1863 1922 Commander of the Army of Asia Minor (May–August 1922). Tried and executed as responsible for the Asia Minor Disaster in the Trial of the Six. 1866 Commander of II Corps (1922–23) 1798 1869 Fighter in the Greek War of Independence, aide-de-camp to Kings Otto and George I 1873 1945
I Rank Name Born Died Notes 1923 2010 One of the leaders of the Regime of the Colonels, head of the Greek Military Police (1967–73). De facto dictator from November 1973 until the junta's overthrow in August 1974, when he was forcibly retired. Tried and convicted of high treason to life imprisonment. 1861 1926 Commander of the Archipelago Division (1916–18), I Corps (1918–19), Smyrna Army Corps (1919–20)
K Rank Name Born Died Notes 1950 Inspector-General of the Army (2006–09) 1858 1940 Commander of the 2nd Division (1911–13), I Corps (1914), Minister of Military Affairs (1916) 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). 1868 1826 1899 Minister for Military Affairs (1875–76, 1878, 1880, 1882), MP 1900 1971 Chief of the Army General Staff (1959–62) 1881 1939 MP and Senator, Minister for Military Affairs (1924, 1930–32), Governor-General in Thrace (1922–23) and Crete (1928–30) 1882 1947 Chief of the Army General Staff (1933–35) 1886 1962 Commander of the 8th Division (1938–41), Minister of Labour and Agriculture in the collaborationist government (1941) 1896 1991 Commander of I Greek Brigade at El Alamein, MP and Minister in several portfolios, Mayor of Athens (1954–59) 1852 1878 1935 1805 1868 Fighter in the Greek War of Independence, aide-de-camp of King Otto and Prime Minister (1862) 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. 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 1858 1933 Commander of I Corps (1921–22), Ambassador to Albania 1858 1946 Commander of V, III Corps (1917–18), Head of Royal Military Household (1918–20) 1884 1964 Commander of IV, V, I Corps (1940–41), Governor-General in Thrace (1947–48), Chief of the Army General Staff (1949–51) 1956 2023 Chief of the National Defence General Staff (2011–2015) 1913 2003 1858 1933 Commander of I Corps in the Asia Minor Campaign, Ambassador to Albania 1846 1924 MP, Minister for Naval Affairs (1890–92), Minister of Military Affairs (1899)
M Rank Name Born Died Notes 1829 1911 Chief of the Gendarmerie, Commander of 1st Division (1897) 1797 1867 Fighter in the War of Independence 1879 1960 Chief of the Army General Staff (1931), MP and minister 1881 1947 Chief of the Army General Staff (1931–33), MP and minister 1959 Chief of the Army General Staff (2014–) 1853 1916 Commander of 1st Division in the Balkan Wars, II Corps thereafter 1891 1968 Leader of the leftist Cretan Resistance and PEEA member in World War II 1861 1923 Commander of the 5th and 8th Divisions in the Balkan Wars 1792 1873 Fighter in the War of Independence 1874 1943 Chief of the Army General Staff (1924–25, 1926–27, 1929–31), minister 1869 1949 Fighter in the Macedonian Struggle, Commander of Xanthi Division in the Asia Minor Campaign 1879 1956 Commander of Cavalry Division in the Asia Minor Campaign 1796 1858 Fighter in the War of Independence 1880 1964 Chief of the Army General Staff (1928–29), General Director of the Aviation Ministry (1930–34), Minister 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) 1869 1949 Commander of 6th Division in the Balkan Wars, and the Army of Asia Minor in the Asia Minor Campaign 1854 1942 Commander of 4th Division and various divisional groups in the Balkan Wars, III Corps, Chief of the Army General Staff (1916)
N Rank Name Born Died Notes 1865 1942 Fighter in the Macedonian Struggle, Commander of 1st Division in the Macedonian front, of the Army of Occupation and the Army of Thrace in the Asia Minor Campaign
O Rank Name Born Died Notes 1879 1970 Fighter in the Macedonian Struggle, Commander of Kydoniai Division (1919–20), II and III Corps (1923–25), Prime Minister in March 1933 emergency cabinet
P Rank Name Born Died Notes 1871 1941 Chief of Staff of Army of Asia Minor (1920–22), Chief of Army General Staff (1940–41) 1889 1983 Inspector of Artillery (1938–40), Commander of II Corps (1940–41) 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) 1844 1857 1935 Commander of the Army of Asia Minor (1920–22) 1860 1936 Commander of I Corps (1917–18), Commander-in-Chief of the Army (1918–20), Senator 1901 1964 1912 2016 One of the leaders of the 1967 coup, Interior Minister (1967–71, 1973), Deputy Prime Minister (1967–73) 1773 1863 Fighter in the Greek War of Independence 1863 1938 Olympic medallist (1986), Interior Minister (1922–23), Minister for Military Affairs (1924), Senator 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) 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. 1865 Commander of 7th Division (1921–22), Smyrna Superior Military Command (1922) 1859 1942 Commander of III Corps (1921), Northern Group of Divisions (1921–22) 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 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).
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