Events in the year 2021 in Greece.
Incumbents Photo Post Name President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos MitsotakisSpeaker of the Hellenic ParliamentKonstantinos Tasoulas Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel Dimitrios Papadimitriou Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic Navy Lieutenant Commander Kalliopi Poroglou Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic Army Lieutenant Colonel Kyriakos Tzivris (starting August)
Events
Ongoing: COVID-19 pandemic in Greece 12 January: 2021 Evros floods from river overflows cause evacuations, property and road damage, service disruptions, and the death of a firefighter. 4 February - March: Anti-government protests against university police, police brutality and mishandling of COVID-19 pandemic and in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas' hunger strike. 3 March: 2021 Larissa earthquake August: Wildfires engulf parts of Athens, the island of Euboea and parts of the Peloponnese. 27 September: 2021 Crete earthquake 10 October: Storm Athena causes floods and landslides in northern Euboea and Thessaly, damaging homes and infrastructure. 13 October: Storm Ballos causes severe floods, heavy rainfall, the first snow of the season in Western Macedonia, school closures, and two deaths before dissipating. 4 November: Refugees and migrants protest outside the Eleonas camp in Athens over their living conditions.
Scheduled events The 2021 Population and Housing Census is planned to be conducted by the Hellenic Statistical Authority.
Deaths
11 January – Vassilis Alexakis, Greek-born French writer and translator (born 1943). 12 January – Theodoros Mitras, politician, MP (born 1948). 14 January – Leonidas Pelekanakis, sailor (born 1962). 24 January – Sifis Valirakis, politician and anti-junta activist, Minister of Public Order (born 1943). ?? February – Maria Kastrisianaki, broadcaster (born 1948). 11 February – Antonis Kalogiannis, singer (born 1940). 9 April – Giorgos Karaivaz, Star Channel journalist, shot dead in Alimos, South Athens 8 July – Giorgos Dalakouras, politician and shipping line owner, former Civil Administrator of Mount Athos (born 1938). 2 September - Mikis Theodorakis, musician and composer (born 1925).
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