Incumbents President: Alexandros Zaimis Prime Minister: until 26 May: Eleftherios Venizelos 26 May-5 June: Alexandros Papanastasiou 5 June-4 November: Eleftherios Venizelos from 4 November: Panagis Tsaldaris
Events 25 April – Greece decides to abandon the gold standard. 3 June – The government of Greek Prime Minister Alexandros Papanastasiou resigns after one week in office. 25 September – The result of the Greek legislative election is an ambivalent one for the two leading parties, the Liberal Party of Eleftherios Venizelos and the People's Party. The People's Party receives a plurality of votes in the Lower House elections, but wins fewer seats than the Liberal Party;Nohlen & Stöver, pp. 841–858 the Liberals also win the most seats in the Senate.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 830 December – The Greek National Socialist Party is founded by George S. Mercouris.
Births 21 May – Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, admiral (died 2014) 29 August – Lakis Petropoulos, footballer and manager (died 1996)
Deaths 13 December – Georgios Jakobides, painter (born 1853)
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