Civil Administrator of Mount Athos

The civil administrator of Mount Athos () is the civil head of government of the territory of the monastic community of Mount Athos, an autonomous region in northern Greece. His seat is Karyes, Mount Athos. There are several other offices established in Thessaloniki and Ouranoupoli. Since 3 September 2019, the incumbent civil administrator is businessman and Archon Offikialios of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Athanasios Martinos.

Per Greek law, the civil government of Mount Athos falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece, with the Civil Administration of Mount Athos being responsible for exercising it locally. According to article 29 of the charter of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Civil Administration of Mount Athos consists of the civil administrator of Mount Athos (similar to a regional governor in the rest of Greece), the deputy civil administrator and the rest of their staff, permanent or not.

List of civil administrators of Mount Athos No.Civil AdministratorTerm of officeProfessionTook officeLeft officeLength of office1Nikolaos P. Batestatos †15 Dec. 192610 June 1927178 days2Nikolaos Lelis (Acting)15 June 192726 Febr. 19291 year, 252 days3Zisis Hatzivasiliou8 Jan. 19308 Νov. 19311 year, 301 days4Ioannis Kokotakis8 Nov. 19311 Dec. 193124 days5Ioannis Petridis1 Dec. 19312 Apr. 1932124 days6Nikolaos Damtsas24 May 193220 Apr. 1933332 days7Alexandros Tsorbatzis9 May 193324 Aug. 1933108 days8Periklis Noulis24 Aug. 193315 May 19373 years, 262 days9Konstantinos Valtis20 May 193726 June 193738 days10G. Paraskevopoulos (Acting)1 July 19379 July 19379 days11Andreas Panourgias11 July 19378 Dec. 19381 year, 148 days12Aristidis Fokas8 Dec. 19386 March 19412 years, 87 days13Vasilios Karfiotakis9 July 194126 Jan. 19442 years, 198 days14Dimitrios Papadimitriou17 March 1945Nov. 1947~ 2 years, 5 months15Renos PyrgosJan. 1948Αug. 1948~ 6 months16Panagiotis Panagiotakos16 Sept. 194815 June 19501 year, 9 months17Konstantinos PapakyriakouJune 1950June 1950 —18Nikolaos KourasisAug. 1950Dec. 1951~ 1 year, 4 months19Konstantinos S. Konstantopoulos19511964~12 years20Emmanouil RounisJuly 19641967~ 2 years, 6 months21Stavros Papadatos14 Aug. 1967Aug. 1971~ 4 years22Konstantinos KaradimitropoulosAug. 197115 Sept. 1973~ 2 years, 2 months23Dimitrios Krekoukias28 Sept. 1973May 1975~ 1 year, 7 months24Dimitrios TsamisJune 1975September 1981~ 6 years, 3 months25Vasilios PseftogasSeptember 1981November 1982~ 1 year, 2 months26Vasilis Stogianos †May 198318 July 1985~ 2 years, 2 monthsTheologian27Apostolos GlavinasJuly 19851989~ 4 yearsTheologian and writer28Konstantinos Loulis19891991~ 2 yearsBusinessman and politician29Nikolaos–Ioannis Papadimitriou Doukas19911993Βιογραφικό Νικόλαου Παπαδημητρίου-Δούκα, στην ιστοσελίδα του Τμήματος Ιστορίας και Εθνολογίας του Δημοκρίτειου Πανεπιστημίου Θράκης.~ 2 yearsPrefect of Chalkidiki Prefecture (1978–79) and Pieria (1979-81)30Georgios MartzelosMay 1994October 1996~ 2 years, 5 monthsTheologian and writer31Stavros Psycharis19962001~ 5 yearsPublisher32Aristos Kasmiroglou (Acting)20012004~ 3 yearsLawyer33Giorgos Dalakouras20042010~ 6 yearsShipowner, MP and MEP(32)Aristos Kasmiroglou20102018~ 8 yearsLawyer34Konstantinos DimtsasAugust 2018August 2019~ 1 yearJournalist35Thanasis MartinosOctober 2019July 2023~ 4 years Businessman and shipowner36Anastasios MitsialisDecember 2023August 20248 months Honorary ambassador37Alkiviadis StefanisAugust 6, 2024incumbentIn Officef.Minister of National Defence General (ret.)

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