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Greece: Heads of State: 1935-1973

Royal House: Slesvig-Holsten-Sønderborg-Glücksborg
Antibasileus (Αντιβασιλεύς) | Regent
10 Oct 1935 - 22 Nov 1935 Geōrgios Themistokleous Kondylēs (Γεώργιος Θεμιστοκλέους Κονδύλης)  [1]
Basileus tōn Hellēnōn (Βασιλεύς των Ελλήνων) | King of the Hellenes
4 Nov 1935 - 22 May 1941 Geōrgios II (Γεώργιος Βʹ)  [2]
Proedros tēs Kybernēseōs (Πρόεδρος της Κυβερνήσεως) | President of the Government [3]
29 Apr 1941 - 1 Dec 1942 Geōrgios Kōnstantinou Tsolakoglou (Γεώργιος Κωνσταντίνου Τσολάκογλου)
1 Dec 1942 - 7 Apr 1943 Kōnstantinos Iōannou Logothetopoulos (Κωνσταντίνος Ιωάννου Λογοθετόπουλος)
7 Apr 1943 - 13 Oct 1944 Iōannēs Dēmētriou Rallēs (Ιωάννης Δημητρίου Ράλλης)
Ypourgikon Symboulion: Proedros tou Ypourgikou Symbouliou (Υπουργικόν Συμβούλιον: Πρόεδρος του Υπουργικού Συμβουλίου) | Council of Ministers: President of the Council of Ministers (ex officio) [4]
13 Oct 1944 - 30 Dec 1944 Geōrgios Andrea Papandreou (Γεώργιος Ανδρέα Παπανδρέου) [5][6]
Antibasileus (Αντιβασιλεύς) | Regent [4]
30 Dec 1944 - 27 Sep 1946 Damaskēnos (Δαμασκηνός) [7]
Basileus tōn Hellēnōn (Βασιλεύς των Ελλήνων) | King of the Hellenes
13 Oct 1944 - 1 Apr 1947 Geōrgios II (Γεώργιος Βʹ) 
1 Apr 1947 - 6 Mar 1964 Paulos (Παύλος)
6 Mar 1964 - 13 Dec 1967 Kōnstantinos II (Κωνσταντίνος Βʹ) [8]
Antibasileus (Αντιβασιλεύς) | Regent [9]
13 Dec 1967 - 21 Mar 1972 Geōrgios Kōnstantinou Zōitakēs (Γεώργιος Κωνσταντίνου Ζωιτάκης)
21 Mar 1972 - 1 Jun 1973 Geōrgios Chrēstou Papadopoulos (Γεώργιος Χρήστου Παπαδόπουλος)

[1] From 10 Nov 1935 pending the resumption of the throne by Geōrgios II, who boarded a Greek warship at Brindisi, Italy, on 22 Nov 1935, and landed in Greece on 25 Nov 1935.
[2] Continued in dissidence to 22 May 1941 when he left the national territory.
[3] In informal and some official use: Prōthypourgos (Πρωθυπουργός).
[4] Pending the resumption of the throne by Geōrgios II (formally authorized to return in a national plebiscite of 1 Sep 1946 and arrived to Greece on 27 Sep 1946, entering Athens 28 Sep 1946).
[5] Original family name: Stauropoulos (Σταυρόπουλος).
[6] In Athens from 18 Oct 1944.
[7] Original name: Dēmētrios Nikolaou Papandreou (Δημήτριος Νικολάου Παπανδρέου); during his tenure as Regent he signed the documents as "Damaskēnos of Athens" (O Athēnōn Damaskēnos|Ο Αθηνών Δαμασκηνός).
[8] Forced to leave Greece on 14 Dec 1967 and was permanently prevented from exercising his duties of head of state until the abolition of monarchy on 1 Jun 1973.
[9] Exercised the royal authority in the name of King Kōnstantinos II who did not recognize the establishment of the office of Regent.