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29-598: The officeholder's official seat (but not residence) is the Maximos Mansion in the centre of Athens . After the Presidency of the Government ( Προεδρία της Κυβερνήσεως , Proedría tis Kyverníseos ) was established, the office is referred to either as Prime Minister or President of the Government ( Πρόεδρος της Κυβερνήσεως , Próedros tis Kyverníseos ). The prime minister is officially appointed by

58-502: A monarchy was established with the underage Bavarian Prince Otto as king. Initially the government was led by a regency council made up of Bavarians. The president of this council, Count Josef Ludwig von Armansperg was the de facto head of government under Otto. Later Otto dismissed his Bavarian advisers and wielded power as an absolute monarch , effectively as head of state and his own head of government. King Otto's reign as an absolute monarch came to an end when agitators for

87-505: A constitution (as had been promised when the monarchy was established) rose up in the 3 September Revolution in 1843. Otto was forced to grant a constitution and Andreas Metaxas took power; he is credited with being the first Greek to formally serve as "Prime Minister." Once the office of prime minister was established, the responsibility for self-government again fell to the Greek people. However, two factors maintained significant power for

116-611: Is located at Herodes Atticus Street 19, next to the Presidential Mansion and the National Garden of Athens . The building was founded in 1912 by Alexandros Michalinos, a wealthy shipowner from the island of Chios . Before the construction of the mansion, the site was a garden for the Royal Palace. In 1916, Michalinos' widow, Irene Manoussis, after marrying banker and politician Dimitrios Maximos , sold

145-476: The Court of Auditors to form a cabinet as widely accepted as possible to carry out elections after the president dissolves Parliament. Therefore, the election of members of a certain party to parliament is the equivalent to a vote for that party's leader for prime minister. Before taking office, the prime minister is sworn in at a religious ceremony inside the Presidential Mansion . Prime ministers are sworn in by

174-526: The United Kingdom in 1980. In 1982, Andreas Papandreou decided to move the prime minister's office into the mansion (prior to that, the prime minister's office was located inside the Parliament building). Papandreou himself rarely used it however, preferring to conduct his business from his family villa of Kastri (in the affluent northern suburbs of Athens), or from Lagonisi , where he spent

203-671: The archbishop of Athens who is the head of the Church of Greece . The archbishop begins with a few prayers and the Kyrie Eleison , and then the prime minister-elect places his hand on the Bible placed in between two lit candles, all on a table between him and the archbishop. Following after the archbishop, the prime minister-elect then recites the oath: I swear in the name of the Holy, Consubstantial and Indivisible Trinity to safeguard

232-558: The president of Greece . According to Article 37 of the Greek Constitution , the president of the Hellenic Republic shall appoint the leader of the political party with the absolute majority of seats in the parliament as prime minister. If no party has the absolute majority , the president shall give the leader of the party with a relative majority (plurality) an exploratory mandate in order to ascertain

261-525: The Constitution and the laws and to serve the general interest of the Greek People. The archbishop then recites a few more blessings, and the participants make the sign of the cross three times. The archbishop then congratulates the new prime minister, who then shakes hands with the president before the pertinent documents are signed. In 2015 Alexis Tsipras , a self-proclaimed atheist, became

290-414: The Greek People. He then shook hands with the president, who congratulated him, before proceeding to sign the official documents as normal. When Tsipras assumed the premiership again, on 21 September 2015, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos decided that the affirmation had to be more formal, as it follows: I affirm, on my honour and conscience, that I will follow the Constitution and the laws and will serve

319-551: The Peloponnesian Senate. Meanwhile, a series of overarching National Assemblies , such as the First National Assembly at Epidaurus , met from time-to-time to provide overall coordination. The First Assembly elected a 5-member executive council, which was headed by Alexandros Mavrokordatos . The Executive continued to govern Greece until 1828, when Ioannis Kapodistrias assumed the governance of

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348-642: The arrival in Greece of the Cretan politician Eleftherios Venizelos . His followers gathered in the Liberal Party , which, despite Venizelos' dominant status, constituted the first true party in the modern sense, in that it was formed around a progressive, liberal and pro- republican political agenda. The Liberal Party was eventually opposed by the more conservative and pro- royalist People's Party , initially led by Dimitrios Gounaris . The antagonism between

377-494: The crown: the Greek party structure was weak and client-based and the monarch was free to select any member of parliament to form a government. In 1862, Otto was finally deposed and the Greek people chose a new monarch in the person of King George I of Greece . In the next 15 years, the party structures began to evolve into more modern ideological parties with the Nationalist Party led by Alexandros Koumoundouros on

406-416: The first prime minister to opt for a secular affirmation instead of the traditional religious oath. He was sworn in by President Karolos Papoulias instead of the archbishop of Athens , and, in place of the above oath, recited the affirmation: Mr President, I would like to assure you, on my honour and conscience, that I will follow the Constitution and the laws and will always serve the general interest of

435-647: The general interest of the Greek People. The Maximos Mansion (Greek: Μέγαρο Μαξίμου) has been the official seat of the prime minister of Greece since 1982. It is located in central Athens, near Syntagma Square. Although the building contains the offices of the head of the Greek Government, it is not used as the residence of the prime minister. During the Greek War of Independence , different regions of Greece that were free of Ottoman control began establishing democratic systems for self-government, such as

464-678: The incomplete building to shipowner Leonidas Embirikos, only to re-buy it in 1921. Dimitrios Maximos completed the building and settled there with his family in the early 1920s. Between 1941 and 1944, during the Nazi occupation of Greece, the mansion was used as the residence of the German Admiral of the Aegean Sea. After the war the building was briefly used as the residence of the U.S. ambassador in Athens. In 1952 Dimitrios Maximos sold

493-416: The mansion to the Greek state at a favorable price. From the mid-1950s until 1982, the mansion was used as a guesthouse for important foreign dignitaries visiting Greece, including Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia in 1955 and Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom in 1980. In 1982, Andreas Papandreou decided to move the prime minister's office into the mansion (prior to that, the prime minister's office

522-458: The mansion was used as the residence of the German Admiral of the Aegean Sea. After the war the building was briefly used as the residence of the U.S. ambassador in Athens. In 1952 Dimitrios Maximos sold the mansion to the Greek state at a favorable price. From the mid-1950s until 1982, the mansion was used as a guesthouse for important foreign dignitaries visiting Greece, including Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia in 1955 and Margaret Thatcher of

551-408: The mansion, the site was a garden for the Royal Palace. In 1916, Michalinos' widow, Irene Manoussis, after marrying banker and politician Dimitrios Maximos , sold the incomplete building to shipowner Leonidas Embirikos, only to re-buy it in 1921. Dimitrios Maximos completed the building and settled there with his family in the early 1920s. Between 1941 and 1944, during the Nazi occupation of Greece,

580-471: The official seat of the Prime Minister of Greece since 1982. It is located in downtown Athens , Greece , near Syntagma Square . The Maximos Mansion is located at Herodes Atticus Street 19, next to the Presidential Mansion and the National Garden of Athens . The building was founded in 1912 by Alexandros Michalinos, a wealthy shipowner from the island of Chios . Before the construction of

609-441: The possibility of forming a government enjoying the confidence of parliament . If this possibility cannot be ascertained, the president shall give the exploratory mandate to the leader of the second largest party in Parliament, and if this proves to be unsuccessful, to the leader of the third largest party in parliament. Each exploratory mandate shall be in force for three days. If all exploratory mandates prove to be unsuccessful,

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638-565: The president summons all party leaders, and if the impossibility to form a cabinet enjoying the confidence of the parliament is confirmed, the president shall attempt to form a cabinet composed of all parties in parliament for the purpose of holding parliamentary elections. If this fails, the president shall entrust the president of the Supreme Administrative Court or of the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court or of

667-473: The prime minister's office has been described as problematic in recent years, due to its rather small size; as a result, since the late 2000s, various proposals for moving the prime minister's office to a new location have been examined, with the Zappeion Palace considered the best possible solution. Maximos Mansion The Maximos Mansion ( Greek : Μέγαρο Μαξίμου , Mégaro Maxímou ) has been

696-423: The right and the more liberal New Party led by Charilaos Trikoupis . Trikoupis was successful after the election of 1874 in forcing the king to accept the "dedilomeni principle" ( Greek : αρχή της δεδηλωμένης )--that the leader of the majority in parliament must be selected as prime minister by the king. The Nationalists were later led by Theodoros Deligiannis who famously said "was against everything Trikoupis

725-405: The state as "Governor of Greece"—simultaneously head of state and of the government. Kapodistrias was assassinated in 1831 and his government, presided over by his brother Augustinos , collapsed the following year. It was replaced by a series of collective governmental councils, which lasted until 1833, when Greece became a monarchy. In 1832, Greece's nascent experiment with democracy was ended and

754-480: The summer months. The Maximos Mansion has the benefit of being located at the heart of Athens and very close to the Hellenic Parliament , but otherwise its use as the prime minister's office has been described as problematic in recent years, due to its rather small size; as a result, since the late 2000s, various proposals for moving the prime minister's office to a new location have been examined, with

783-468: The two parties, and the supporters of monarchy and republicanism, would dominate the political landscape until after the Second World War. Maximos Mansion The Maximos Mansion ( Greek : Μέγαρο Μαξίμου , Mégaro Maxímou ) has been the official seat of the Prime Minister of Greece since 1982. It is located in downtown Athens , Greece , near Syntagma Square . The Maximos Mansion

812-527: Was for." This two-party system existed until 1910, even as Georgios Theotokis took over the New Party after the death of Trikoupis in 1895 and the assassination of Deligiannis in 1905 which led to a splintering of parties on the conservative and nationalist side. In 1910, military officers sparked the fall of civilian government when they issued the Goudi Pronunciamento . This event led to

841-404: Was located inside the Parliament building). Papandreou himself rarely used it however, preferring to conduct his business from his family villa of Kastri (in the affluent northern suburbs of Athens), or from Lagonisi , where he spent the summer months. The Maximos Mansion has the benefit of being located at the heart of Athens and very close to the Hellenic Parliament , but otherwise its use as

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