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Leader of the Official Opposition (Greece)

FieldValue
postLeader of the Official Opposition
native_nameΑρχηγός της Αξιωματικής Αντιπολίτευσης
insigniaCoat of Arms of Greece (Monochromatic).svg
insigniacaptionCoat of Arms of Greece
member_of
imageNikos Androulakis PASOK.jpg
incumbentNikos Androulakis
incumbentsince21 November 2024
bodyGreece
constituting_instrumentStanding Orders of the Hellenic Parliament

The Leader of the Official Opposition () is the politician who leads the biggest opposition party in Greece.

Today Leader of the Official Opposition is the President of the parliamentary group of PASOK – Movement for Change, Nikos Androulakis.

Role

According to the Rules of the Hellenic Parliament: "The President of the largest Parliamentary Group, who is not a member of the Government, is called the Leader of the Official Opposition, an office which gives him/her special rights (e.g. more speaking time during parliamentary sittings). (...) The leader of the party is also considered the President of the Parliamentary Group if he/she has been elected as a Member of Parliament."

The leader of the official opposition is regarded as the fourth highest state office of the Hellenic Republic, after the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament.

In addition, the leader of the opposition has certain minor privileges at the stage of the parliamentary procedure, including the ability to request two debates before the agenda, a longer speaking time and the right to appoint up to three deputy representatives at meetings, the same as the Prime Minister.

Change of opposition leader without elections

The crisis that erupted in Syriza in the autumn of 2024 due to the expulsion of the elected President Stefanos Kaselakis from the party's organs and the subsequent rupture between the two sides led to the independence of MPs, resulting in the party losing the role of the official opposition, remaining second with 29 MPs behind Pasok (31 MPs), which was officially declared the official opposition on 21 November 2024. The President of the Parliament noted that this phenomenon - a change in the leader of the opposition without elections is unprecedented in the Greek parliamentary history.

Pasok returned as an opposition leader party after 15 years.

List of leaders of the opposition since 1974

Political party:

PortraitNamePolitical partyTerm of officeUnion of the Democratic Centre (Greece)}};"PASOK}};"New Democracy (Greece)}};"New Democracy (Greece)}};"New Democracy (Greece)}};"PASOK}};"PASOK}};"New Democracy (Greece)}};"New Democracy (Greece)}};"New Democracy (Greece)}};"PASOK}};"New Democracy (Greece)}};"New Democracy (Greece)}};"Coalition of the Radical Left}};"New Democracy (Greece)}};"New Democracy (Greece)}}"New Democracy (Greece)}}"New Democracy (Greece)}};"New Democracy (Greece)}};"Coalition of the Radical Left}};"Coalition of the Radical Left}};"Coalition of the Radical Left}};"Coalition of the Radical Left}};"PASOK – Movement for Change}};"
Georgios MavrosEK–ND
in 1976 merged into
EDIK21 November 197428 November 1977
[[File:Andreas Papandreou (1968) 3.jpg75px]]Andreas PapandreouPASOK28 November 197721 October 1981
[[File:Георгиос Раллис в Люксембурге (29-06-1981).jpg75px]]Georgios RallisNew Democracy21 October 1981December 1981
[[File:Cyprusconferentie tussen Griekenland en Turkije (cropped).jpeg75px]]Evangelos Averoff9 December 19811 September 1984
[[File:Mitsotakis 1992.jpg75px]]Konstantinos Mitsotakis1 September 19842 July 1989
[[File:Andreas Papandreou.jpg75px]]Andreas PapandreouPASOK2 July 198912 October 1989
None – Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Grivas12 October 198923 November 1989
None – Ecumenical Government of Xenophon Zolotas23 November 198911 April 1990
[[File:Andreas Papandreou.jpg75px]]Andreas PapandreouPASOK11 April 199013 October 1993
[[File:Mitsotakis 1992.jpg75px]]Konstantinos MitsotakisNew Democracy13 October 19933 November 1993
Miltiadis Evert3 November 199321 March 1997
[[File:Kostas Karamanlis 2009 (cropped).jpg75px]]Kostas Karamanlis21 March 199710 March 2004
[[File:George Papandreou (junior).jpg75px]]George PapandreouPASOK10 March 20046 October 2009
[[File:Kostas Karamanlis 2009 (cropped).jpg75px]]Kostas KaramanlisNew Democracy6 October 200930 November 2009
[[File:Antonis Samaras October 2014.jpg75px]]Antonis Samaras30 November 200916 May 2012
None – Caretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos16 May 201220 June 2012
[[File:Alexis Tsipras die 16 Ianuarii 2012.jpg75px]]Alexis TsiprasSyriza20 June 201226 January 2015
[[File:Antonis Samaras October 2014.jpg75px]]Antonis SamarasNew Democracy26 January 20155 July 2015
[[File:1718289200553 20240611 MEIMARAKIS Evangelos EL 03.jpg75px]]Vangelis Meimarakis5 July 201527 August 2015
None – Caretaker Cabinet of Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou27 August 201521 September 2015
[[File:1718289200553 20240611 MEIMARAKIS Evangelos EL 03.jpg75px]]Vangelis Meimarakis
ActingNew Democracy21 September 201524 November 2015
[[File:EPP Summit, December 2015 (23782884136) (cropped).jpg75px]]Ioannis Plakiotakis
Acting24 November 201511 January 2016
[[File:EPP Zagreb Congress in Croatia, 20-21 November 2019 (49099472986) (cropped3).jpg75px]]Kyriakos Mitsotakis11 January 20168 July 2019
[[File:Alexis Tsipras, prime minister of Greece (cropped).jpg75px]]Alexis TsiprasSyriza8 July 201925 May 2023
None – Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas25 May 202326 June 2023
[[File:Alexis Tsipras, prime minister of Greece (cropped).jpg75px]]Alexis TsiprasSyriza26 June 202329 June 2023
[[File:Famellos deth (cropped).png75px]]Sokratis Famellos
De jure3 July 202327 August 2024
[[File:Art 104-4296.jpg75px]]Nikos Pappas
De jure27 August 202421 November 2024
[[File:Nikos Androulakis PASOK.jpg75px]]Nikos AndroulakisPASOK – Movement for Change21 November 2024Incumbent

References

References

  1. (2024-11-21). "Ανεξαρτητοποιήθηκαν Θεοδώρα Τζάκρη και Γιώτα Πούλου από τον ΣΥΡΙΖΑ - Αξιωματική αντιπολίτευση το ΠΑΣΟΚ".
  2. https://www.hellenicparliament.gr/Organosi-kai-Leitourgia/Koinovouleftikes-Omades/
  3. Γιώργος Μπουρδάρας. (24 August 2024). "Τα «προνόμια» της αξιωματικής αντιπολίτευσης".
  4. [https://www.dimokratiki.gr/21-11-2024/k-tasoulas-gia-syriza-ine-stenochoro-proti-fora-den-ischyi-i-psifos-tou-eklogikou-somatos/ Mr Tasoulas on SYRIZA: "It is sad... For the first time the electorate's vote is not valid"] (el)
  5. [https://www.news247.gr/ellada/pos-itan-i-ellada-tin-teleftaia-fora-pou-to-pasok-itan-axiomatiki-antipolitefsi/ What Greece was like the last time PASOK was in opposition] (ελ)
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