2023 in Greece
Events in the year 2023 in Greece. Incumbents 

 President: Katerina Sakellaropoulou
 Prime Minister: Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Events 

 5 January – Aegean dispute: A Turkish coast guard vessel exchanges warning shots with a Greek coast guard vessel off the Greek island of Farmakonisi. 10 January – Constantine II, dies at age 82. He was the last Greek monarch, reigning from 1964 to 1973. 27 January – Greek wiretapping scandal of 2022: Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis survives a no-confidence vote called by former prime minister Alexis Tsipras over the scandal. 8 February – The Greek Parliament votes to ban National Party – Greeks from running in the coming elections. The New Democracy (Greece), PASOK voted for it, while the Communist Party of Greece, Greek Solution and MeRA25 voted against. 28 February – Tempi train crash: A passenger train and a freight train collide in Tempi, Larissa, Thessaly, killing 57 people and injuring more than 85 others. 1 March – Two people are killed after a boat carrying around 30 migrants capsizes near the coast of Kos. 21 May – May 2023 Greek legislative election. 14 June – At least 59 people die and 100 more are rescued after a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of the Peloponnese. The government declares a three-day mourning period. 15 June - Protest across the country following the sinking of a boat carrying migrants and refugees. The boat is estimated to have been ferrying 750 people. More than 100 were rescued, and 78 bodies recovered. 19 June – Nine Egyptian men arraigned in court in connection to the boat disaster. They all pleaded not guilty. 25 June – June 2023 Greek legislative election: Nea Demokratia wins another term in office following May's fruitless election. Spartans, Course of Freedom and Niki enter the Parliament for the first time. 25 July – 2023 Greece wildfires: Two HAF servicemen are killed when a Canadair CL-215 waterbomber crashes on Evia island. 5 September – The city of Volos suffers extended damage due to floods caused by heavy raining. 6 September – At least 10 people have been killed by floods caused by torrential rain in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece. 7 September – Due to ongoing flooding, the main highway in Greece between Athens and Thessaloniki is closed and there is no train traffic between the two major cities. Sports 

 20 June – 2 July – 2023 Men's Junior World Handball Championship
 19 August 2022 – 14 May 2023: 2022–23 Super League Greece
 2 – 9 September – 2023  Mediterranean Beach Games

Deaths 

 1 January – Apostolos Pitsos, 104, industrialist and businessman. 3 January – 
 Nikos Skylakakis, 99, basketball player (national team). Notis Mavroudis, 77, guitarist and composer
 10 January – 
 Irenaios, 83, Orthodox prelate, patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem (2001–2005). Constantine II, 82, last king of the Hellenes (r. 1964–1973). 17 January – Paul Soulikias, 96, Greek-Canadian painter. 20 January – Elena Apergi, 90, actress (Madalena, Ena Exypno Exypno Moutro). 21 January – Erricos Andreou, 84, film director (The Hook, Act of Reprisal) and screenwriter. 22 January – Nikos Xanthopoulos, 88, actor and singer. 24 January – Metropolitan Panteleimon of Belgium, 87, Orthodox prelate, metropolitan of Belgium (1982–2013). 2 February – John Zizioulas, 92, Orthodox prelate, metropolitan of Pergamon (since 1986). 8 February – Manousos Voloudakis, 56, politician, MP (2007–2009, 2012–2014, since 2019). 9 February – Sasa Zivoulovic, 50, Olympic handball player (2004). 13 February – Nektarios Santorinios, 50, politician, MP (since 2015). 16 February –
 Despoina Nikolaidou, 88–89, actress (A Matter of Dignity, And the Wife Shall Revere Her Husband, Agonia). Stratis Stratigis, 89, lawyer and politician, MP (1985–1989). 17 February – Moses Elisaf, 68, politician, mayor of Ioannina (since 2019). 20 February – George B. Dertilis, 84, historian. 22 February – Giorgos Katsoulis, 60, water polo player (Olympiacos) and coach. References 

 
2020s in Greece
Years of the 21st century in Greece
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