2017 in Greece

Events in the year 2017 in Greece.

Incumbents

 * President: Prokopis Pavlopoulos
 * Prime Minister: Alexis Tsipras

Events

 * 13 May – Three people are killed when a train derails in Adendro and hits a house.
 * 12 June – The 6.3 Lesbos earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing one and injuring ten.
 * 21 July – The 6.6 Aegean Sea earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing two and injuring 480+.
 * 15 November – In one of the greatest disasters in the area in decades, flash floods hit Western Attica, particularly the Athens suburb of Mandra, killing twenty-three.

Deaths



 * 13 January – Magic Alex, or Yanni Alexis Mardas, electronics engineer (b. 1942).
 * 7 February – Konstantinos Despotopoulos, philosopher and politician, MP (b. 1913)
 * 17 February – Evangelos Basiakos, politician, MP (b. 1954).
 * 29 May – Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Former Greek Prime Minister (b. 1918).
 * 5 June – Giorgos Masadis, footballer (b. 1944)