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This is a list of the rulers of the island of [[Crete]] throughout is history. |
This is a list of the rulers and governors of the island of [[Crete]] throughout is history. |
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==Antiquity== |
==Antiquity== |
Revision as of 12:50, 8 February 2012
This is a list of the rulers and governors of the island of Crete throughout is history.
Antiquity
Roman governors
Crete was conquered by the Roman Republic in 69 BC and united with the Cyrenaica in the province Creta et Cyrenaica until 193 AD.
Name | Tenure |
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Marcus Licinius Crassus | 36-31 BC |
Lucius Plotius Vicina | 2 BC - 7 AD |
Cornelius Lupus | during the reign of Tiberius |
Gaius Arinius Modestus | 73-75 AD |
Gaius Iulius Quadratus Bassus | 76-78 AD |
Gaius Antius Aulus Iulius Quadratus | 84-85 AD |
Byzantine and Arab periods
Emirs of Crete
Crete was conquered by Andalusian exiles in the mid-820s and became an emirate, nominally under Abbasid suzerainty. Until reconquered by the Byzantines in 961, it was a major base for Muslim naval raids along the coasts of the Byzantine Empire.
# | Name | Reign |
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1 | Abu Hafs Umar I ibn Shuayb ibn Isa al-Ghaliz al-Iqritish | 827/828 – ca. 855 |
2 | Shuayb I ibn Umar | ca. 855–880 |
3 | Abu Abdallah Umar II ibn Shuayb | ca. 880–895 |
4 | Muhammad ibn Shuayb al-Zarkun | ca. 895–910 |
5 | Yusuf ibn Umar II | ca. 910–915 |
6 | Ali ibn Yusuf | ca. 915–925 |
7 | Ahmad ibn Umar II | ca. 925–940 |
8 | Shuayb II ibn Ahmad | 940–943 |
9 | Ali ibn Ahmad | 943–949 |
10 | Abd al-Aziz ibn Shuayb II | 949–961 |
Venetian period
Ottoman period
Modern period
High Commissioners of the Cretan State
Crete became an autonomous state under international protection following the Greco-Turkish War of 1897. A High Commissioner of the Great Powers (Ύπατος Αρμοστής) was installed to govern the island. In 1908, the Cretan Assembly unilaterally declared union with Greece, but this was not recognized by Greece until the outbreak of the First Balkan War in October 1912 and internationally until 1913.
# | Name | Picture | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Prince George of Greece and Denmark | 21 December 1898 | 30 September 1906 | |
2 | Alexandros Zaimis | 1 October 1906 | 30 September 1911 | |
3 | Three-member Commission | 30 September 1911 | 11 October 1912 |
General-Governors of Crete
From unification with Greece in 1912 until 1955, Crete as a whole was administered by a government-appointed governor-general (Greek: Γενικός Διοικητής Κρήτης), who supervised the administration of the island's four prefectures (Chania, Heraklion, Lasithi and Rethymno).
# | Name | Picture | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Stefanos Dragoumis | 11 October 1912 | 30 May 1913 | |
2 | Georgios Ploumidis | 1913 | 1913 | |
3 | Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos | December 1913 | April 1915 | |
4 | Ioannis Tsirimokos | April 1915 | 1917 | |
5 | Konstantinos Tsaldaris | 1921 | 1922 | |
6 | Georgios Karpetopoulos§ | 9 May 1922 | 28 August 1922 | |
7 | Polychronis Polychronidis | 1922 | 1922 | |
8 | Dimitrios Tombazis | 1922 | 1923 | |
9 | Periklis Mazarakis | 1923 | 1924 | |
10 | Petros Evripaios | 1924 | 1924 | |
11 | Nikolaos Paritsis | 1924 | 1925 | |
12 | Manousos Koundouros | 1925 | 1926 | |
13 | Nikolaos Zouridis | 1926 | 1927 | |
14 | Titos Georgiadis | 1927 | 1928 | |
15 | Georgios Katechakis§ | 10 March 1928 | 22 December 1930 | |
16 | Nikolaos Askoutsis§ | 22 December 1930 | 25 May 1932 | |
17 | Dimitrios Kalitsounakis§ | 26 May 1932 | 5 June 1932 | |
18 | Michail Katapotis§ | 19 June 1932 | 4 November 1932 | |
19 | Vasileios Meimarakis§ | 25 November 1932 | 16 January 1933 | |
20 | Michail Kyrkos§ | 16 January 1933 | ||
21 | Ioannis Moutzouridis§ | 13 March 1933 | 25 May 1934 | |
22 | Ilias Aposkitis§ | 25 May 1934 | 1 June 1935 | |
23 | Georgios Frangiadakis§ | 19 July 1935 | 10 October 1935 | |
24 | Georgios Tsontos-Vardas§ | 10 October 1935 | 30 November 1935 | |
25 | Konstantinos Bakopoulos§ | 7 December 1935 | 14 March 1936 | |
26 | Panagiotis Sfakianakis§ | 18 May 1936 | 1941 | |
27 | Emmanouil Louladakis§ | 1941 | 26 January 1943 | |
28 | Ioannis Passadakis§ | 26 January 1943 | 10 October 1944 | |
29 | Agathangelos Xirouchakis | 1944 | 1944 | |
30 | Nikolaos Papadakis | 1944 | 1945 | |
31 | Manousos Voloudakis§ | 29 January 1945 | 4 April 1946 | |
32 | Dionysios Voultsos§ | 8 May 1946 | 4 November 1946 | |
33 | Emmanouil Papadogiannis§ | 4 November 1946 | 24 January 1947 | |
34 | Evangelos Daskalakis§ | 31 January 1947 | 17 February 1947 | |
35 | Christos Tzifakis | 1947 | 1947 | |
36 | Emmanouil Baklatzis | 1947 | 1948 | |
37 | Anastasios Hobitis | 1948 | 1948 | |
38 | Polychronis Polychronidis | 1948 | 1950 | |
39 | Nikolaos Krasadakis | 1950 | ||
40 | Stylianos Koundouros | |||
41 | Ioannis Konotiakis | 1955 |
- Notes: § denotes a person bearing cabinet rank as Minister General-Governor of Crete (Υπουργός Γενικός Διοικητής Κρήτης) or Vice-Minister General-Governor of Crete (Υφυπουργός Γενικός Διοικητής Κρήτης).
Regional governors of Crete
With the establishment of the region of Crete (Περιφέρεια Κρήτης) in 1986, Crete became again an administrative entity. Until 2011, the regional governors (περιφερειάρχες) were government-appointed, but in accordance to the Kallikratis reform they were replaced with elected officials.
Appointed governors
Post-Kallikratis governors
# | Name | Picture | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Stavros Arnaoutakis | 1 January 2011 |