The Supreme Court of Greece ( Greek Άρειος Πάγος , Areopagus , literally the Court of Cassation ) is the Supreme Court of the Hellenic Republic , which deals with civil and criminal cases, whose decisions are not subject to appeal in the judicial system of Greece, but can be appealed to the ECHR . The Supreme Court can take appeals from lower-level Greek courts, examine and adjudicate them. The court consists of the Chairman of the Court and the Prosecutor General, 10 Deputy Chairmen, 55 members of the Court (“Areopagites”) and 14 Deputy Prosecutor Generals. All of them have personal immunity and are elected for life, but must resign upon attaining the age of 67 (Article 87, clause 1 and Article 88, Clauses 1 and 5 of the Greek Constitution ).
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History
The Areopagus as the predecessor of the modern Supreme Court was formed in the 16th century BC by the Athenian king Theseus and the king of Attica Kecrops . The court was going on the rocky hill of Ares, in honor of which it got its name. In 462 BC much of the judicial and administrative power was distributed between the jury, helium , and the national assembly, the ecclesia . Such a structure was maintained in the Greek polis before the Roman conquest.
On October 16, 1834, the Areopagus was formed as the Supreme Court of Greece by decree of the Greek king. The final decision on the name was made in favor of the old predecessor, and not in favor of the traditional name in other states (Court of Cassation). The first appointments took place on January 13, 1835 by royal decree, the first chairman of the court was Christodoulos Klonaris, a juror from the city of Nafplion and the Minister of Justice in the government of John Kapodistrias . The first attorney general was appointed Andronikos Paekos, chairman of the interim court of Missolong . Among the famous areopagites were Anastasios Polizoidis (previously the chairman of the Nafplion interim court) and Judge Georgios Tertsetis , who sentenced Theodoros Kolokotronis .
On April 30, 1835, the first case was considered (1/1835), the decision was made on May 1. At the moment, the House of the Supreme Court is the house of Leoforos Alexandras, which was built by architect Jason Rizos and opened on February 23, 1981 [1] .
Chair List [2]
- Christ Klonaris (1835–1847)
- Yannis Somakis (1847–1848)
- Christ Claris (1848–1849)
- Georgios Rallis (1849–1861)
- Aris Moraitis (1861–1872)
- Dimitrios Walvis (1872–1885)
- Nicolas Deliannis (1885–1891)
- Konstantinos Simantiras (1891–1911)
- Christ Kapsalis (1911–1921)
- Spiridon Zagris (1921–1922)
- Georgios Panapoulos (1933–1941)
- Konstantinos Kirillopoulos (1941–1945)
- Yannis Sakketas (1945–1948)
- Ilias Papailo (1948-1953)
- Christ Stavropoulos (1953)
- Yannis Apostolopoulos (1953–1959)
- Konstantinos Kafkas (1959–1963)
- Stylianos Mavromichalis (1963–1968)
- Theodoros Kamperis (1968–1969)
- Athanasios Gheorghiu (1969–1970)
- Vasilios Patsurakos (1970–1973)
- Lisandros Kanellakos (1973–1974)
- Dimitris Margellos (1974–1975)
- Konstantinos Zaharis (1975–1976)
- Spiridon Gaggas 1976–1977)
- Georgios Karamanos (1977–1978)
- Spiridon Collas (1978–1979)
- Dimitrios Scumphis (1979–1982)
- Georgios Konstas (1982–1985)
- Antonios Stasinos (1985–1989)
- Ioannis Gryvas (1989–1990)
- Vasilios Kokkinos (1990–1996)
- Stefanos Mattias (1996–2002)
- Georgios Kappas (2002–2005)
- Romilos Kedikoglu (2005–2007)
- Vasileios Nikopoulos (2007–2009)
- Georgios Kalamidas (2009–2011)
- Rena Asimakopoulou (2011–2013)
- Mikhail Teoharidis (2013–2014)
- Athanasios Kutromanos (2014–2015)
- Vasiliki Tanu-Christofil (2015–2017)
- Ioannis Jannakopoulos (2017)
- Vassilios Peppas (since 2017)
Notes
- Οι λευκοί ιππότες της Αθήνας: Τα 9 μαρμάρινα κτίρια που φωτίζουν την πόλη | HuffPost Greece
- ↑ Former Presidents . Court of Cassation . The appeal date is August 26, 2015.
Links
- Official site (Greek) (eng.)