2002 in Greece

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See also:	Other events of 2002 List of years in Greece

Events in the year 2002 in Greece.

Incumbents

Photo	Post	Name
	President of the Hellenic Republic	Konstantinos Stephanopoulos[1]
	Prime Minister of Greece	Costas Simitis[2]
	Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament	Apostolos Kaklamanis[3]
	Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic	Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel Konstantinos Prionas (until July 2002)
	Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic	Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Georgios Dritsakos (starting July)
	Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic	Navy Vice-Captain Demetrios Tsailas (until July)[4][5]
	Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic	Navy Vice-Captain Sotiris Charalambopoulos (starting July)
	Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic	Army Lieutenant General Alkiviadis Stefanis (until July)[6]
	Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic	Army Lieutenant Colonel Dimitrios Reskos (starting July)

Events

January

• 1 January – The Euro Currency officially became the legal tender for Greece, along with the other European Union (EU) Eurozone member area countries, replacing the Greek drachma by being introduced physically with the official launch of the currency coins and banknotes. Greece entered a period on the same day where specifically both the Euro Currency and the Greek drachma were in dual circulation until exactly 28 February.

February

March

April

May

June

July

• Hellenic Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Georgios Dritsakos, Hellenic Navy Vice Captain Sotiris Charalambopoulos, and Hellenic Army Lieutenant Colonel Dimitrios Reskos becomes Adjutants of His Excellency the President of the Hellenic Republic Konstantinos Stephanopoulos.

August

September

October

November

December

References

1. "Konstantinos Stephanopoulos - Presidency of the Hellenic Republic". Presidency of the Hellenic Republic. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
2. "Konstantinos Simitis - prime minister of Greece". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
3. "Apostolos Kaklamanis - speaker of the Hellenic Parliament". Hellenic Parliament. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
4. "Δημήτριος Ν. Τσαϊλάς" [Demetrios N. Tsailas]. Webly. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
5. "Δημήτριος Ν. Τσαϊλάς Θεσσαλονίκη Ελλάδα" [Demetrios Tsailas Thessaloniki Greece]. Biblionet. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
6. "Στεφανής Αλκιβιάδης - Υφυπουργός Εθνικής Άμυνας" [Stefanis Alcibiades - Deputy Minister of National Defense]. Blod. Retrieved 31 December 2022.