National

Supreme Court of Greece (Areios Pagos)

Based in Greece

Source: en.wikipedia.org, checked Oct 12, 2026

Who sits on it

President of the Supreme Court
Appointed by the President of the Hellenic Republic
- Panagiotis Lymperopoulos President of the Supreme Court · since July 2026

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Sources for who sits on it

President of the Supreme Court en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026
Panagiotis Lymperopoulos as President of the Supreme Court areiospagos.gr · checked Oct 12, 2026

Supreme civil and criminal jurisdiction
Areios Pagos is the highest court in civil and criminal matters; all courts must refuse to apply a law whose content is contrary to the Constitution (Constitution of Greece, Art. 93(4)).

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Sources for what it can do

Supreme civil and criminal jurisdiction hellenicparliament.gr · checked Oct 12, 2026

en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 English Wikipedia, Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece, read 2026-10-12: President Anastasia Papadopoulou since 7 July 2025. Fallback: Wikipedia, because the court site is a frame-based legacy page that could not be read. For: Supreme Court of Greece (Areios Pagos), Supreme Court of Greece (Areios Pagos) in Greek, President of the Supreme Court
hellenicparliament.gr · checked Oct 12, 2026 Hellenic Parliament, Constitution of Greece (English translation, as revised 2019), read 2026-10-12 from the published text for the article references; institutional structure. The parliament site returned HTTP 403 to automated access on 2026-10-12, so article numbers were not re-checked line by line (ticket filed). For: Supreme civil and criminal jurisdiction
areiospagos.gr · checked Oct 12, 2026 Areios Pagos, Πρόεδρος Αρείου Πάγου page, read 2026-10-12: "Επελέγη ως Πρόεδρος του Αρείου Πάγου στις 1-7-2026" (the English page header says 1/7/2025 but its body says 1-7-2026; the Greek page says 2026 twice). For: Panagiotis Lymperopoulos as President of the Supreme Court