Alkiviadis Stefanis

General Alkiviadis Stefanis is a Greek politician, retired officer of the Greek Armed Forces. He served as Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff from 2017 to 2019. He served as a non-parliamentary Deputy Minister for National Defence in the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis from 9 July 2019 to 31 August 2021. From 26 May to 27 June 2023, he was Minister of National Defence in the Caretaker Government of Ioannis Sarmas.

Military career Stefanis was born on October 7, 1959, in Athens. He attended the Hellenic Army Academy, from which he graduated in 1982 as a cavalry–armour second lieutenant. As a junior armour officer, he served in various tank units as squad and company commander, completed the US Army's Armored Advanced Course at Fort Knox in 1994, and then served for two years in the Hellenic Army's Armour School at Avlonas. According to Greek press reports, Stefanis had been a leading contender for the vacant position of Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, but lost out to the air force chief, Christos Christodoulou, who enjoyed a closer working relationship with the previous Chief of the HNDGS, and now Minister for National Defence, Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis. Stefanis was promoted to the rank of full general and retired from service on 1 February 2019, handing over his office to Lt. General Kambas.

Political career From 9 July 2019 he is serving as Deputy Minister of National Defence as a non-political member in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, under Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos.

On 23 October 2019, he was given the role of special coordinator for all government agencies in the context of the European migrant crisis, and the refugees located in the eastern Aegean islands. Following the re-establishment of the , this extensive authority was revoked in February 2020.

Decorations Grand Commander of the Order of Honour Grand Commander of the Order of the Phoenix Cross of Honour and Military Merit of Luxembourg Various meritorious service and command commemorations of the Hellenic Armed Forces