Evangelos Apostolakis

Evangelos Apostolakis
Admiral Apostolakis in 2018
Minister of National Defence
In office
15 January 2019 – 9 July 2019
PresidentProkopis Pavlopoulos
Prime MinisterAlexis Tsipras
Preceded byPanos Kammenos
Succeeded byNikos Panagiotopoulos
Personal details
Born1957
Rethymno, Crete
Military service
AllegianceGreece Greece
Branch/service Hellenic Navy
Years of service1976−2019
Rank Admiral
CommandsChief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff
Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff
Commander of the Underwater Demolition Command (DYK)

Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis (Greek: Ευάγγελος Αποστολάκης) is a Greek naval officer. After leading the Hellenic Navy General Staff in 2013–2015, he served as the Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff until 14 January 2019, and then, until 9 July 2019, as the Minister of National Defence of Greece.

He was elected to the Greek Parliament on the nationwide list for Syriza at the June 2023 Greek legislative election.[citation needed]