Events in the year 2017 in Greece. Incumbents President: Prokopis Pavlopoulos Prime Minister: Alexis Tsipras Events 13 May – Three people are killed when a train derails in Adendro and hits a house. 12 June – The 6.3 Lesbos earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing one and injuring ten. 21 July – The 6.6 Aegean Sea earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing two and injuring 480+. 15 November – In one of the greatest disasters in the area in decades, flash floods hit Western Attica, particularly the Athens suburb of Mandra, killing twenty-three. Deaths 13 January – Magic Alex, or Yanni Alexis Mardas, electronics engineer (b. 1942). 7 February – Konstantinos Despotopoulos, philosopher and politician, MP (b. 1913) 17 February – Evangelos Basiakos, politician, MP (b. 1954). 29 May – Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Former Greek Prime Minister (b. 1918). 5 June – Giorgos Masadis, footballer (b. 1944) References Greece Greece 2010s in Greece Years of the 21st century in Greece