Minister for Public Order (Greece)

The Minister for Public Order of Greece was a government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry of Public Order.

The responsibilities of the Ministry were to maintain public order, protect public and state security, prevent forest fires and co-operate with the military in matters of national defence.

The Ministry had jurisdiction over: The Police, the Fire Service and the National Intelligence Service.

The position has become obsolete as this Ministry has been combined with the Ministry of the Interior in the new Ministry for the Interior and Public Order.

List of Ministers for Public Order

		Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
		Athansios Tsouras	June 5, 1985	July 26, 1985	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Agamemnon Koutsogiorgas	July 26, 1985	July 25, 1986	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Antonis Drosoyiannis	April 25, 1986	June 22, 1988	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Anastasios Sechiotis	June 22, 1988	November 11, 1988	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Georgios Petsos	November 18, 1988	March 17, 1989	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Akis Tsochatzopoulos	March 17, 1989	June 2, 1989	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Panagiotis Markopoulos	June 2, 1989	July 2, 1989	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Ioannis Kefaloyiannis	July 2, 1989	October 12, 1989	New Democracy
		Dimitrios Manikas	October 12, 1989	April 11, 1990	New Democracy
		Ioannis Vasiliadis	April 11, 1990	August 8, 1991	New Democracy
		Theodoros Anagnostopoulos	August 8, 1991	December 3, 1992	New Democracy
		Nikolaos Gelestathis	December 3, 1992	September 14, 1993	New Democracy
		Dimitrios Manikas	September 14, 1993	October 13, 1993	New Democracy
		Stylianos Angelos Papathemelis	October 13, 1993	April 4, 1995	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Sifis Valyrakis	April 4, 1995	January 22, 1996	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Konstantinos Gitonas	January 22, 1996	August 30, 1996	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Konstantinos Beis	August 30, 1996	September 25, 1996	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Georgios Romaios	September 25, 1996	October 30, 1998	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Philippos Petsalnikos	October 30, 1998	February 19, 1999	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Mihalis Chrysohoidis	February 19, 1999	March 10, 2004	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Georgios Voulgarakis	March 10, 2004	February 15 2006	New Democracy
		Vyron Polydoras	February 15 2006	September 19, 2007	New Democracy

See also

• Cabinet of Greece

External links

• Webpage of the Ministry

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