Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece)

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The Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greek: Υπουργός Εξωτερικών) is the senior minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece.

The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Nikos Kotzias.

The Minister is one of the most important members of the Greek cabinet, with responsibility for the relations between the Hellenic Republic and foreign states.


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Ministers for Foreign Affairs (1945 - 21/04/1967)

Name Took Office Left Office Party
Spyros Theotokis October 6 1955 May 28 1956 National Radical Union
Evangelos Averoff-Tossizza May 28 1956 March 5 1958 National Radical Union
Michail Pesmazoglou March 5 1958 May 17 1958
Evangelos Averoff-Tossizza May 17 1958 September 20 1961 National Radical Union
Michail Pesmazoglou September 20 1961 November 4 1961
Evangelos Averoff-Tossizza November 4 1961 June 19 1963 National Radical Union
Panagiotis Pipinelis June 19 1963 September 28 1963 National Radical Union
Pavlos Oikonomou-Gouras September 28 1963 November 8 1963
Sophocles Venizelos November 8 1963 December 31 1963 Centre Union
Christos Xanthopoulos-Palamas January 6 1964 February 19 1964
Stavros Kostopoulos February 19 1964 July 20 1965 Centre Union
Georgios Melas July 20 1965 August 20 1965 FIDIK
Elias Tsirimokos August 20 1965 May 11 1966 FIDIK
Ioannis Toumbas May 11 1966 December 22 1966 FIDIK
Pavlos Oikonomou-Gouras December 22 1966 April 3 1967
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos April 3 1967 April 21 1967 National Radical Union

Ministers for Foreign Affairs (21/04/1967 - 24/07/1974)

Name Took Office Left Office
Pavlos Oikonomou-Gouras April 22 1967 November 3 1967
Konstantinos Kollias November 3 1967 November 20 1967
Panagiotis Pipinelis November 20 1967 July 21 1970
George Papadopoulos July 21 1970 October 3 1973
Christos Xanthopoulos-Palamas October 3 1973 November 25 1973
Spyridon Tetenes November 25, 1973 July 8, 1974
Konstantinos Kypraios July 8, 1974 July 24, 1974

Ministers for Foreign Affairs (1974-present)

Name Took Office Left Office Party
Georgios Mavros July 24 1974 October 9 1974 Center Union
Dimitrios Bitsios October 17 1974 November 20 1977 New Democracy
Panagiotis Papaligouras November 29 1977 May 10 1978 New Democracy
George Rallis May 10 1978 May 9 1980 New Democracy
Konstantinos Mitsotakis (1st term) May 10 1980 October 21 1981 New Democracy
Ioannis Charalambopoulos October 21, 1981 July 26, 1985 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Karolos Papoulias (1st term) July 26, 1985 July 2, 1989 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Tzannis Tzannetakis July 3, 1989 October 12, 1989 New Democracy
Georgios Papoulias (1st term) October 12, 1989 November 23, 1989
Antonis Samaras (1st time) November 23, 1989 February 16, 1990 New Democracy
Georgios Papoulias (2nd term) February 16, 1990 April 11, 1990
Antonis Samaras (2nd time) April 11, 1990 April 14, 1992 New Democracy
Konstantinos Mitsotakis (2nd term) April 14, 1992 August 7, 1992 New Democracy
Michalis Papakonstantinou August 7, 1992 October 13, 1993 New Democracy
Karolos Papoulias (2nd term) October 13, 1993 January 22, 1996 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Theodoros Pangalos January 22, 1996 February 18, 1999 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Giorgos Papandreou February 18, 1999 February 13, 2004 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Tassos Yiannitsis February 13, 2004 March 10, 2004 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Petros Molyviatis March 10, 2004 February 15, 2006 New Democracy
Dora Bakoyianni February 15, 2006 October 7, 2009 New Democracy
Giorgos Papandreou October 7, 2009 September 8, 2010 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Dimitris Droutsas September 8, 2010 June 17, 2011 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Stavros Lambrinidis June 17, 2011 November 11, 2011 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Stavros Dimas November 11, 2011 May 17, 2012 New Democracy
Petros Molyviatis May 17, 2012 June 21, 2012
Dimitris Avramopoulos June 21, 2012 June 25, 2013 New Democracy
Evangelos Venizelos June 25, 2013 January 26, 2015 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Nikos Kotzias January 26, 2015 Incumbent Coalition of the Radical Left


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