The Minister for Justice of Greece is the government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry of Justice.
The Ministry of Justice was initially established as the State Justice Secretariat in April 1833. It is responsible for the Judicial Branch of the government of Greece and supervises the organisational structure of the courts as well as their financing. Another important function of the ministry is the maintenance of the independence of the Judicial Branch from the other two branches of government: Executive and Legislative. Land registries and the maintenance of prisons also falls within its jurisdiction.
In October 2009, the Ministry's titled was expanded to Justice, Transparency and Human Rights.
The current minister is Charalambos Athanasiou.
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List of Ministers for Justice
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Name
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Took Office
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Left Office
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Party
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Georgios Kouvelakis
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October 13, 1993
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February 10, 1995
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Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Anastasios Peponis
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February 10, 1995
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September 15, 1995
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Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Ioannis Potakis
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September 15, 1995
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January 22, 1996
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Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Evangelos Venizelos
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January 22, 1996
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August 30, 1996
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Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Anargyros Fatouros
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August 30, 1996
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September 25, 1996
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Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Evangelos Giannopoulos
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September 25, 1996
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March 20, 2000
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Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Dimitrios Gourgourakis
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March 20, 2000
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April 13, 2000
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Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Michalis Stathopoulos
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April 13, 2000
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October 24, 2001
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Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Philippos Petsalnikos
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October 24, 2001
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March 10, 2004
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Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Anastasios Papaligouras
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March 10, 2004
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September 18 2007
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New Democracy
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Sotiris Hadjigakis
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September 19 2007
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January 8, 2009
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New Democracy
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Nikolaos Dendias
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January 8, 2009
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October 7, 2009
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New Democracy
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Haris Kastanidis
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October 7, 2009
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June 17, 2011
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Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Miltiades Papaioannou
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June 17, 2011
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May 17, 2012
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Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Christos Geraris
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May 17, 2012
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June 21, 2012
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Antonis Roupakiotis
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June 21, 2012
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June 25, 2013
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Charalambos Athanasiou
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June 25, 2013
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Incumbent
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New Democracy
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