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The '''Minister for Justice ''' of [[Greece]] is the government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry of Justice.
  
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The '''cabinet of [[Greece]]''' comprises the heads of the major ministries.  Ministers are appointed by the [[List of Presidents of Greece|president]] on the advice of the prime minister. There is also an advisory council of the Republic, which includes former prime ministers and the heads of all parliamentary parties.
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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.
  
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== Current cabinet ministers ==
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In October [[2009]], the Ministry's titled was expanded to '''Justice, Transparency and Human Rights'''.
  
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The current minister is [[Charalambos Athanasiou]].
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==See also==
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* [[Cabinet of Greece]]
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==External links==
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* [http://www.ministryofjustice.gr/eu2003/indexENG.php Webpage of the Ministry]
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==List of Ministers for Justice==
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! width="20%"|'''Name '''
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! width="10%"|'''Took Office'''
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!colspan=1 bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|Office
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!colspan=1 bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|Incumbent
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!colspan=1 bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|Since
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|[[Georgios Kouvelakis]]
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!colspan=1 bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|Party
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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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|[[Prime Minister of Greece|Prime Minister]]
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|[[Kostas Karamanlis]]
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|[[March 10]], [[2004]]
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|[[Anastasios Peponis]]
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|[[New Democracy|ND]]
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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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|[[Ministry of Culture (Greece)|Minister for Culture]]
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|[[Antonis Samaras]]
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|[[January 8]], [[2009]]
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|[[Ioannis Potakis]]
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|[[New Democracy|ND]]
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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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|[[Minister for Development (Greece)|Minister for Development]]
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|[[Kostas Hadjidakis]]
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|[[January 8]], [[2009]]
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|[[Evangelos Venizelos]]
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|[[New Democracy|ND]]
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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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|[[Minister for Economy and Finance (Greece)|Minister for Economy and Finance]]
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|[[Ioannis Papathanasiou]]
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|[[January 8]], [[2009]]
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|[[Anargyros Fatouros]]
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|[[New Democracy|ND]]
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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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|[[Minister for Employment and Social Protection (Greece)|Minister for Employment and Social Protection]]
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|[[Fani Palli-Petralia]]
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|[[December 17]], [[2007]]
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|[[Evangelos Giannopoulos]]
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|[[New Democracy|ND]]
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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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|[[Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works (Greece)|Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works]]
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|[[Georgios Souflias]]
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|[[March 10]], [[2004]]
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|[[Dimitrios Gourgourakis]]
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|[[New Democracy|ND]]
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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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|[[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]]
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|[[Dora Bakoyianni]]
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|[[February 15]], [[2006]]
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|[[Michalis Stathopoulos]]
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|[[New Democracy|ND]]
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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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|[[Minister for Health and Social Solidarity (Greece)|Minister for Health and Social Solidarity]]
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|[[Dimitris Avramopoulos]]
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|[[February 15]], [[2006]]
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|[[Philippos Petsalnikos]]
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|[[New Democracy|ND]]
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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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|[[Minister for the Interior and Public Order (Greece)|Minister for the Interior and Public Order]]
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|[[Prokopis Pavlopoulos]]
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|[[Anastasios Papaligouras]]
 
|[[March 10]], [[2004]]
 
|[[March 10]], [[2004]]
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|[[New Democracy|ND]]
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|[[September 18]] [[2007]]
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|[[New Democracy]]
 
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|[[Minister for Justice (Greece)|Minister for Justice]]
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|[[Nikolaos Dendias]]
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|[[Sotiris Hadjigakis]]
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|[[September 19]] [[2007]]
 
|[[January 8]], [[2009]]
 
|[[January 8]], [[2009]]
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|[[New Democracy|ND]]
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|[[New Democracy]]
 
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|[[Minister for Macedonia–Thrace (Greece)|Minister for Macedonia–Thrace]]
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|[[Stavros Kalafatis]]
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|[[Nikolaos Dendias]]
 
|[[January 8]], [[2009]]
 
|[[January 8]], [[2009]]
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|[[New Democracy|ND]]
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|[[October 7]], [[2009]]
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|[[New Democracy]]
 
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|[[Minister for Mercantile Marine and Island Policy (Greece)|Minister for Mercantile Marine and Island Policy]]
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|[[Anastasios Papaligouras]]
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|[[January 8]], [[2009]]
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|[[Haris Kastanidis]]
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|[[New Democracy|ND]]
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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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|[[Ministry for National Defence (Greece)|Minister for National Defence]]
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|[[Vangelis Meimarakis]]
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|[[February 15]], [[2006]]
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|[[Miltiades Papaioannou]]
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|[[New Democracy|ND]]
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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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|[[Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs (Greece)|Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs]]
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|[[Aris Spiliotopoulos]]
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|[[January 8]], [[2009]]
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|[[Christos Geraris]]
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|[[New Democracy|ND]]
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|[[May 17]], [[2012]]
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|[[June 21]], [[2012]]
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|[[Minister for Rural Development and Food (Greece)|Minister for Rural Development and Food]]
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|[[Sotiris Hadjigakis]]
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|[[January 8]], [[2009]]
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|[[Antonis Roupakiotis]]
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|[[New Democracy|ND]]
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|[[June 21]], [[2012]]
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|[[June 25]], [[2013]]
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|[[Minister for Tourism (Greece)|Minister for Tourism]]
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|[[Konstantinos Markopoulos]]
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|[[January 8]], [[2009]]
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|[[Charalambos Athanasiou]]
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|[[New Democracy|ND]]
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|[[June 25]], [[2013]]
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|'''Incumbent'''
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|[[Minister for Transport and Communications (Greece)|Minister for Transport and Communications]]
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|[[New Democracy]]
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|[[Evripidis Stylianidis]]
 
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|[[January 8]], [[2009]]
 
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|[[New Democracy|ND]]
 
 
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== Defunct cabinet positions ==
 
  
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* [[Minister for the Military (Greece)|Minister for the Military]]
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{{Credit wikipedia}}
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* [[Minister for Trade (Greece)|Minister for Trade]]
 
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* [[Minister for the Press and the Media (Greece)|Minister for the Press and the Media]]
 
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* [[Minister for Finance (Greece)|Minister for Finance]]
 
  
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[[Category:Government of Greece]]
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[[Category:Government of Greece|Justice]]
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[[Category:National cabinets|Greece, Cabinet]]
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[[Category:Lists of ministers|Justice]]

Latest revision as of 16:29, June 26, 2013

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.


See also

External links

List of Ministers for Justice

Name Took Office Left Office Party
Georgios Kouvelakis October 13, 1993 February 10, 1995 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Anastasios Peponis February 10, 1995 September 15, 1995 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Ioannis Potakis September 15, 1995 January 22, 1996 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Evangelos Venizelos January 22, 1996 August 30, 1996 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Anargyros Fatouros August 30, 1996 September 25, 1996 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Evangelos Giannopoulos September 25, 1996 March 20, 2000 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Dimitrios Gourgourakis March 20, 2000 April 13, 2000 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Michalis Stathopoulos April 13, 2000 October 24, 2001 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Philippos Petsalnikos October 24, 2001 March 10, 2004 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Anastasios Papaligouras March 10, 2004 September 18 2007 New Democracy
Sotiris Hadjigakis September 19 2007 January 8, 2009 New Democracy
Nikolaos Dendias January 8, 2009 October 7, 2009 New Democracy
Haris Kastanidis October 7, 2009 June 17, 2011 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Miltiades Papaioannou June 17, 2011 May 17, 2012 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Christos Geraris May 17, 2012 June 21, 2012
Antonis Roupakiotis June 21, 2012 June 25, 2013
Charalambos Athanasiou June 25, 2013 Incumbent New Democracy


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