Minister for Finance (Greece)

The Minister for Finance of Greece (Greek Υπουργός Οικονομικών) is the government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry of Finance.

The post became obsolete on October 24, 2001, when it merged with the Ministry for Economy into the Ministry for Economy and Finance but re-emerged as a separate position after October 2009

See also

• Cabinet of Greece

List of Ministers for Finance, (1985–Present)

		Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
		Gerasimos Arsenis	June 5 1985	July 26 1985	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Dimitris Tsovolas	July 26 1985	July 2 1989	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Antonis Samaras	July 2 1989	October 12 1989	New Democracy
		Georgios Agapitos	October 12 1989	April 11 1990
		Ioannis Palaiokrassas	April 11 1990	August 7 1992
		Stefanos Manos	August 7 1992	October 13 1993
		Georgios Gennimatas	October 13 1993	February 25 1994	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Alekos Papadopoulos	February 25, 1994	September 25, 1996	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Yiannos Papantoniou	September 25, 1996	October 24 2001	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Giorgos Papakonstantinou	October 7, 2009	June 17, 2011	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Evangelos Venizelos	June 17, 2011	March 21, 2012	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Filippos Sachinidis	March 21, 2012	May 17, 2012	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Georgios Zanias	May 17, 2012	July 5, 2012
		Yiannis Stournaras	July 5, 2012	June 10, 2014
		Gikas Chardouvelis	June 10, 2014	January 27, 2015
		Yiannis Varoufakis	January 27, 2015	July 6, 2015	Coalition of the Radical Left
		Eucleides Tsakalotos	July 6, 2015	Incumbent	Coalition of the Radical Left