Ministry of Culture (Greece)

The Hellenic Republic Ministry of Culture (official name) or Greek Ministry of Culture (Greek Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού) is "the governmental body responsible for cultural heritage and the Arts in Greece". It was founded in September 1971.

The current Minister of Culture is Antonis Samaras.

See also

• Cabinet of Greece

External links

• Greek Ministry of Culture

References

• Greek Parliament website
• Lar's website

List of Ministers for Culture and Science, 1971–1985

#		Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1.		Konstantinos Panagiotakis	August 26 1971	November 25 1973
2.		Dimitrios Tsakonas	November 25 1973	July 24 1974
3.		Konstantinos Tsatsos	July 26 1974	October 10 1974	National Radical Union
4.		I.M. Panagiotopoulos	October 10 1974	November 21 1974
5.		Konstantinos Tripanis	November 21 1974	November 28 1977	New Democracy
6.		Georgios Plytas	November 28 1977	September 25 1978	New Democracy
7.		Dimitrios Nianias	September 25 1978	May 9 1980	New Democracy
8.		Andreas Andrianopoulos	May 10 1980	October 19 1981	New Democracy
9.		Melina Mercouri	October 21 1981	July 26 1985	Panhellenic Socialist Movement

List of Ministers for Culture, 1985–present

#		Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
		Melina Mercouri	July 26 1985	July 1 1989	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
10.		Georgios Mylonas (first term)	July 2 1989	November 23 1989	New Democracy
11.		Sotiris Kouvelas	November 23 1989	February 12 1990	New Democracy
		Georgios Mylonas (2nd term)	February 12 1990	April 11 1990	New Democracy
12.		Tzannis Tzannetakis	April 11 1990	August 8 1991	New Democracy
13.		Anna Benaki-Psarouda	August 8 1991	December 3 1992	New Democracy
14.		Dora Bakoyanni	December 3 1992	October 13 1993	New Democracy
		Melina Mercouri (2nd term)	October 13 1993	March 6 1994	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
15.		Thanos Mikroutsikos	March 16 1994	January 1996	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
16.		Stavros Benos	January 22, 1996	September 26, 1996	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
17.		Evangelos Venizelos (1st term)	September 26, 1996	February 19, 1999	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
18.		Elisavet Papazoi	February 19, 1999	April 13, 2000	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
19.		Theodoros Pangalos	April 13, 2000	November 20, 2000	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
		Evangelos Venizelos (2nd term)	November 20, 2000	March 10, 2004	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
20.		Kostas Karamanlis	March 10, 2004	February 15 2006	New Democracy
21.		Georgios Voulgarakis	February 15 2006	September 18, 2007	New Democracy
22.		Michalis Liapis	September 19 2007	January 8, 2009	New Democracy
23.		Antonis Samaras	January 8, 2009	Incumbent	New Democracy

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