Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece)

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.

See also

• Cabinet of Greece

External link

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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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