Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs (Greece)

The Greek Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs.

The Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs (Greek: Υπουργείο Παιδείας, Δια Βίου Μάθησης και Θρησκευμάτων), formerly the Ministry for National Education and Religious Affairs (Υπουργείο Εθνικής Παιδείας και Θρησκευμάτων), is a government department of Greece. One of the oldest ministries, established in 1833, it is responsible for running the country's education system and for supervising the religions in Greece.

The incumbent minister as of 7 March 2012 is Georgios Babiniotis.

List of Ministers of National Education and Religious Affairs

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Eleftherios Veryvakis	21 October 1981	5 July 1982	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Apostolos Kaklamanis	5 July 1982	25 April 1986	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Antonis Tritsis	25 April 1986	9 May 1988	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Apostolos Kaklamanis	9 May 1988	22 June 1988	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
George Papandreou (1st term)	22 June 1988	2 July 1989	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Vasileios Kontogiannopoulos	2 July 1989	12 October 1989	New Democracy
Konstantinos Despotopoulos	12 October 1989	23 November 1989	interim
Kostas Simitis	23 November 1989	13 February 1990	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Konstantinos Despotopoulos	13 February 1990	11 April, 1990	interim
Vasileios Kontogiannopoulos	11 April, 1990	10 January 1991	New Democracy
Georgios Souflias	10 January 1991	13 October 1993	New Democracy
Dimitrios Fatouros	13 October 1993	8 July 1994	New Democracy
George Papandreou (2nd term)	8 July 1994	25 September 1996	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Gerasimos Arsenis	25 September 1996	13 April 2000	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Petros Efthymiou	13 April 2000	10 March 2004	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Marietta Giannakou	10 March 2004	19 September 2007	New Democracy
Evripidis Stylianidis	19 September 2007	8 January 2009	New Democracy
Aris Spiliotopoulos	8 January 2009	7 October 2009	New Democracy

List of Ministers of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Anna Diamantopoulou	7 October 2009	7 March 2012	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Georgios Babiniotis	7 March 2012	Incumbent	Independent

External links

• Old website, in English
• New website, Greek only