Ministry of the Interior (Greece)

The Ministry of the Interior (Greek: Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών) is a government department of Greece. Occasionally the office has been combined with that of the Ministry for Public Order. From 7 October 2009 it was known as the Ministry of the Interior, Decentralization and Electronic Governance (Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών, Αποκέντρωσης και Ηλεκτρονικής Διακυβέρνησης), until the splitting off of a new Ministry of Administrative Reform on 17 June 2011. The minister is Anastasios Giannitsis.

List of Ministers of the Interior (1974–1995)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Georgios Rallis	July 24, 1974	July 26, 1974	New Democracy	Government of national unity
Christoforos Stratos	July 26, 1974	October 9, 1974	New Democracy	Government of national unity
Panagiotis Zeppos	October 9, 1974	November 21, 1974	New Democracy	Government of national unity
Konstantinos Stefanopoulos	November 21, 1974	September 10, 1976	New Democracy
Ippokratis Iordanoglou	September 10, 1976	October 21, 1977	New Democracy
Georgios Mitsopoulos	October 21, 1977	November 28, 1977	New Democracy
Christoforos Stratos	November 28, 1977	September 17, 1981	New Democracy
Georgios Daskalakis	September 17, 1981	October 21, 1981	New Democracy
Georgios Gennimatas	October 21, 1981	January 17, 1984	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Menios Koutsogiorgas	January 17, 1984	May 22, 1984	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panagiotis Markopoulos	May 22, 1984	June 21, 1984	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Menios Koutsogiorgas	June 21, 1984	May 9, 1985	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panagiotis Markopoulos	May 9, 1985	June 5, 1985	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Menios Koutsogiorgas	June 5, 1985	February 5, 1987	Panhellenic Socialist Movement	July 26, 1985 - April 25, 1986 also Minister for Public Order
Emmanouil Papastefanakis	February 5, 1987	September 23, 1987	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Akis Tsochatzopoulos	September 23, 1987	June 2, 1989	Panhellenic Socialist Movement	March 17, 1989 - June 2, 1989 also Minister for Public Order
Panagiotis Markopoulos	June 2, 1989	July 2, 1989	Panhellenic Socialist Movement	also Minister for Public Order
Nikos Konstantopoulos	July 2, 1989	October 12, 1989	Synaspismos	Coalition government
Vassilios Skouris	October 12, 1989	November 23, 1989	None	Caretaker government
Theodoros Katrivanos	November 23, 1989	April 11, 1990	None	Government of national unity
Sotirios Kouvelas	April 11, 1990	August 8, 1991	New Democracy
Nikolaos Kleitos	August 8, 1991	December 3, 1992	New Democracy
Ioannis Kefalogiannis	December 3, 1992	September 14, 1993	New Democracy
Ioannis Georgakis	September 14, 1993	October 13, 1993	None	as Acting Minister
Akis Tsochatzopoulos	October 13, 1993	July 8, 1994	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Kostas Skandalidis (1st term)	July 8, 1994	September 15, 1995	Panhellenic Socialist Movement

• On September 15, 1995, the Ministry of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of the Interior were merged to become the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization.

List of Ministers of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization (1995–2007)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Akis Tsochatzopoulos	September 15, 1995	August 30, 1996	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Vassilios Skouris	August 30, 1996	September 25, 1996	None	as Acting Minister
Alekos Papadopoulos	September 25, 1996	February 19, 1999	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Vasso Papandreou	February 19, 1999	March 20, 2000	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Georgios Koumantos	March 20, 1999	April 13, 2000	None	as Acting Minister
Vasso Papandreou	April 13, 2000	October 24, 2001	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Kostas Skandalidis	October 24, 2001	February 13, 2004	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Nikolaos-Michail Alivizatos	February 13, 2004	March 10, 2004	None	as Acting Minister
Prokopis Pavlopoulos	10 March 2004	24 August 2007	New Democracy
Spyridon Flogaitis	August 24, 2007	September 19, 2007	None	as Acting Minister

• On 18 September 2007, the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation was merged with the Ministry for Public Order to form the Ministry of Interior and Public Order.

List of Ministers of the Interior and Public Order (2007–2009)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Prokopis Pavlopoulos	September 19, 2007	September 11, 2009	New Democracy
Spyridon Flogaitis	September 11, 2009	October 7, 2009	None	as Acting Minister

List of Ministers of the Interior, Decentralization and e-Governance (2009–2011)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Giannis Ragousis	October 7, 2009	17 June 2011	Panhellenic Socialist Movement

List of Ministers of the Interior (2011–)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Haris Kastanidis	17 June 2011	11 November 2011	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Anastasios Giannitsis	11 November 2011	Incumbent	Panhellenic Socialist Movement	National unity government

External links

• Ministry of the Interior official website (Greek) (English) (French) (Italian)