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Ministry of National Economy and Finance
Υπουργείο Εθνικής Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών
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since 27 June 2023
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The Ministry of National Economy and Finance (Greek: Υπουργείο Εθνικής Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών) is the government department responsible for Greece's public finances. The incumbent minister is Kostis Hatzidakis of New Democracy.

Minister's role

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View of the Hellenic Ministry of Finance from Othonos Street, Athens

According to Article 73 of the Constitution of Greece, any bills relating to pensions must be submitted by the Minister of Finance. According to Article 75 of the Constitution, any bill relating to expenditure or a reduction in revenue must not be introduced unless accompanied by a special report on the bill, signed by the Minister of Finance. Finally, according to Article 79 of the Constitution, the Minister of Finance must bring the budget before the Hellenic Parliament at least one month before the start of the fiscal year, for it to be voted on.[1]

Lists of ministers

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Finance (1967–2002)

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Name Took office Left office Party Notes
Adamantios Androutsopoulos 21 April 1967 25 August 1971 Military junta
Ioannis Koulis [el] 25 August 1971 23 November 1973
Giangos Pesmazoglou [el] 26 July 1974 9 October 1974 National unity government of Konstantinos Karamanlis
Nikolaos Fotias [el] 9 October 1974 21 November 1974
Evangelos Devletoglou [el] 21 November 1974 28 November 1977 New Democracy
Ioannis Boutos [el] 28 November 1977 10 May 1978
Athanasios Kanellopoulos [el] 10 May 1978 10 May 1980
Miltiadis Evert 10 May 1980 21 October 1981
Manolis Drettakis [el] 21 October 1981 28 June 1982 PASOK
Dimitrios Koulourianos [el] 28 June 1982 9 September 1983
Ioannis Pottakis [el] 9 September 1983 27 March 1984
Gerasimos Arsenis 27 March 1984 26 July 1985
Dimitris Tsovolas 26 July 1985 2 July 1989
Antonis Samaras 2 July 1989 12 October 1989 New Democracy Coalition government of Tzannis Tzannetakis
Georgios Agapitos 12 October 1989 23 November 1989 Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Grivas
Georgios Souflias 23 November 1989 13 February 1990 New Democracy Ecumenical government of Xenophon Zolotas
Georgios Agapitos 13 February 1990 11 April 1990
Ioannis Palaiokrassas 11 April 1990 7 August 1992 New Democracy
Stefanos Manos 7 August 1992 13 October 1993
Georgios Gennimatas 13 October 1993 25 February 1994 PASOK
Alekos Papadopoulos 25 February 1994 25 September 1996
Yiannos Papantoniou 25 September 1996 24 October 2001
Nikos Christodoulakis 24 October 2001 21 March 2002

National economy (1982–2002)

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Name Took office Left office Party Notes
Gerasimos Arsenis 5 July 1982 26 July 1985 PASOK
Costas Simitis 26 July 1985 27 November 1987
Panagiotis Roumeliotis 27 November 1987 2 July 1989
Georgios Souflias 2 July 1989 12 October 1989 New Democracy Coalition government of Tzannis Tzannetakis
Giorgos Kontogeorgis 12 October 1989 23 November 1989 Caretaker government of Ioannis Grivas
Georgios Gennimatas 23 November 1989 13 February 1990 PASOK Ecumenical government of Xenophon Zolotas
Giorgos Kontogeorgis 13 February 1990 11 April 1990 New Democracy
Georgios Souflias 11 April 1990 1 October 1990
Konstantinos Mitsotakis 1 October 1990 8 August 1991
Efthymios Christodoulou 8 August 1991 17 February 1992
Stefanos Manos 17 February 1992 13 October 1993
Georgios Gennimatas 13 October 1993 25 April 1994 PASOK Died in office
Yiannos Papantoniou 6 May 1994 24 October 2001
Nikos Christodoulakis 24 October 2001 21 March 2002

Economy and finance (2002–2009)

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Name Took office Left office Party Notes
Nikos Christodoulakis 21 March 2002 10 March 2004 PASOK The national economy and finance ministries were officially amalgamated on 21 March 2002.[2]
Georgios Alogoskoufis 10 March 2004 7 January 2009 New Democracy
Yannis Papathanasiou 8 January 2009 7 October 2009

Finance (2009–2023)

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Name Took office Left office Party Notes
Giorgos Papakonstantinou 7 October 2009 17 June 2011 PASOK
Evangelos Venizelos 17 June 2011 21 March 2012 Coalition Cabinet of Lucas Papademos from 11 November 2011
Filippos Sachinidis 21 March 2012 17 May 2012
George Zanias 17 May 2012 5 July 2012 Independent Caretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos
Yannis Stournaras 5 July 2012 10 June 2014 Coalition Cabinet of Antonis Samaras
Gikas Hardouvelis 10 June 2014 27 January 2015
Yanis Varoufakis 27 January 2015 6 July 2015 Syriza First Coalition Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras
Euclid Tsakalotos 6 July 2015 27 August 2015
George Chouliarakis 28 August 2015 21 September 2015 Independent Caretaker Cabinet of Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou
Euclid Tsakalotos 23 September 2015 9 July 2019 Syriza Second Coalition Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras
Christos Staikouras 9 July 2019 26 May 2023 New Democracy
Theodore Pelagidis [el] 26 May 2023 27 June 2023 Independent Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas

National economy and finance (since 2023)

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Name Took office Left office Party Notes
Kostis Hatzidakis 27 June 2023 Incumbent New Democracy The ministry was officially renamed on 1 August 2023.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Constitution of Greece". Centre for European Constitutional Law. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Presidential Decree 81/2002, Government Gazette Αʹ 57" (in Greek). Athens: National Printing House. 21 March 2002. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Presidential Decree 82/2023, Government Gazette Αʹ 139" (in Greek). Athens: National Printing House. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
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