Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece)

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The Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greek: Υπουργός Εξωτερικών) is the senior minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece, established on 3 April 1833. The current Minister for Foreign Affairs, since 23 September 2015, is Nikos Kotzias. The Minister has responsibility for the relations between the Hellenic Republic and foreign states.

Ministers for Foreign Affairs since 1974[edit]

Main article: List of foreign ministers of Greece

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
George 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
George Papandreou (1st term)	February 18, 1999	February 13, 2004	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Tassos Yiannitsis	February 13, 2004	March 10, 2004	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Petros Molyviatis (1st term)	March 10, 2004	February 15, 2006	New Democracy
Dora Bakoyannis	February 15, 2006	October 7, 2009	New Democracy
George Papandreou (2nd term)	7 October 2009	7 September 2010	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Dimitris Droutsas	7 September 2010	17 June 2011	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Stavros Lambrinidis	17 June 2011	11 November 2011	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Stavros Dimas	11 November 2011	May 17, 2012	New Democracy
Petros Molyviatis (2nd term)	May 17, 2012	June 21, 2012	New Democracy
Dimitris Avramopoulos	June 21, 2012	June 25, 2013	New Democracy
Evangelos Venizelos	June 25, 2013	January 27, 2015	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Nikos Kotzias	27 January 2015	28 August 2015	Coalition of the Radical Left
Petros Molyviatis (3rd term)	28 August 2015	23 September 2015	New Democracy
Nikos Kotzias (2nd term)	23 September 2015	Incumbent	Coalition of the Radical Left

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v t e Current Cabinet of Greece

Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras

Deputy Prime Minister	Yannis Dragasakis

Ministers	Foreign Affairs: Nikos Kotzias Finance: Euclid Tsakalotos National Defence: Panos Kammenos Interior and Administrative Reconstruction: Panagiotis Kouroumblis Economy, Development and Tourism: Giorgos Stathakis Education, Research and Religious Affairs: Nikos Filis Environment and Energy : Panos Skourletis Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity: Georgios Katrougalos Justice, Transparency and Human Rights: Nikos Paraskevopoulos Health: Andreas Xanthos Infrastructure, Transport and Networks: Christos Spirtzis Shipping and Island Policy: Thodoris Dritsas Agricultural Development and Food: Evangelos Apostolou Culture and Sports: Aristides Baltas State: Nikos Pappas; Alekos Flambouraris (Governmental Coordination)

Alternate Ministers	Administrative Reform: Christophoros Vernardakis Public Order and Citizen Protection: Nikos Toskas Immigration Policy: Ioannis Mouzalas Tourism: Elena Kountoura Environment: Giannis Tsironis Finance: Tryfon Alexiadis; Giorgos Houliarakis Education, Research and Religious Affairs: Sia Anagnostopoulou Research and Innovation: Kostas Fotakis Social Solidarity: Theano Fotiou Combating Unemployment: Rania Antonopoulos European Affairs: Nikos Xydakis National Defence: Dimitris Vitsas Corruption Issues: Dimitris Papangelopoulos Health: Pavlos Polakis Agricultural Development and Food: Markos Bolaris

Deputy Ministers	Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister for Governmental Coordination: Terence Quick Macedonia and Thrace: Maria Kollia-Tsaroucha Interior: Yannis Balafas Foreign Affairs: Ioannis Amanatidis (el); Dimitris Mardas Industry: Theodora Tzakri Infrastructure, Transport and Networks: Panagiotis Sgouridis National Strategic Reference Framework Affairs: Alexis Haritsis Social Insurance: Anastasios Petropoulos Sports: Stavros Kontonis Education, Research and Religious Affairs: Theodosis Pelegrinis Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and Government Spokesperson: Olga Gerovassili

v t e Foreign Ministers of Greece

First Hellenic Republic (1822–1832)	Negris^§ Al. Mavrokordatos^§ Glarakis^§ Sp. Trikoupis^§^†

Kingdom of Greece (Wittelsbach) (1833–1862)	Sp. Trikoupis Al. Mavrokordatos Rizos-Neroulos von Rudhart Zografos Paikos Christidis Rizos-Neroulos P. Deligiannis A. Metaxas Mansolas Sp. Trikoupis Kolettis Tzavelas Kolettis Tzavelas Mansolas Kolokotronis Londos Glarakis Londos P. Deligiannis Paikos Argyropoulos Al. Mavrokordatos Sp. Trikoupis Rangavis Palamidis Thr. Zaimis Krestenitis Papalexopoulos Christopoulos Theocharis

Kingdom of Greece (Glücksburg) (1863–1924)	Diamantopoulos Kalligas D. Mavrokordatos Th. Deligiannis Kalligas P. Deligiannis Th. Deligiannis Kalligas Th. Deligiannis Boudouris Vrailas-Armenis Deligeorgis Christopoulos Koumoundouros Deligeorgis Valasopoulos Valaoritis Deligeorgis Ch. Trikoupis P. Deligiannis Th. Deligiannis Valaoritis Deligeorgis Christopoulos Thr. Zaimis D. Voulgaris Spiliotakis I. Deligiannis Ch. Trikoupis Kontostavlos Deligeorgis Kontostavlos Deligeorgis Koumoundouros Ch. Trikoupis Th. Deligiannis Ch. Trikoupis Th. Deligiannis Ch. Trikoupis Koumoundouros Rikakis Ch. Trikoupis Koumoundouros Th. Deligiannis Louriotis S. Dragoumis L. Deligiorgis Meletopoulos S. Dragoumis Kontostavlos N. Deligiannis Skouzes Skouloudis Al. Zaimis Romanos Al. Zaimis Skouzes G. Theotokis D. Rallis Romanos Skouzes Baltatzis Christakis-Zografos Mavromichalis Kallergis Gryparis Koromilas Panas Streit El. Venizelos Christakis-Zografos Gounaris El. Venizelos Al. Zaimis Skouloudis Al. Zaimis Karapanos Zalokostas Al. Zaimis Politis D. Rallis Kalogeropoulos Baltatzis Stratos Baltatzis Kalogeropoulos Papanastasiou

Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935)	Roussos Rendis Roussos Michalakopoulos Hatzikyriakos Rendis Hatzikyriakos Kanakaris-Roufos Argyropoulos Michalakopoulos Karapanos Argyropoulos Michalakopoulos Papanastasiou Michalakopoulos I. Rallis Michalakopoulos Mavroudis Maximos P. Tsaldaris Maximos P. Tsaldaris Maximos I. Theotokis

Kingdom of Greece (Glücksburg) (1935–1973/4)	Demertzis I. Metaxas Koryzis Tsouderos G. Papandreou (Sr.) Sofianopoulos P. Voulgaris Politis Kanellopoulos Sofianopoulos Rendis K. Tsaldaris Pipinelis S. Venizelos Plastiras S. Venizelos Politis S. Venizelos F. Dragoumis Stefanopoulos S. Theotokis Averoff Pesmazoglou Averoff Pesmazoglou Averoff Pipinelis Oikonomou-Gouras S. Venizelos Xanthopoulos-Palamas Kostopoulos Melas Tsirimokos Stefanopoulos Toumbas Oikonomou-Gouras

Military Junta (1967–1974)	Oikonomou-Gouras Kollias Pipinelis Papadopoulos Xanthopoulos-Palamas Tetenes

Third Hellenic Republic (since 1974)	Kypraios Mavros Bitsios Papaligouras G. Rallis Mitsotakis Charalambopoulos K. Papoulias G. Papoulias Samaras Mitsotakis Papakonstantinou K. Papoulias Pangalos G. Papandreou (Jr.) Giannitsis Molyviatis Bakoyannis G. Papandreou (Jr.) Droutsas Lambrinidis Dimas Molyviatis Avramopoulos Ev. Venizelos Kotzias Molyviatis Kotzias

^§ variously as Chief Secretary/General Secretary of State ^† officially considered the first foreign minister of independent Greece

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