Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy (Greece)
The Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy is a government department of Greece.
History
It was founded as the Mercantile Marine Ministry (Υπουργείο Εμπορικής Ναυτιλίας) in 1936. On 19 September 2007, it was merged with the Ministry for the Aegean and Island Policy (Υπουργείο Αιγαίου και Νησιωτικής Πολιτικής) to form the Mercantile Marine, Aegean and Island Policy Ministry (Υπουγείο Εμπορικής Ναυτιλίας, Αιγαίου και Νησιωτικής Πολιτικής).[1][2] The latter was abolished on 7 October 2009 and the shipping portfolio fell under the new Ministry of the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping. It was re-established as the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries (Υπουργείο Θαλάσσιων Υποθέσεων, Νήσων και Αλιείας) on 30 September 2010, but was again abolished on 27 June 2011 and merged with the Ministry of Regional Development and Competitiveness to form the Ministry of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping.[3] It was re-established as the Ministry of Shipping and the Aegean on 21 June 2012.[4][5] It was abolished on 26 January 2015, and merged into the Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism. It was then reestablished as the Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy on 23 September 2015 in the Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras.
List of Ministers for Mercantile Marine
List of Ministers for Mercantile Marine, the Aegean and Island Policy (2007–2009)
Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Notes | |
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Georgios Voulgarakis | 19 September 2007 | 13 September 2008 | New Democracy | Resigned | |
Anastasios Papaligouras | 13 September 2008 | 7 October 2009 | New Democracy |
List of Ministers for the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping (2009–2010)
Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Notes | |
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Louka Katseli | 7 October 2009 | 7 September 2010 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | ||
Michalis Chrisochoidis | 7 September 2010 | 30 September 2010 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
List of Ministers for Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries (2010–2011)
Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Giannis Diamantidis | 30 September 2010 | 27 June 2011 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
List of Ministers for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping (2011–2012)
Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michalis Chrisochoidis | 27 June 2011 | 7 March 2012 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | ||
Anna Diamantopoulou | 7 March 2012 | 17 May 2012 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | ||
Yannis Stournaras | 17 May 2012 | 21 June 2012 |
List of Ministers for Shipping and the Aegean
Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Notes | |
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Konstantinos Mousouroulis | 21 June 2012 | 25 June 2013 | New Democracy | ||
Miltiadis Varvitsiotis | 25 June 2013 | 27 January 2015 | New Democracy |
List of Alternate Ministers of Shipping and the Aegean
Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Notes | |
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Thodoris Dritsas | 27 January 2015 | 28 August 2015 | Syriza | ||
Christos Zois | 28 August 2015 | 23 September 2015 | New Reformist Radical Reconstruction | Caretaker Cabinet |
List of Ministers of Shipping and Island Policy
Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thodoris Dritsas | 23 September 2015 | Incumbent | Syriza |
External links
References
- ^ Κυβέρνησις ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ Α. ΚΑΡΑΜΑΝΛΗ Από 10.03.2004 έως 19.9.2007 (in Greek). Athens: General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ^ Κυβέρνησις ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ Α. ΚΑΡΑΜΑΝΛΗ Από 19.9.2007 έως 7.10.2009 (in Greek). Athens: General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ^ Κυβέρνησις ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΥ Α. ΠΑΠΑΝΔΡΕΟΥ Από 6.10.2009 έως 11.11.2011 (in Greek). Athens: General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ^ Με 39 μέλη η κυβέρνηση του Αντώνη Σαμαρά. in.gr (in Greek). Athens. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ^ Κυβέρνησις ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥ Κ. ΣΑΜΑΡΑ Από 21/06/2012 έως σήμερα (in Greek). Athens: General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 12 June 2014.