The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport () is a government department of Greece headquartered in Cholargos, Athens."Contact." Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks. Retrieved on 16 January 2013. "Addr 2, Anastaseos Str and Tsigante, Postal Code 101 91, Holargos (next to metro station "Ethniki Amina")" - Address in Greek: "Διεύθυνση Αναστάσεως 2 και Τσιγάντε, Τ.Κ 101 91, Παπάγου (δίπλα στη στάση του μετρό "Εθνική Άμυνα")"
The ministry is currently headed by Christos Dimas.
History The ministry is the successor of the old Ministry of Transport and Communications (Υπουργείο Μεταφορών και Επικοινωνιών), with which the public works portfolio of the Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works was merged on 7 October 2009. A further merger with the Ministry of Development and Competitiveness created the Ministry of Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks on 21 June 2012, but this was reversed on 25 June 2013.
List of ministers Transport and communications NameTook officeLeft officePartyNotesNikos Gelestathis11 April 19903 December 1992New DemocracyTheodoros Anagnostopoulos3 December 199213 October 1993New DemocracyIoannis Charalambous13 October 19938 July 1994Panhellenic Socialist MovementTheodoros Pangalos8 July 199415 September 1994Panhellenic Socialist MovementAthanasios Tsouras15 September 199415 September 1995Panhellenic Socialist MovementEvangelos Venizelos15 September 199522 January 1996Panhellenic Socialist MovementHaris Kastanidis22 January 19962 September 1997Anastasios Mantelis2 September 199713 April 2000Panhellenic Socialist MovementChristos Verelis13 April 200010 March 2004Panhellenic Socialist MovementMichalis Liapis10 March 200419 September 2007New DemocracyKostis Hatzidakis19 September 20078 January 2009New DemocracyEvripidis Stylianidis8 January 20097 October 2009New Democracy
Infrastructure, transport and networks (2009–2012) NameTook officeLeft officePartyNotesDimitris Reppas7 October 200917 June 2011Panhellenic Socialist MovementGiannis Ragousis17 June 201111 November 2011Panhellenic Socialist MovementMakis Voridis11 November 201117 May 2012New DemocracySimos Simopoulos17 May 201221 June 2012
Development, competitiveness, infrastructure, transport and networks (2012–2013) NameTook officeLeft officePartyNotesKostis Hatzidakis21 June 201225 June 2013New DemocracyCabinet of Antonis Samaras
Infrastructure, transport and networks (2013–2015) NameTook officeLeft officePartyNotesMichalis Chrisochoidis25 June 201327 January 2015Panhellenic Socialist MovementCoalition Cabinet of Antonis Samaras
Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism (Jan.-Sep. 2015) Name Took officeLeft officePartyNotesGiorgos Stathakis27 January 201528 August 2015SyrizaFirst cabinet of Alexis TsiprasNikos Christodoulakis28 August 201523 September 2015IndependentCaretaker Cabinet of Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou
Infrastructure, transport and networks (2015–2016) Name Took officeLeft officePartyNotesChristos Spirtzis23 September 20155 November 2016SyrizaSecond Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras
Infrastructure and transport (since 2016) Name Took officeLeft officePartyNotesChristos Spirtzis5 November 20169 July 2019SyrizaSecond Cabinet of Alexis TsiprasKostas Karamanlis9 July 20191 March 2023New DemocracyResigned due to the Tempi train crashGiorgos Gerapetritis1 March 202325 May 2023Yannis Gollias26 May 202326 June 2023 NoneCaretaker Cabinet of Ioannis SarmasChristos Staikouras27 June 202315 March 2025New DemocracySecond Cabinet of Kyriakos MitsotakisChristos Dimas15 March 2025New DemocracySecond Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Subordinate agencies Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety BoardOrganization." Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board. Retrieved on 20 June 2011.
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