The Ministry of Citizen Protection () is the government department responsible for Greece's public security services.
The ministry existed until 2007 as the Ministry of Public Order (). On 19 September 2007, it was merged with the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization and reduced to a General Secretariat within the Ministry of the Interior. On 7 October 2009, it was revived as the Ministry of Citizen Protection (Υπουργείο Προστασίας του Πολίτη, Ypourgeío Prostasías tou Polítī) and was eventually renamed as the Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection on 21 June 2012. Following the electoral victory of Syriza in January 2015, it was subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction and was headed by an Alternate Minister (Αναπληρωτής Υπουργός, Anaplīrōtī́s Ypourgós). In August 2018, it was reorganized as an independent ministry and was revived as the Ministry of Citizen Protection (Υπουργείο Προστασίας του Πολίτη, Ypourgeío Prostasías tou Polítī). The incumbent minister in the Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis is Michalis Chrisochoidis, a member of the Hellenic Parliament for the Athens B2 constituency with New Democracy. Chrisochoidis has served in the role four times previously, as a member of PASOK and an independent politician.
List of ministers Public order (1974–1985) Name Took officeLeft office PartySolon GikasJuly 24, 1974January 5, 1976Georgios StamatisJanuary 5, 1976November 28, 1977Anastasios BalkosNovember 28, 1977May 10, 1980Dimitrios DavakisMay 10, 1980September 17, 1981Ioannis Katsadimas (as Acting Minister)September 17, 1981October 21, 1981Ioannis SkoularikisOctober 21, 1981May 9, 1985PASOKAlexandros Floros (as Acting Minister)May 9, 1985June 5, 1985Athanasios TsourasJune 5, 1985July 26, 1985PASOK
Interior and public order (1985–1986) Name Took officeLeft office PartyAgamemnon KoutsogiorgasJuly 26, 1985April 25, 1986PASOK
Public order (1986–2007) Name Took officeLeft office PartyAntonis DrosogiannisApril 25, 1986June 22, 1988PASOKAnastasios SechiotisJune 22, 1988November 8, 1988Georgios PetsosNovember 18, 1988March 17, 1989Apostolos TsochatzopoulosMarch 17, 1989June 2, 1989Panagiotis Markopoulos (as Acting Minister)June 2, 1989July 2, 1989Ioannis KefalogiannisJuly 2, 1989October 12, 1989Dimitrios ManikasOctober 12, 1989April 11, 1990Yiannis VasiliadisApril 11, 1990August 8, 1991New DemocracyTheodoros AnagnostopoulosAugust 8, 1991December 3, 1992Nikolaos GelestathisDecember 3, 1992September 14, 1993Dimitrios Manikas (as Acting Minister)September 14, 1993October 13, 1993Stelios PapathemelisOctober 13, 1993April 4, 1995PASOKSifis ValirakisApril 4, 1995January 22, 1996Kostas GeitonasJanuary 22, 1996August 30, 1996Konstantinos BeisAugust 30, 1996September 25, 1996Georgios RomeosSeptember 25, 1996October 30, 1998Philippos PetsalnikosOctober 30, 1998February 19, 1999Michalis ChrisochoidisFebruary 19, 1999March 10, 2004Georgios VoulgarakisMarch 10, 2004February 15, 2006New DemocracyVyron PolydorasFebruary 15, 2006September 19, 2007
Citizen protection (2009–2012) Name Took officeLeft office PartyMichalis Chrisochoidis7 October 20097 September 2010PASOKChristos Papoutsis7 September 20107 March 2012Michalis Chrisochoidis7 March 201217 May 2012Eleftherios Oikonomou17 May 201221 June 2012Caretaker government
Public order and citizen protection (2012–2015) Name Took officeLeft office PartyNikos Dendias21 June 201210 June 2014New DemocracyVassilis Kikilias10 June 201427 January 2015
Public order and citizen protection (alternates, 2015–2018) Name Took officeLeft office PartyGiannis Panousis27 January 201527 August 2015SyrizaAntonis Makrodimitris28 August 201521 September 2015Caretaker governmentNikos Toskas23 September 20153 August 2018Syriza
Citizen protection (since 2018) Name Took officeLeft office PartyOlga Gerovasili29 August 20189 July 2019SyrizaMichalis Chrisochoidis9 July 201931 August 2021Independent (supported by New Democracy)31 August 202126 May 2023New Democracy26 May 202327 June 2023Caretaker governmentNotis Mitarachi27 June 202328 July 2023New Democracy28 July 20234 January 2024Michalis Chrisochoidis4 January 2024incumbent
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