The Ministry of Development (), formerly known as the Ministry of Development and Investment, is a government department of Greece. Current minister is .
History The Ministry of Development was established on 1 February 1996 by Prime Minister Costas Simitis through the merger of three former ministries: the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Technology, the Ministry of Trade and the Ministry of Tourism. On 7 October 2009, it was abolished and replaced by the Ministry of the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping (). The new ministry was established following the division of the Ministry of the Economy and Finance, when the national economy portfolio was merged with the Ministry of Development and the Mercantile Marine Ministry.
On 7 September 2010, it was renamed the Ministry of Regional Development and Competitiveness () to reflect the impending re-establishment of a separate Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries. However, no Presidential Decree was issued to formalize the renaming, and the ministry retained its earlier official name despite the loss of the shipping portfolio on 30 September. After the reincorporation of the latter on 27 June 2011, it was renamed the Ministry of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping (). On 21 June 2012, it was split again from the Ministry of Shipping and merged instead with the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks to become the Ministry of Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks. The merger was reversed following a cabinet reshuffle on 25 June 2013, but on 27 January 2015 all three ministries were amalgamated into the Ministry of the Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism in the first Tsipras cabinet. Οn 23 September 2015, it was renamed the Ministry of the Economy, Development and Tourism upon the restoration of the infrastructure and shipping ministries. On 5 November 2016, it was renamed the Ministry of the Economy and Development upon the restoration of the Ministry of Tourism. On 9 July 2019, it was renamed the Ministry of Development and Investment by the incoming New Democracy government. Upon the formation of the second Mitsotakis cabinet on 27 June 2023, it reverted to its original name.
List of ministers Development (1996–2009) Name Took office Left office PartyVasso Papandreou1 February 199619 February 1999 PASOKEvangelos Venizelos19 February 199913 April 2000Nikos Christodoulakis13 April 200024 October 2001Akis Tsochatzopoulos24 October 200110 March 2004Dimitris Sioufas10 March 200419 September 2007 New Democracy19 September 20078 January 2009Kostis Hatzidakis8 January 20097 October 2009
Economy, competitiveness and shipping (2009–2010) Name Took office Left office PartyLouka Katseli7 October 20097 September 2010 PASOKMichalis Chrisochoidis7 September 201030 September 2010
Regional development and competitiveness (2010–2011) Name Took office Left office PartyMichalis Chrisochoidis30 September 201027 June 2011PASOK
Development, competitiveness and shipping (2011–2012) Name Took office Left office Party NotesMichalis Chrisochoidis27 June 20117 March 2012 PASOK Coalition Cabinet of Lucas Papademos from 11 November 2011Anna Diamantopoulou7 March 201217 May 2012Yannis Stournaras17 May 201221 June 2012IndependentCaretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos
Development, competitiveness, infrastructure, transport and networks (2012–2013) Name Took office Left office Party NotesKostis Hatzidakis21 June 201225 June 2013New DemocracyCoalition Cabinet of Antonis Samaras
Development and competitiveness (2013–2015) Name Took office Left office Party NotesKostis Hatzidakis25 June 201310 June 2014 New Democracy Coalition Cabinet of Antonis SamarasNikos Dendias10 June 20143 November 2014Kostas Skrekas3 November 201427 January 2015
Economy, infrastructure, shipping and tourism (2015) Name Took office Left office Party NotesGiorgos Stathakis27 January 201527 August 2015SyrizaFirst Coalition Cabinet of Alexis TsiprasNikos Christodoulakis28 August 201521 September 2015PASOKCaretaker Cabinet of Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou
Economy, development and tourism (2015–2016) Name Took office Left office Party NotesGiorgos Stathakis23 September 20155 November 2016SyrizaSecond Coalition Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras
Economy and development (2016–2019) Name Took office Left office Party NotesDimitri B. Papadimitriou5 Νοvember 201627 February 2018 Syriza Second Coalition Cabinet of Alexis TsiprasYannis Dragasakis28 February 20189 July 2019
Development and investment (2019–2023) Name Took office Left office Party NotesAdonis Georgiadis9 July 201926 May 2023New DemocracyHelen Louri-Dendrinou26 May 202327 June 2023IndependentCaretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas
Development (2023–present) Name Took office Left office PartyKostas Skrekas27 June 202314 June 2024 New Democracy14 June 2024Incumbent
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