The Minister for National Defence of Greece () is a government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry of National Defence. The current minister is Nikos Dendias in the Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
List of defence ministers since 1996
Name Took officeLeft office PartyAkis Tsochatzopoulos24 September 199623 October 2001Panhellenic Socialist MovementYiannos Papantoniou23 October 200110 March 2004Panhellenic Socialist MovementSpilios Spiliotopoulos10 March 200415 February 2006New DemocracyEvangelos Meimarakis15 February 20067 October 2009New DemocracyEvangelos Venizelos7 October 200917 June 2011Panhellenic Socialist MovementPanos Beglitis17 June 201111 November 2011Panhellenic Socialist MovementDimitris Avramopoulos11 November 201117 May 2012New DemocracyFrangoulis Frangos17 May 201221 June 2012Independent, former Chief of Army General Staff; caretaker cabinetPanos Panagiotopoulos21 June 201225 June 2013New DemocracyDimitris Avramopoulos25 June 20133 November 2014New DemocracyNikos Dendias3 November 201427 January 2015New DemocracyPanos Kammenos27 January 201527 August 2015Independent GreeksIoannis Giangos28 August 201521 September 2015Independent, former Chief of National Defence General Staff; caretaker cabinetPanos Kammenos23 September 201514 January 2019Independent GreeksEvangelos Apostolakis14 January 20199 July 2019Independent, former Chief of National Defence General StaffNikos Panagiotopoulos9 July 201926 May 2023New DemocracyAlkiviadis Stefanis26 May 202327 June 2023Independent, former Chief of Army General Staff;caretaker cabinetNikos Dendias27 June 2023IncumbentNew Democracy
External links Hellenic Ministry of National Defence - Official Website