Ministry of the Interior (Greece)

The Ministry of the Interior () is a government department of Greece. On 15 September 1995, it was merged with the Ministry of the Prime Minister's Office () to form the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization (). On 19 September 2007, it was merged with the Ministry of Public Order and reverted to its original name. The merger was reversed on 7 October 2009, when the Ministry of the Interior, Decentralization and Electronic Governance () was formed. On 27 June 2011, a separate Ministry of Administrative Reform and Electronic Governance was created, and the Ministry of the Interior again reverted to its original name. On 27 January 2015, the two were merged with the Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection to form the Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reorganization (). A separate Ministry of Administrative Reorganization was created on 5 November 2016, and the Ministry of the Interior reverted to its original name for the third time in a decade. A separate Ministry of Citizen Protection was also re-established on 29 August 2018. The Ministry of Administrative Reorganization was reabsorbed by the Ministry of the Interior on 9 July 2019.

List of ministers Interior (1974–1995) Name Took officeLeft officePartyNotesGeorgios Rallis24 July 197426 July 1974New Democracy Christoforos Stratos26 July 19749 October 1974Panagiotis Zeppos9 October 197421 November 1974Konstantinos Stefanopoulos21 November 197410 September 197610 September 197621 October 197721 October 197728 November 1977Christoforos Stratos28 November 197717 September 198117 September 198121 October 1981Georgios Gennimatas21 October 198117 January 1984PASOKMenios Koutsogiorgas17 January 198422 May 1984Panagiotis Markopoulos22 May 198421 June 1984Menios Koutsogiorgas21 June 19849 May 1985Panagiotis Markopoulos9 May 19855 June 1985Menios Koutsogiorgas5 June 19855 February 198726 July 1985 – 25 April 1986 also Minister for Public Order5 February 198723 September 1987Akis Tsochatzopoulos23 September 19872 June 198917 March 1989 – 2 June 1989 also Minister for Public OrderPanagiotis Markopoulos2 June 19892 July 1989also Minister for Public OrderNikos Konstantopoulos2 July 198912 October 1989SynaspismosVassilios Skouris12 October 198923 November 1989IndependentGrivas caretaker government23 November 198911 April 1990Zolotas national unity governmentSotirios Kouvelas11 April 19908 August 1991New Democracy8 August 19913 December 1992Ioannis Kefalogiannis3 December 199214 September 199314 September 199313 October 1993Independentas interim minister for the 1993 electionAkis Tsochatzopoulos13 October 19938 July 1994PASOKKostas Skandalidis8 July 199415 September 1995

On 15 September 1995, the Ministry of the Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of the Interior were merged to become the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization.

Interior, public administration and decentralization (1995–2007) Name Took officeLeft officePartyNotesAkis Tsochatzopoulos15 September 199530 August 1996PASOKThird Papandreou cabinet until 22 January; First Simitis cabinet thereafterVassilios Skouris30 August 199625 September 1996Independentas interim minister for the 1996 electionAlekos Papadopoulos25 September 199619 February 1999PASOKSecond Simitis cabinetVasso Papandreou19 February 199920 March 200020 March 199913 April 2000Independentas interim minister for the 2000 electionVasso Papandreou13 April 200024 October 2001PASOKThird Cabinet of Costas SimitisKostas Skandalidis24 October 200113 February 2004Nikos Alivizatos13 February 200410 March 2004Independentas interim minister for the 2004 electionProkopis Pavlopoulos10 March 200424 August 2007New DemocracyFirst Cabinet of Kostas KaramanlisSpyridon Flogaitis24 August 200719 September 2007Independentas interim minister for the 2007 election

On 19 September 2007, the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization was merged with the Ministry of Public Order to form the Ministry of the Interior.

Interior (2007–2009) Name Took officeLeft officePartyNotesProkopis Pavlopoulos19 September 200711 September 2009New DemocracySecond Cabinet of Kostas KaramanlisSpyridon Flogaitis11 September 20097 October 2009Independentas interim minister for the 2009 election

Interior, decentralization and electronic governance (2009–2011) Name Took officeLeft officePartyNotesGiannis Ragousis7 October 200927 June 2011PASOKCabinet of George Papandreou

Interior (2011–2015) Name Took officeLeft officePartyNotesHaris Kastanidis27 June 201111 November 2011PASOKPapandreou cabinetTasos Giannitsis11 November 201117 May 2012Papademos national unity governmentAntonis Manitakis17 May 201221 June 2012IndependentPikrammenos caretaker governmentEvripidis Stylianidis21 June 201225 June 2013New DemocracyCabinet of Antonis Samaras25 June 201310 June 201410 June 201431 December 201431 December 201427 January 2015Independentas interim minister for the January 2015 election

Interior and administrative reorganization (2015–2016) Name Took officeLeft officePartyNotesNikos Voutsis27 January 201528 August 2015SyrizaFirst Cabinet of Alexis TsiprasAntonis Manitakis28 August 201523 September 2015IndependentThanou caretaker governmentPanagiotis Kouroumblis23 September 20155 November 2016SyrizaSecond Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras

Interior (since 2016) Name Took officeLeft officePartyNotesPanos Skourletis5 November 201629 August 2018SyrizaSecond Tsipras cabinetAlexis Haritsis29 August 201813 June 2019Antonis Roupakiotis 13 June 20199 July 2019IndependentAs interim minister for the 2019 election9 July 20195 January 2021 New Democracy First Cabinet of Kyriakos MitsotakisMakis Voridis5 January 202123 April 2023Calliope Spanou23 April 202327 June 2023Independent As interim minister for the 2023 electionsNiki Kerameus27 June 202314 June 2024 New Democracy Second Cabinet of Kyriakos MitsotakisThodoris Livanios14 June 2024Incumbent

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