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Ministry of the Interior of the Hellenic Republic
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Incumbent
Thodoris Livanios [el]

since 14 June 2024
Appointer Prime Minister of Greece
Website https://www.ypes.gr


The Ministry of the Interior (Greek: Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών) is a government department of Greece. On 15 September 1995, it was merged with the Ministry of the Prime Minister's Office (Υπουργείο Προεδρίας της Κυβέρνησης) to form the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization (Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών, Δημόσιας Διοίκησης και Αποκέντρωσης). 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 (Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών, Αποκέντρωσης και Ηλεκτρονικής Διακυβέρνησης) 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 (Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών και Διοικητικής Ανασυγκρότησης). 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 office Left office Party Notes
Georgios Rallis 24 July 1974 26 July 1974 New Democracy Karamanlis national unity government [el]
Christoforos Stratos 26 July 1974 9 October 1974
Panagiotis Zeppos 9 October 1974 21 November 1974
Konstantinos Stefanopoulos 21 November 1974 10 September 1976
Ippokratis Iordanoglou [el] 10 September 1976 21 October 1977
Georgios Mitsopoulos [el] 21 October 1977 28 November 1977
Christoforos Stratos 28 November 1977 17 September 1981
Georgios D. Daskalakis [el] 17 September 1981 21 October 1981
Georgios Gennimatas 21 October 1981 17 January 1984 PASOK
Menios Koutsogiorgas 17 January 1984 22 May 1984
Panagiotis Markopoulos 22 May 1984 21 June 1984
Menios Koutsogiorgas 21 June 1984 9 May 1985
Panagiotis Markopoulos 9 May 1985 5 June 1985
Menios Koutsogiorgas 5 June 1985 5 February 1987 26 July 1985 – 25 April 1986 also Minister for Public Order
Emmanouil Papastefanakis [el] 5 February 1987 23 September 1987
Akis Tsochatzopoulos 23 September 1987 2 June 1989 17 March 1989 – 2 June 1989 also Minister for Public Order
Panagiotis Markopoulos 2 June 1989 2 July 1989 also Minister for Public Order
Nikos Konstantopoulos 2 July 1989 12 October 1989 Synaspismos Tzannetakis coalition government [el]
Vassilios Skouris 12 October 1989 23 November 1989 Independent Grivas caretaker government
Theodoros Katrivanos [el] 23 November 1989 11 April 1990 Zolotas national unity government
Sotirios Kouvelas 11 April 1990 8 August 1991 New Democracy
Nikolaos Kleitos [el] 8 August 1991 3 December 1992
Ioannis Kefalogiannis 3 December 1992 14 September 1993
Ioannis Georgakis [el] 14 September 1993 13 October 1993 Independent as interim minister for the 1993 election
Akis Tsochatzopoulos 13 October 1993 8 July 1994 PASOK
Kostas Skandalidis 8 July 1994 15 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 office Left office Party Notes
Akis Tsochatzopoulos 15 September 1995 30 August 1996 PASOK Third Papandreou cabinet until 22 January; First Simitis cabinet thereafter
Vassilios Skouris 30 August 1996 25 September 1996 Independent as interim minister for the 1996 election
Alekos Papadopoulos 25 September 1996 19 February 1999 PASOK Second Simitis cabinet
Vasso Papandreou 19 February 1999 20 March 2000
Georgios Koumantos [el] 20 March 1999 13 April 2000 Independent as interim minister for the 2000 election
Vasso Papandreou 13 April 2000 24 October 2001 PASOK Third Cabinet of Costas Simitis
Kostas Skandalidis 24 October 2001 13 February 2004
Nikos Alivizatos 13 February 2004 10 March 2004 Independent as interim minister for the 2004 election
Prokopis Pavlopoulos 10 March 2004 24 August 2007 New Democracy First Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis
Spyridon Flogaitis 24 August 2007 19 September 2007 Independent as 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 office Left office Party Notes
Prokopis Pavlopoulos 19 September 2007 11 September 2009 New Democracy Second Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis
Spyridon Flogaitis 11 September 2009 7 October 2009 Independent as interim minister for the 2009 election

Interior, decentralization and electronic governance (2009–2011)

Name Took office Left office Party Notes
Giannis Ragousis 7 October 2009 27 June 2011 PASOK Cabinet of George Papandreou

Interior (2011–2015)

Name Took office Left office Party Notes
Haris Kastanidis 27 June 2011 11 November 2011 PASOK Papandreou cabinet
Tasos Giannitsis 11 November 2011 17 May 2012 Papademos national unity government
Antonis Manitakis 17 May 2012 21 June 2012 Independent Pikrammenos caretaker government
Evripidis Stylianidis 21 June 2012 25 June 2013 New Democracy Cabinet of Antonis Samaras
Giannis Michelakis [el] 25 June 2013 10 June 2014
Argyris Dinopoulos [el] 10 June 2014 31 December 2014
Michail Theocharidis [el] 31 December 2014 27 January 2015 Independent as interim minister for the January 2015 election

Interior and administrative reorganization (2015–2016)

Name Took office Left office Party Notes
Nikos Voutsis 27 January 2015 28 August 2015 Syriza First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras
Antonis Manitakis 28 August 2015 23 September 2015 Independent Thanou caretaker government
Panagiotis Kouroumblis 23 September 2015 5 November 2016 Syriza Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras

Interior (since 2016)

Name Took office Left office Party Notes
Panos Skourletis 5 November 2016 29 August 2018 Syriza Second Tsipras cabinet
Alexis Haritsis 29 August 2018 13 June 2019
Antonis Roupakiotis 13 June 2019 9 July 2019 Independent As interim minister for the 2019 election
Takis Theodorikakos [el] 9 July 2019 5 January 2021 New Democracy First Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Makis Voridis 5 January 2021 23 April 2023
Calliope Spanou 23 April 2023 27 June 2023 Independent As interim minister for the 2023 elections
Niki Kerameus 27 June 2023 14 June 2024 New Democracy Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Thodoris Livanios [el] 14 June 2024 Incumbent

See also

  • Decentralization
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