Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece)

The Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greek: Υπουργός Εξωτερικών) is the senior minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece. The incumbent Minister for Foreign Affairs is Nikos Dendias of New Democracy.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών
Coat of arms of the Hellenic Republic
Incumbent Nikos Dendias since 9 July 2019
Appointer	Prime Minister of Greece
Formation	16 January 1822
Website	https://www.mfa.gr/en/

Politics of Greece
This article is part of a series on

Constitution Constitutional history
Presidency Presidency President Katerina Sakellaropoulou Presidential Departments
Executive Government Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis Cabinet Current cabinet
Legislature Hellenic Parliament President Konstantinos Tasoulas Presidium Conference of Presidents Parliamentary committees Constituencies Apportionment
Judiciary Supreme Special Court Court of Cassation Council of State Chamber of Accounts
Elections Political parties Recent elections Parliamentary: 2015 (Jan) 2015 (Sep) 2019 Local: 2010 2014 2019 European: 2009 2014 2019 Referendums: 1973 1974 2015
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister for Foreign Affairs Nikos Kotzias List of diplomatic missions of Greece List of diplomatic missions in Greece Passport Visa requirements Politics of the European Union
Greece portal Other countries

Ministers for Foreign Affairs since 1974

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
George Mavros	24 July 1974	9 October 1974	Centre Union
Dimitrios Bitsios	17 October 1974	20 November 1977	New Democracy
Panagiotis Papaligouras	29 November 1977	10 May 1978
George Rallis	10 May 1978	10 May 1980
Konstantinos Mitsotakis	10 May 1980	21 October 1981
Ioannis Charalambopoulos	21 October 1981	26 July 1985	PASOK
Karolos Papoulias	26 July 1985	2 July 1989	PASOK
Tzannis Tzannetakis	2 July 1989	12 October 1989	New Democracy
Georgios Papoulias	12 October 1989	23 November 1989	Independent
Antonis Samaras	23 November 1989	16 February 1990	New Democracy
Georgios Papoulias	16 February 1990	11 April 1990	Independent
Antonis Samaras	11 April 1990	14 April 1992	New Democracy
Konstantinos Mitsotakis	14 April 1992	7 August 1992
Michalis Papakonstantinou	7 August 1992	13 October 1993
Karolos Papoulias	13 October 1993	22 January 1996	PASOK
Theodoros Pangalos	22 January 1996	18 February 1999
George Papandreou	18 February 1999	13 February 2004
Tasos Giannitsis	13 February 2004	10 March 2004
Petros Molyviatis	10 March 2004	15 February 2006	New Democracy
Dora Bakoyannis	15 February 2006	7 October 2009	New Democracy
George Papandreou	7 October 2009	7 September 2010	PASOK
Dimitris Droutsas	7 September 2010	17 June 2011
Stavros Lambrinidis	17 June 2011	11 November 2011
Stavros Dimas	11 November 2011	17 May 2012	New Democracy
Petros Molyviatis	17 May 2012	21 June 2012
Dimitris Avramopoulos	21 June 2012	25 June 2013
Evangelos Venizelos	25 June 2013	27 January 2015	PASOK
Nikos Kotzias	27 January 2015	27 August 2015	Syriza
Petros Molyviatis	28 August 2015	21 September 2015	New Democracy
Nikos Kotzias	23 September 2015	20 October 2018	Syriza
Alexis Tsipras (also PM)	20 October 2018	15 February 2019
Georgios Katrougalos	15 February 2019	9 July 2019
Nikos Dendias	9 July 2019	Incumbent	New Democracy

gollark: No, markets in the economicsy sense.

gollark: Limiting purchase numbers seems like a bad hack to prevent the market from working properly but at least make some people vaguely happy since they're paying the normal price.

gollark: … also, what if someone wants to buy an entire set of computer parts in order to, say, build a computer?

gollark: That's not very libertarian of you.

gollark: Or, in the case of the GPUs, you should probably just wait a bit until the supply increases.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Greece.

Current Cabinet of Greece
Prime Minister	Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Deputy Prime Minister	Panagiotis Pikrammenos
Ministers	Finance: Christos Staikouras Development and Investment: Adonis Georgiadis Foreign Affairs: Nikos Dendias Citizen Protection: Michalis Chrisochoidis National Defence: Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos Education and Religious Affairs: Niki Kerameus Labor and Social Affairs: Giannis Vroutsis Health: Vasilis Kikilias Environment and Energy: Kostis Hatzidakis Culture and Sports: Lina Mendoni Justice: Konstantinos Tsiaras Interior: Panagiotis Theodorikakos State and Digital Governance: Kyriakos Pierrakakis Infrastructure and Transport: Kostas Karamanlis Shipping and Island Policy: Ioannis Plakiotakis Agricultural Development and Food: Makis Voridis Tourism: Harry Theoharis Immigration and Asylum: Notis Mitarachi State: Giorgos Gerapetritis
Alternate Ministers	Finance: Theodoros Skylakakis (fiscal policy) Development and Investment: Nikos Papathanasis (private investment and public–private sector partnerships) Foreign Affairs: Miltiadis Varvitsiotis (European affairs) Immigration and Asylum: Giorgos Koumoutsakos
Deputy Ministers	Finance: Apostolos Vesyropoulos (tax policy and public property) Finance: Georgios Zavvos (financial system) Development and Investment: Giannis Tsakiris (public investment and Partnership Agreement for the Development Framework) Development and Investment: Christos Dimas (research and technology) Foreign Affairs: Kostas Frangogiannis (economic diplomacy and extroversion) Foreign Affairs: Kostas Vlasis (Greeks abroad) Citizen Protection: Eleftherios Oikonomou (anti-crime policy) Citizen Protection: Nikos Hardalias (civil protection and crisis management) National Defence: Alkiviadis Stefanis Education and Religious Affairs: Sofia Zacharaki (primary, secondary and special education) Education and Religious Affairs: Vasilis Digalakis (higher education) Labor and Social Affairs: Panagiotis Tsakloglou (social security) Labor and Social Affairs: Domna Michailidou (welfare and social solidarity) Health: Vasilis Kontozamanis Health: Zoi Rapti (mental health) Environment and Energy: Nikos Tagaras (environmental protection) Environment and Energy: Dimitris Oikonomou (spatial planning and urban environment) Culture and Sports: Lefteris Avgenakis (sports) Interior: Theodoros Livanios (local government and elections) Interior: Theodoros Karaoglou (Macedonia and Thrace) Digital Governance: Georgios Georgantas (process simplification) Digital Governance: Grigoris Zarifopoulos (digital strategy) Infrastructure and Transport: Giannis Kefalogiannis (transport) Agricultural Development and Food: Kostas Skrekas (Common Agricultural Policy) Agricultural Development and Food: Fotini Arampatzi (fisheries policy) Tourism: Manos Konsolas Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister: Akis Skertsos (government coordination) Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister: Stelios Petsas (communication and information affairs and government spokesman)

Foreign Ministers of Greece
First Hellenic Republic (1822–1832)	Negris^§ Al. Mavrokordatos^§ Glarakis^§ Sp. Trikoupis^§^†
Kingdom of Greece (Wittelsbach) (1833–1862)	Sp. Trikoupis Al. Mavrokordatos Rizos-Neroulos von Rudhart Zografos Paikos Christidis Rizos-Neroulos P. Deligiannis A. Metaxas Mansolas Sp. Trikoupis Kolettis Tzavelas Kolettis Tzavelas Mansolas Kolokotronis Londos Glarakis Londos P. Deligiannis Paikos Argyropoulos Al. Mavrokordatos Sp. Trikoupis Rangavis Palamidis Thr. Zaimis Krestenitis Papalexopoulos Christopoulos Theocharis
Kingdom of Greece (Glücksburg) (1863–1924)	Diamantopoulos Kalligas D. Mavrokordatos Diligiannis Kalligas P. Deligiannis Diligiannis Kalligas Diligiannis Boudouris Vrailas-Armenis Deligeorgis Christopoulos Koumoundouros Deligeorgis Valasopoulos Valaoritis Deligeorgis Ch. Trikoupis P. Deligiannis Diligiannis Valaoritis Deligeorgis Christopoulos Thr. Zaimis D. Voulgaris Spiliotakis I. Deligiannis Ch. Trikoupis Kontostavlos Deligeorgis Kontostavlos Deligeorgis Koumoundouros Ch. Trikoupis Diligiannis Ch. Trikoupis Diligiannis Ch. Trikoupis Koumoundouros Rikakis Ch. Trikoupis Koumoundouros Diligiannis Louriotis S. Dragoumis L. Deligiorgis Meletopoulos S. Dragoumis Kontostavlos N. Deligiannis Skouzes Skouloudis Al. Zaimis Romanos Al. Zaimis Skouzes G. Theotokis D. Rallis Romanos Skouzes Baltatzis Christakis-Zografos Mavromichalis Kallergis Gryparis Koromilas Panas Streit El. Venizelos Christakis-Zografos Gounaris El. Venizelos Al. Zaimis Skouloudis Al. Zaimis Karapanos Zalokostas Al. Zaimis Politis D. Rallis Kalogeropoulos Baltatzis Stratos Baltatzis Kalogeropoulos Papanastasiou
Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935)	Roussos Rendis Roussos Michalakopoulos Hatzikyriakos Rendis Hatzikyriakos Kanakaris-Roufos Argyropoulos Michalakopoulos Karapanos Argyropoulos Michalakopoulos Papanastasiou Michalakopoulos I. Rallis Michalakopoulos Mavroudis Maximos P. Tsaldaris Maximos P. Tsaldaris Maximos I. Theotokis
Kingdom of Greece (Glücksburg) (1935–1973)	Demertzis I. Metaxas Koryzis Tsouderos G. Papandreou (Sr.) Sofianopoulos P. Voulgaris Politis Kanellopoulos Sofianopoulos Rendis K. Tsaldaris Pipinelis S. Venizelos Plastiras S. Venizelos Politis S. Venizelos F. Dragoumis Stefanopoulos S. Theotokis Averoff Pesmazoglou Averoff Pesmazoglou Averoff Pipinelis Oikonomou-Gouras S. Venizelos Xanthopoulos-Palamas Kostopoulos Melas Tsirimokos Stefanopoulos Toumbas Oikonomou-Gouras
Military Junta (1967–1974)	Oikonomou-Gouras Kollias Pipinelis Papadopoulos Xanthopoulos-Palamas Tetenes
Third Hellenic Republic (since 1974)	Kypraios Mavros Bitsios Papaligouras G. Rallis Mitsotakis Charalambopoulos K. Papoulias G. Papoulias Samaras Mitsotakis Papakonstantinou K. Papoulias Pangalos G. Papandreou (Jr) Giannitsis Molyviatis Bakoyannis G. Papandreou (Jr) Droutsas Lambrinidis Dimas Molyviatis Avramopoulos Ev. Venizelos Kotzias Molyviatis Kotzias Tsipras Katrougalos Dendias
^§ variously as Chief Secretary/General Secretary of State ^† officially considered the first foreign minister of independent Greece

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.