Ministry of Justice (Greece)
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The Ministry of Justice (Template:Langx) is the government department entrusted with the supervision of the legal and judicial system of Greece. The incumbent minister is Giorgos Floridis independent, formerly member of PASOK and Prefector of Kilkis.
It was founded as the State Secretariat for Justice (Script error: No such module "Lang".) on 25 January 1833, and later known as the Ministry of Justice (Katharevousa: Script error: No such module "Lang"., Demotic: Script error: No such module "Lang".). It was renamed the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights (Template:Langx) in October 2009 under George Papandreou, but was restored to its previous name in July 2019 by Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
List of ministers
Justice (1974–2009)
| Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Interlanguage link | 24 July 1974 | 9 October 1974 | New Democracy | Template:Interlanguage link |
| Template:Interlanguage link | 9 October 1974 | 21 November 1974 | ||
| Template:Interlanguage link | 21 November 1974 | 21 October 1977 | ||
| Template:Interlanguage link | 21 October 1977 | 28 November 1977 | ||
| Template:Interlanguage link | 28 November 1977 | 17 September 1981 | ||
| Solon Rangas | 17 September 1981 | 21 October 1981 | ||
| Efstathios Alexandris | 21 October 1981 | 5 July 1982 | PASOK | |
| Template:Interlanguage link | 5 July 1982 | 22 May 1984 | ||
| Template:Interlanguage link | 22 May 1984 | 21 June 1984 | ||
| Georgios-Alexandros Mangakis | 21 June 1984 | 9 May 1985 | ||
| Template:Interlanguage link | 9 May 1985 | 5 June 1985 | ||
| Miltiadis Papaioannou | 5 June 1985 | 26 July 1985 | ||
| Georgios-Alexandros Mangakis | 26 July 1985 | 25 April 1986 | ||
| Apostolos Kaklamanis | 25 April 1986 | 5 February 1987 | ||
| Eleftherios Veryvakis | 5 February 1987 | 23 September 1987 | ||
| Menios Koutsogiorgas | 23 September 1987 | 18 November 1988 | ||
| Template:Interlanguage link | 18 November 1988 | 17 March 1989 | ||
| Ioannis Skoularikis | 17 March 1989 | 2 June 1989 | ||
| Template:Interlanguage link | 2 June 1989 | 2 July 1989 | Independent | |
| Fotis Kouvelis | 2 July 1989 | 12 October 1989 | Greek Left | Template:Interlanguage link |
| Konstantinos Stamatis | 12 October 1989 | 11 April 1990 | Independent | Caretaker government and national unity government |
| Template:Interlanguage link | 11 April 1990 | 8 August 1991 | New Democracy | |
| Michalis Papakonstantinou | 8 August 1991 | 7 August 1992 | ||
| Ioannis Varvitsiotis | 7 August 1992 | 3 December 1992 | ||
| Anna Benaki-Psarouda | 3 December 1992 | 14 September 1993 | ||
| Template:Interlanguage link | 14 September 1993 | 13 October 1993 | ||
| Template:Interlanguage link | 13 October 1993 | 10 February 1995 | PASOK | |
| Anastasios Peponis | 10 February 1995 | 15 September 1995 | ||
| Template:Interlanguage link | 15 September 1995 | 22 January 1996 | ||
| Evangelos Venizelos | 22 January 1996 | 30 August 1996 | ||
| Anargyros Fatouros | 30 August 1996 | 25 September 1996 | ||
| Evangelos Giannopoulos | 25 September 1996 | 20 March 2000 | ||
| Template:Interlanguage link | 20 March 2000 | 13 April 2000 | Independent | |
| Template:Interlanguage link | 13 April 2000 | 24 October 2001 | PASOK | |
| Filippos Petsalnikos | 24 October 2001 | 10 March 2004 | ||
| Anastasios Papaligouras | 10 March 2004 | 19 September 2007 | New Democracy | |
| Sotirios Hatzigakis | 19 September 2007 | 7 January 2009 | ||
| Nikos Dendias | 8 January 2009 | 7 October 2009 |
Justice, transparency and human rights (2009–2019)
| Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haris Kastanidis | 7 October 2009 | 17 June 2011 | PASOK | Cabinet of George Papandreou |
| Miltiadis Papaioannou | 17 June 2011 | 17 May 2012 | National unity government from 11 November | |
| Christos Geraris | 17 May 2012 | 21 June 2012 | Independent | Pikrammenos caretaker cabinet |
| Antonis Roupakiotis | 21 June 2012 | 25 June 2013 | Independent, proposed by DIMAR | Samaras cabinet |
| Template:Interlanguage link | 25 June 2013 | 27 January 2015 | New Democracy | |
| Nikos Paraskevopoulos | 27 January 2015 | 27 August 2015 | Syriza | First Tsipras cabinet |
| Dimitris Papangelopoulos | 28 August 2015 | 21 September 2015 | Independent | Thanou caretaker cabinet |
| Nikos Paraskevopoulos | 23 September 2015 | 5 November 2016 | Syriza | Second Tsipras cabinet |
| Stavros Kontonis | 5 November 2016 | 29 August 2018 | ||
| Template:Interlanguage link | 29 August 2018 | 9 July 2019 |
Justice (since July 2019)
| Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Konstantinos Tsiaras | 9 July 2019 | 25 May 2023 | New Democracy | Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
| Philip Spyropoulos | 26 May 2023 | 26 June 2023 | Independent | Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas |
| George Florides | 27 June 2023 | Independent, formerly PASOK | Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
External links
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