Minister for Regional Development and Competitiveness
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The Ministry of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping of Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 was created in October 2009 as the Ministry of the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping (Υπουργείο Οικονομίας, Ανταγωνιστικότητας και Ναυτιλίας). It resulted from the break-up of the unified Economy and Finance Ministry (Υπουργείο Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών), and the merger of what constituted the old National Economy Ministry (Υπουργείο Εθνικής Οικονομίας) with the Ministry of Development (Υπουργείο Ανάπτυξης) and the Mercantile Marine Ministry (Υπουργείο Εμπορικής Ναυτιλίας).

On 7 September 2010 it was renamed as the Ministry of Regional Development and Competitiveness (Υπουργείο Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης και Ανταγωνιστικότητας) following the re-establishment of a separate Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries. After the re-merger of the latter on 17 June 2011, it received its present name.

The current minister is Michalis Chrisochoidis.

List of National Economy Ministers (1982–2000)

Name Took Office Left Office Party Notes
Gerasimos Arsenis
Gerasimos Arsenis
Gerasimos Arsenis , is a Greek politician who served as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament and a Minister, in several Governments with the Panhellenic Socialist Movement.-Life:...

5 July 1982 26 July 1985 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...

Costas Simitis
Costas Simitis
Konstantinos Simitis , usually referred to as Costas Simitis or Kostas Simitis, was Prime Minister of Greece and leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement from 1996 to 2004.- Biography :...

26 July 1985 27 November 1987 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...

Panagiotis Roumeliotis 27 November 1987 2 July 1989 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...

Georgios Souflias
Georgios Souflias
Georgios Ath. Souflias is a Greek politician. He is a member of the New Democracy political party and was Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works for the duration of the Karamanlis administration....

12 July 1989 12 October 1989 New Democracy
New Democracy (Greece)
New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...

Coalition Government
Georgios Kontogeorgis 12 October 1989 23 November 1989 Caretaker Government
Georgios Gennimatas
Georgios Gennimatas
Georgios Gennimatas was a Greek athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.Gennimatas placed fourth or fifth in his preliminary heat of the 100 metres competition and did not advance to the final.-External links:*...

23 November 1989 13 February 1990 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...

National Unity Government
Georgios Kontogeorgis 13 February 1990 11 April 1990 National Unity Government
Georgios Souflias
Georgios Souflias
Georgios Ath. Souflias is a Greek politician. He is a member of the New Democracy political party and was Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works for the duration of the Karamanlis administration....

11 April 1990 1 October 1990 New Democracy
New Democracy (Greece)
New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...

Konstantinos Mitsotakis 1 October 1990 8 August 1991 New Democracy
New Democracy (Greece)
New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...

Efthymios Christodoulou 8 August 1991 17 February 1992 New Democracy
New Democracy (Greece)
New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...

Stefanos Manos
Stefanos Manos
Stefanos Manos is a Greek politician, former member of the Hellenic Parliament as independent, and a former government minister. His political career started in the New Democracy party, for which he became a Member of Parliament in 1977. During the 1980s he would be the unpopular forerunner of...

17 February 1992 13 October 1993 New Democracy
New Democracy (Greece)
New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...

Georgios Gennimatas
Georgios Gennimatas
Georgios Gennimatas was a Greek athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.Gennimatas placed fourth or fifth in his preliminary heat of the 100 metres competition and did not advance to the final.-External links:*...

13 October 1993 25 April 1994 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...

Deceased
Yiannos Papantoniou
Yiannos Papantoniou
Yiannos Papantoniou is a Greek politician, member of the Greek Parliament and former minister of Defence, National Economy and Finance. In the past he has been linked with the pro-European wing of PASOK. He is the main architect behind Greece's economic reforms in the late 90s that led to the...

6 May 1994 13 April 2000 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...


List of Economy and Finance Ministers (2000–2009)

Name Took Office Left Office Party Notes
Yiannos Papantoniou
Yiannos Papantoniou
Yiannos Papantoniou is a Greek politician, member of the Greek Parliament and former minister of Defence, National Economy and Finance. In the past he has been linked with the pro-European wing of PASOK. He is the main architect behind Greece's economic reforms in the late 90s that led to the...

13 April 2000 24 October 2001 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...

Nikos Christodoulakis
Nikos Christodoulakis
Nikos Christodoulakis is a Greek politician, economics professor and electronics engineer. He was the Minister for Economy and Finance of Greece from 2001 to 2004....

24 October 2001 10 March 2004 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...

Georgios Alogoskoufis
Georgios Alogoskoufis
George Alogoskoufis is a Professor of Economics at the Athens University of Economics and Business since 1990. He was a member of the Hellenic Parliament from September 1996 till October 2009 and served as Greece's Minister of Economy and Finance from March 2004 till January 2009. During...

10 March 2004 8 January 2009 New Democracy
New Democracy (Greece)
New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...

Yannis Papathanasiou
Yannis Papathanasiou
Yannis Papathanasiou is a Greek politician, former Minister for Economy and Finance of Greece. He is a member of the Hellenic Parliament with the conservative New Democracy party since 2002.-Background, business and political career:...

8 January 2009 4 October 2009 New Democracy
New Democracy (Greece)
New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...


List of Ministers for the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping (2009–2010)

Name Took Office Left Office Party
Louka Katseli
Louka Katseli
Louka Katseli is the former Greek Minister for Labour and Social Security.-Early life and education:...

7 October 2009 7 September 2010 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...


List of Ministers for Regional Development and Competitiveness (2010–2011)

Name Took Office Left Office Party
Michalis Chrisochoidis 7 September 2010 17 June 2011 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...


List of Ministers for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping (since 2011)

Name Took Office Left Office Party
Michalis Chrisochoidis 17 June 2011 Incumbent Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...


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