Ministry of Citizen Protection (Greece)
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The Ministry of Citizen Protection is a government department of Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 responsible for the running of the country's security services, i.e. the Hellenic Police, the Hellenic Fire Service, the Hellenic Coast Guard
Hellenic Coast Guard
The Hellenic Coast Guard is the national coast guard of Greece. Like most other coast guards, it is a paramilitary organization that can support the Hellenic Navy in wartime, but resides under separate civilian control in times of peace...

, the Greek Agrarian Police, the Secretariat for Civil Defense, and the National Intelligence Service. The current minister is Christos Papoutsis
Christos Papoutsis
Christos Papoutsis is a Greek socialist politician, serving as the Minister for Citizen Protection as of September 7, 2010. Prior to his current office he has served as Minister of Mercantile Marine and European Commissioner responsible for Energy, EURATOM Supply Agency, SMEs, Tourism and...

.

The ministry was established in 2009 and is a revival of the old Ministry of Public Order , which had been merged with the Ministry of the Interior in 2007 and reduced to a General Secretariat within the Ministry of the Interior and Public Order.

List of Ministers of Public Order (1974–1985)

Name Took Office Left Office Party
Solon Gikas July 24, 1974 January 5, 1976
Georgios Stamatis January 5, 1976 November 28, 1977
Anastasios Balkos November 28, 1977 May 10, 1980
Dimitrios Davakis May 10, 1980 September 17, 1981
Ioannis Katsadimas (as Acting Minister) September 17, 1981 October 21, 1981
Ioannis Skoularikis October 21, 1981 May 9, 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...

Alexandros Floros (as Acting Minister) May 9, 1985 June 5, 1985
Athanasios Tsouras June 5, 1985 July 26, 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...


List of Ministers of the Interior and Public Order (1985–1986)

Name Took Office Left Office Party
Agamemnon Koutsogiorgas July 26, 1985 April 25, 1986 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 of Public Order (1986–2007)

Name Took Office Left Office Party
Antonios Drosogiannis April 25, 1986 June 22, 1988 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...

Anastasios Sechiotis June 22, 1988 November 8, 1988
Georgios Petsos November 18, 1988 March 17, 1989
Apostolos Tsochatzopoulos March 17, 1989 June 2, 1989
Panagiotis Markopoulos (as Acting Minister) June 2, 1989 July 2, 1989
Ioannis Kefalogiannis July 2, 1989 October 12, 1989
Dimitrios Manikas October 12, 1989 April 11, 1990
Ioannis Vassiliadis April 11, 1990 August 8, 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...

Theodoros Anagnostopoulos August 8, 1991 December 3, 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...

Nikolaos Gelestathis December 3, 1992 September 14, 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...

Dimitrios Manikas (as Acting Minister) September 14, 1993 October 13, 1993
Stelios Papathemelis
Stelios Papathemelis
Stelios Papathemelis is a Greek politician and lawyer.-Early life:He was born in Thessaloniki on January, 1938. He studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.This man is Macedonian from village of Ossa, Langada, Thessaloniki, Macedonia .-Political career :He was elected for the first...

October 13, 1993 April 4, 1995 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...

Iosif Valyrakis April 4, 1995 January 22, 1996 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...

Kostas Geitonas January 22, 1996 August 30, 1996 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...

Konstantinos Beis August 30, 1996 September 25, 1996 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 Romeos September 25, 1996 October 30, 1998 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...

Philippos Petsalnikos
Philippos Petsalnikos
Filippos Petsalnikos is a Greek politician who has served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament since 2009....

October 30, 1998 February 19, 1999 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...

Michalis Chrisochoidis February 19, 1999 March 10, 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 Voulgarakis
Georgios Voulgarakis
Georgios Voulgarakis is a Greek politician and the former Minister for Mercantile Marine, Aegean Sea and Island Policy.Voulgarakis was born in Crete and holds a PhD in economics from the University of Athens. He is a member of the New Democracy party...

March 10, 2004 February 15, 2006 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...

Vyron Polydoras
Vyron Polydoras
Vyron Polydoras is a Greek politician who was the Minister for Public Order and Justice of Greece from 2006 to 2007 in the first Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis....

February 15, 2006 September 19, 2007 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 of Citizen Protection (since 2009)

Name Took Office Left Office Party
Michalis Chrisochoidis 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...

Christos Papoutsis
Christos Papoutsis
Christos Papoutsis is a Greek socialist politician, serving as the Minister for Citizen Protection as of September 7, 2010. Prior to his current office he has served as Minister of Mercantile Marine and European Commissioner responsible for Energy, EURATOM Supply Agency, SMEs, Tourism and...

7 September 2010 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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