The Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection (Greek : Υπουργείο Δημόσιας Τάξης και Προστασίας του Πολίτη ) is the government department responsible for Greece 's public security services, i.e. the Hellenic Police , the Hellenic Fire Service , the Hellenic Coast Guard , the Agrarian Police, the General Secretariat for Civil Protection, and the National Intelligence Service .
The ministry existed until 2007 as the Ministry of Public Order (Greek : Υπουργείο Δημόσιας Τάξης ). On 19 September 2007, it was merged with the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization and reduced to a General Secretariat within the Ministry of the Interior . On 7 October 2009, it was revived as the Ministry of Citizen Protection (Υπουργείο Προστασίας του Πολίτη) and received its present name on 21 June 2012. Following the electoral victory of Syriza in January 2015, it was subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction and is now headed by an Alternate Minister (Αναπληρωτής Υπουργός). The present incumbent is Giannis Panousis .
List of Ministers since 1974
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
Alexandros Floros (as Acting Minister)
May 9, 1985
June 5, 1985
Athanasios Tsouras
June 5, 1985
July 26, 1985
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Ministers of the Interior and Public Order (1985–1986)
Ministers of Public Order (1986–2007)
Name
Took Office
Left Office
Party
Antonis Drosogiannis
April 25, 1986
June 22, 1988
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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
Yiannis Vasiliadis
April 11, 1990
August 8, 1991
New Democracy
Theodoros Anagnostopoulos
August 8, 1991
December 3, 1992
New Democracy
Nikolaos Gelestathis
December 3, 1992
September 14, 1993
New Democracy
Dimitrios Manikas (as Acting Minister)
September 14, 1993
October 13, 1993
Stelios Papathemelis
October 13, 1993
April 4, 1995
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Iosif Valyrakis
April 4, 1995
January 22, 1996
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Kostas Geitonas
January 22, 1996
August 30, 1996
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Konstantinos Beis
August 30, 1996
September 25, 1996
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Georgios Romeos
September 25, 1996
October 30, 1998
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Philippos Petsalnikos
October 30, 1998
February 19, 1999
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Michalis Chrisochoidis
February 19, 1999
March 10, 2004
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Georgios Voulgarakis
March 10, 2004
February 15, 2006
New Democracy
Vyron Polydoras
February 15, 2006
September 19, 2007
New Democracy
Ministers of Citizen Protection (2009–2012)
Ministers of Public Order and Citizen Protection (2012–15)
Alternate Ministers of Public Order and Citizen Protection (since 2015)
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