Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism (Greece)

The Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism (Greek: Υπουργείο Οικονομίας, Ανάπτυξης και Τουρισμού) is a Greek governmental department. The current minister is Giorgos Stathakis of the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza).

History

The Ministry of the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping (Υπουργείο Οικονομίας, Ανταγωνιστικότητας και Ναυτιλίας) was created on 7 October 2009 from the break-up of the unified Economy and Finance Ministry (Υπουργείο Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών), and the merger of what had 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 the Ministry of Regional Development and Competitiveness (Υπουργείο Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης και Ανταγωνιστικότητας) to reflect the impending re-establishment of a separate Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries. However, no Presidential Decree was issued to formalize the renaming, and the ministry retained its earlier official name despite the loss of the shipping portfolio on 30 September.^[1] After the reincorporation of the latter on 27 June 2011, it was renamed the Ministry of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping (Υπουργείο Ανάπτυξης, Ανταγωνιστικότητας και Ναυτιλίας). On 21 June 2012, it was split again from the Ministry of Shipping and merged instead with the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks to become the Ministry of Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks. The merger was reversed following a cabinet reshuffle on 25 June 2013, but following the formation of the Tsipras Cabinet on 27 January 2015 all three ministries were amalgamated into the Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism. Οn 23 September 2015 the latter ministry broke up into the Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy and the current ministry.

List of National Economy Ministers (1982–2000)

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
Gerasimos Arsenis	5 July 1982	26 July 1985	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Costas Simitis	26 July 1985	27 November 1987	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panagiotis Roumeliotis	27 November 1987	2 July 1989	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Georgios Souflias	12 July 1989	12 October 1989	New Democracy	Coalition Government
Georgios Kontogeorgis	12 October 1989	23 November 1989		Caretaker Government
Georgios Gennimatas	23 November 1989	13 February 1990	Panhellenic Socialist Movement	National Unity Government
Georgios Kontogeorgis	13 February 1990	11 April 1990		National Unity Government
Georgios Souflias	11 April 1990	1 October 1990	New Democracy
Konstantinos Mitsotakis	1 October 1990	8 August 1991	New Democracy
Efthymios Christodoulou	8 August 1991	17 February 1992	New Democracy
Stefanos Manos	17 February 1992	13 October 1993	New Democracy
Georgios Gennimatas	13 October 1993	25 April 1994	Panhellenic Socialist Movement	Deceased
Yiannos Papantoniou	6 May 1994	13 April 2000	Panhellenic Socialist Movement

List of Economy and Finance Ministers (2000–2009)

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
Yiannos Papantoniou	13 April 2000	24 October 2001	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Nikos Christodoulakis	24 October 2001	10 March 2004	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Georgios Alogoskoufis	10 March 2004	8 January 2009	New Democracy
Yannis Papathanasiou	8 January 2009	4 October 2009	New Democracy

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

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Louka Katseli	7 October 2009	7 September 2010	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Michalis Chrisochoidis	7 September 2010	30 September 2010	Panhellenic Socialist Movement

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

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Michalis Chrisochoidis	30 September 2010	27 June 2011	Panhellenic Socialist Movement

List of Ministers for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping (2011–2012)

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Michalis Chrisochoidis	27 June 2011	7 March 2012	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Anna Diamantopoulou	7 March 2012	17 May 2012	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Yannis Stournaras	17 May 2012	21 June 2012	Independent

List of Ministers for Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks (2012–2013)

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Kostis Chatzidakis	21 June 2012	25 June 2013	New Democracy

List of Ministers for Development and Competitiveness (2013–15)

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Kostis Chatzidakis	25 June 2013	10 June 2014	New Democracy
Nikos Dendias	10 June 2014	3 November 2014	New Democracy
Konstantinos Skrekas	3 November 2014	27 January 2015	New Democracy

List of Ministers for Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism (January 2015 – September 2015)

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Giorgos Stathakis	27 January 2015	28 August 2015	Coalition of the Radical Left
Nikos Christodoulakis	28 August 2015	23 September 2015	Independent

List of Ministers for Economy, Development and Tourism (since September 2015)

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Giorgos Stathakis	23 September 2015	Incumbent	Coalition of the Radical Left

References

1. Κυβέρνησις ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΥ Α. ΠΑΠΑΝΔΡΕΟΥ (in Greek). Athens: General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

External links

• Official website (Greek)