Ministry of Rural Development and Food (Greece) explained

Post:Ministry of Rural Development and Food
Native Name:Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων
Insignia:Coat of Arms of Greece (Monochromatic).svg
Insigniasize:85px
Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of the Hellenic Republic
Incumbent:Konstantinos Tsiaras
Incumbentsince:14 June 2024
Appointer:Prime Minister of Greece
Formation:2004
Inaugural:Savvas Tsitouridis

The Ministry of Rural Development and Food (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων) is the government department that oversees agriculture in Greece. The incumbent minister is Konstantinos Tsiaras of New Democracy.

History

The ministry was established in 2004 upon the inauguration of the First Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis, replacing the older Ministry of Agriculture.[1]

It was demoted to the level of a sub-ministry within the Ministry of Productive Reconstruction, the Environment and Energy in the First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras, before being restored as a full ministry in his second cabinet a few months later.

List of ministers

Rural development and food (2004–2015)

NameTook officeLeft officeParty
Savvas Tsitouridis10 March 200423 September 2004New Democracy
Evangelos Basiakos23 September 200419 September 2007
Alexandros Kontos19 September 20077 January 2009
Sotirios Hatzigakis8 January 20097 October 2009
Katerina Batzeli7 October 20097 September 2010PASOK
Kostas Skandalidis7 September 201017 May 2012
17 May 201221 June 2012Independent
21 June 201210 June 2014PASOK
10 June 201427 January 2015New Democracy

Rural development and food (alternates, January–September 2015)

NameTook officeLeft officeParty
Evangelos Apostolou27 January 201527 August 2015Syriza
Dimitrios Melas28 August 201521 September 2015Independent

Rural development and food (since September 2015)

NameTook officeLeft officeParty
Evangelos Apostolou23 September 201529 August 2018Syriza
29 August 20189 July 2019
Makis Voridis9 July 20195 January 2021New Democracy
Spilios Livanos5 January 20217 February 2022
7 February 202226 May 2023
26 May 202327 June 2023Independent
27 June 202314 June 2024New Democracy
Konstantinos Tsiaras14 June 2024Incumbent

Agencies

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGQ_kZuUB4NxXdtvSoClrL8F2h0Gb4q_jZ5MXD0LzQTLf7MGgcO23N88knBzLCmTXKaO6fpVZ6Lx3UnKl3nP8NxdnJ5r9cmWyJWelDvWS_18kAEhATUkJb0x1LIdQ163nV9K--td6SIuTCKYWDYyCnUbEa6Y_UK4wYsZFOq1ZAsRDT4CTYpZPpR Υ 1/10.3.2004
  2. Web site: Plant Health Inspection Service . Αρχική Σελίδα | Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης & Τροφίμων . . 2013-04-05 . en . 2021-06-29.
  3. Web site: Benaki Phytopathological Institute . 2021-12-05.