Post: | Ministry of Justice |
Native Name: | Greek, Modern (1453-);: Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης |
Native Name Lang: | el |
Insignia: | Coat of Arms of Greece (Monochromatic).svg |
Insigniasize: | 85px |
Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of the Hellenic Republic |
Incumbent: | Giorgos Florides |
Incumbentsince: | 27 June 2023 |
Appointer: | Prime Minister of Greece |
Formation: | 8 July 2019 |
Inaugural: | Konstantinos Papakonstantinou |
The Ministry of Justice (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης) is the government department entrusted with the supervision of the legal and judicial system of Greece. The incumbent minister is Giorgos Floridis independent, formerly member of PASOK and Prefector of Kilkis.
It was founded as the State Secretariat for Justice (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἡ ἐπὶ τῆς Δικαιοσύνης Γραμματεία τῆς Ἐπικρατείας) on 25 January 1833, and later known as the Ministry of Justice (Katharevousa: Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ὑπουργεῖον Δικαιοσύνης, Demotic: Greek, Modern (1453-);: Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης). It was renamed the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης, Διαφάνειας και Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων) in October 2009 under George Papandreou, but was restored to its previous name in July 2019 by Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
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24 July 1974 | 9 October 1974 | |||
9 October 1974 | 21 November 1974 | |||
21 November 1974 | 21 October 1977 | |||
21 October 1977 | 28 November 1977 | |||
28 November 1977 | 17 September 1981 | |||
17 September 1981 | 21 October 1981 | |||
21 October 1981 | 5 July 1982 | |||
5 July 1982 | 22 May 1984 | |||
22 May 1984 | 21 June 1984 | |||
Georgios-Alexandros Mangakis | 21 June 1984 | 9 May 1985 | ||
9 May 1985 | 5 June 1985 | |||
5 June 1985 | 26 July 1985 | |||
Georgios-Alexandros Mangakis | 26 July 1985 | 25 April 1986 | ||
25 April 1986 | 5 February 1987 | |||
5 February 1987 | 23 September 1987 | |||
23 September 1987 | 18 November 1988 | |||
18 November 1988 | 17 March 1989 | |||
17 March 1989 | 2 June 1989 | |||
2 June 1989 | 2 July 1989 | |||
2 July 1989 | 12 October 1989 | |||
Konstantinos Stamatis | 12 October 1989 | 11 April 1990 | Independent | Caretaker government and national unity government |
11 April 1990 | 8 August 1991 | New Democracy | ||
8 August 1991 | 7 August 1992 | |||
7 August 1992 | 3 December 1992 | |||
3 December 1992 | 14 September 1993 | |||
14 September 1993 | 13 October 1993 | |||
13 October 1993 | 10 February 1995 | PASOK | ||
10 February 1995 | 15 September 1995 | |||
15 September 1995 | 22 January 1996 | |||
22 January 1996 | 30 August 1996 | |||
30 August 1996 | 25 September 1996 | |||
25 September 1996 | 20 March 2000 | |||
20 March 2000 | 13 April 2000 | Independent | ||
13 April 2000 | 24 October 2001 | PASOK | ||
24 October 2001 | 10 March 2004 | |||
10 March 2004 | 19 September 2007 | New Democracy | ||
19 September 2007 | 7 January 2009 | |||
8 January 2009 | 7 October 2009 | |||
Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
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Haris Kastanidis | 7 October 2009 | 17 June 2011 | PASOK | Cabinet of George Papandreou |
Miltiadis Papaioannou | 17 June 2011 | 17 May 2012 | National unity government from 11 November | |
Christos Geraris | 17 May 2012 | 21 June 2012 | Independent | Pikrammenos caretaker cabinet |
Antonis Roupakiotis | 21 June 2012 | 25 June 2013 | Independent, proposed by DIMAR | Samaras cabinet |
25 June 2013 | 27 January 2015 | New Democracy | ||
Nikos Paraskevopoulos | 27 January 2015 | 27 August 2015 | Syriza | First Tsipras cabinet |
Dimitris Papangelopoulos | 28 August 2015 | 21 September 2015 | Independent | Thanou caretaker cabinet |
Nikos Paraskevopoulos | 23 September 2015 | 5 November 2016 | Syriza | Second Tsipras cabinet |
Stavros Kontonis | 5 November 2016 | 29 August 2018 | ||
29 August 2018 | 9 July 2019 |
Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes | |
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Konstantinos Tsiaras | 9 July 2019 | 25 May 2023 | New Democracy | Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis | |
Philip Spyropoulos | 26 May 2023 | 26 June 2023 | Independent | Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas | |
George Florides | 27 June 2023 | Independent, formerly PASOK | Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
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