Deputy Minister for Macedonia and Thrace explained

Post:Deputy Minister for Macedonia and Thrace
Body:the Hellenic Republic
Native Name:Υφυπουργός Μακεδονίας και Θράκης
Incumbentsince:14 June 2024
Appointer:Prime Minister of Greece
Formation:1974
Inaugural:Nikolaos Martis
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The deputy minister for Macedonia and Thrace (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Υφυπουργός Μακεδονίας και Θράκης) is the government minister in charge of Greece's Sub-Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace, part of the Ministry of the Interior.

The department originated in the old Ministry of Northern Greece, which was renamed the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace on 19 August 1988.[1]

The ministry was abolished on 7 October 2009 and downgraded to a general secretariat within the Ministry of the Interior,[2] [3] but was re-established on 21 June 2012.[4] On 27 January 2015, it was again demoted to a sub-ministry within the Ministry of the Interior.

List of ministers

Northern Greece (1974–1988)

Name Took officeLeft officeParty
Nikolaos Martis21 November 197421 October 1977New Democracy
Dionysios Arbouzis21 October 197728 November 1977
Nikolaos Martis28 November 197721 October 1981
Vassilis Intzes21 October 19815 June 1985PASOK
Andreas Papandreou5 June 198526 July 1985
Giannis Papadopoulos26 July 19855 February 1987
Stelios Papathemelis5 February 198719 August 1988

Macedonia and Thrace (1988–2009)

Name Took officeLeft officeParty
Stelios Papathemelis19 August 19882 July 1989PASOK
Panayiotis Chatzinikolaou2 July 198912 November 1989New Democracy
Ioannis Deligiannis12 November 198911 April 1990
Georgios Tzitzikostas11 April 19908 August 1991
Panayiotis Chatzinikolaou8 August 199113 October 1993
Constantinos Triaridis13 October 199322 October 1996PASOK
Philippos Petsalnikos22 October 199630 October 1998
Giannis Magriotis30 October 19984 April 2000
Georgios Paschalidis13 April 20007 July 2003
Charis Kastanidis7 July 20033 March 2004
Nikos Tsiartsionis10 March 200415 February 2006New Democracy
Georgios Kalantzis15 February 200619 September 2007
19 September 20078 January 2009
8 January 20097 October 2009

Macedonia and Thrace (2012–2015)

Name Took officeLeft officeParty
21 June 201210 June 2014New Democracy
Giorgos Orfanos10 June 201427 January 2015

List of deputy ministers for Macedonia and Thrace (since 2015)

Name Took officeLeft officeParty
Maria Kollia-Tsaroucha27 January 201527 August 2015Independent Greeks
Filippos Tsalidis28 August 201521 September 2015Independent
Maria Kollia-Tsaroucha23 September 201529 August 2018Independent Greeks
29 August 201815 February 2019Syriza
15 February 20199 July 2019
9 July 20195 January 2021New Democracy
5 January 202126 May 2023
Stathis Konstantinidis27 June 202314 June 2024
14 June 2024

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wFWG2Ogb2ANFndtvSoClrL8Y4Fac45yt5V5MXD0LzQTLf7MGgcO23N88knBzLCmTXKaO6fpVZ6Lx3UnKl3nP8NxdnJ5r9cmWyJWelDvWS_18kAEhATUkJb0x1LIdQ163nV9K--td6SIueniDAAzbSabxM3zMlGXndJ0OSIbu2qZBlDNyqCvbyoS Ministerial Decision 704/19.8.1988
  2. http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wEiICErm5tbxndtvSoClrL85OGL2bA-0rZ5MXD0LzQTLWPU9yLzB8V68knBzLCmTXKaO6fpVZ6Lx3UnKl3nP8NxdnJ5r9cmWyJWelDvWS_18kAEhATUkJb0x1LIdQ163nV9K--td6SIucoecQnA-0E-ZURAtHwsg0hqZkvpyJjf1XeDnvhXSDUq Presidential Decree 185/2009
  3. News: Hekimoglou . Achilleas . . http://www.tovima.gr/default.asp?pid=2&artid=293267&ct=1&dt=11/10/2009 . el:Υπουργείο Μακεδονίας - Θράκης: Το τέλος ενός υπουργείου . Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace: The end of a ministry . Greek . 2010-12-29.
  4. http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wEbA_BZxkczbHdtvSoClrL89ciLegIW2m55MXD0LzQTLWPU9yLzB8V68knBzLCmTXKaO6fpVZ6Lx3UnKl3nP8NxdnJ5r9cmWyJWelDvWS_18kAEhATUkJb0x1LIdQ163nV9K--td6SIuai4G99JDAlrpByDKU_-yGkMgyGDrgGp6QE4n0LoCo0r Presidential Decree 85/2012