Ministry of Tourism (Greece) explained

Post:Ministry of Tourism
Native Name:Υπουργείo Τουρισμού
Insignia:Coat of Arms of Greece (Monochromatic).svg
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Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of the Hellenic Republic
Incumbent:Olga Kefalogianni
Incumbentsince:27 June 2023
Appointer:Prime Minister of Greece
Formation:2004
Inaugural:Kostas Markopoulos

The Ministry of Tourism (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Υπουργείo Τουρισμού) is the government department in charge of tourism in Greece. Established in 1989 and known between 2004 and 2009 as the Ministry of Touristic Development (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Υπουργείο Τουριστικής Ανάπτυξης), it was merged with the Ministry of Culture in October 2009 but re-established as a separate department in June 2012. It was subsequently subsumed under the Ministry of the Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism between January and September 2015 and the restructured Ministry of the Economy, Development and Tourism in September 2015, before being restored as a distinct ministry on 5 November 2016. The incumbent minister is Vasilis Kikilias of New Democracy.

List of ministers

Touristic development (2004–2009)

NameTook officeLeft officeParty
Dimitris Avramopoulos18 March 200415 February 2006New Democracy
Fani Palli-Petralia15 February 200619 September 2007
Aris Spiliotopoulos19 September 20077 January 2009
8 January 20097 October 2009

Tourism (alternates, 2015–2016)

NameTook officeLeft officeParty
Elena Kountoura27 January 201527 August 2015Independent Greeks
Alkistis Protopsalti28 August 201521 September 2015Independent
Elena Kountoura23 September 20155 November 2016Independent Greeks

Tourism (since November 2016)

NameTook officeLeft officeParty
Elena Kountoura5 November 20164 May 2019Independent Greeks (until 2019), Syriza (since 2019)
Thanasis Theocharopoulos4 May 20199 July 2019Democratic Left (Syriza)
Harry Theoharis9 July 201931 August 2021New Democracy
Vasilis Kikilias31 August 202125 May 2023
Ioanna Dretra26 May 202326 June 2023Caretaker, Independent
Olga Kefalogianni27 June 2023nowND

See also