Ministry of Citizen Protection (Greece) explained

Post:Ministry of Citizen Protection
Native Name:Υπουργείο Προστασίας του Πολίτη
Insignia:Coat of Arms of Greece (Monochromatic).svg
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Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of the Hellenic Republic
Incumbent:Michalis Chrisochoidis
Incumbentsince:4 January 2024
Appointer:Prime Minister of Greece
Formation:1974
Inaugural:Solon Gikas

The Ministry of Citizen Protection (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Υπουργείο Προστασίας του Πολίτη) is the government department responsible for Greece's public security services, i.e. the Hellenic Police, the Hellenic Fire Service, Hellenic (Corrections) Prison System, the Agrarian Police and the General Secretariat for Civil Protection.

The ministry existed until 2007 as the Ministry of Public Order (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Υπουργείο Δημόσιας Τάξης). On 19 September 2007, it was merged with the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization and reduced to a General Secretariat within the Ministry of the Interior. On 7 October 2009, it was revived as the Ministry of Citizen Protection (Υπουργείο Προστασίας του Πολίτη) and was eventually renamed as the Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection on 21 June 2012. Following the electoral victory of Syriza in January 2015, it was subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction and was headed by an Alternate Minister (Αναπληρωτής Υπουργός). In August 2018, it was reorganized as an independent ministry and was revived as the Ministry of Citizen Protection (Υπουργείο Προστασίας του Πολίτη). The incumbent minister in the Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis is Michalis Chrisochoidis, a member of the Hellenic Parliament for the Athens B2 constituency with New Democracy. Chrisochoidis has served in the role four times previously, as a member of PASOK and an independent politician.

List of ministers

Public order (1974–1985)

Name Took officeLeft officeParty
Solon GikasJuly 24, 1974January 5, 1976
Georgios StamatisJanuary 5, 1976November 28, 1977
Anastasios BalkosNovember 28, 1977May 10, 1980
Dimitrios DavakisMay 10, 1980September 17, 1981
Ioannis Katsadimas (as Acting Minister)September 17, 1981October 21, 1981
Ioannis SkoularikisOctober 21, 1981May 9, 1985PASOK
Alexandros Floros (as Acting Minister)May 9, 1985June 5, 1985
Athanasios TsourasJune 5, 1985July 26, 1985PASOK

Public order (1986–2007)

Name Took officeLeft officeParty
Antonis DrosogiannisApril 25, 1986June 22, 1988PASOK
Anastasios SechiotisJune 22, 1988November 8, 1988
Georgios PetsosNovember 18, 1988March 17, 1989
Apostolos TsochatzopoulosMarch 17, 1989June 2, 1989
Panagiotis Markopoulos (as Acting Minister)June 2, 1989July 2, 1989
Ioannis KefalogiannisJuly 2, 1989October 12, 1989
Dimitrios ManikasOctober 12, 1989April 11, 1990
Yiannis VasiliadisApril 11, 1990August 8, 1991New Democracy
Theodoros AnagnostopoulosAugust 8, 1991December 3, 1992
Nikolaos GelestathisDecember 3, 1992September 14, 1993
Dimitrios Manikas (as Acting Minister)September 14, 1993October 13, 1993
Stelios PapathemelisOctober 13, 1993April 4, 1995PASOK
Sifis ValirakisApril 4, 1995January 22, 1996
Kostas GeitonasJanuary 22, 1996August 30, 1996
Konstantinos BeisAugust 30, 1996September 25, 1996
Georgios RomeosSeptember 25, 1996October 30, 1998
Philippos PetsalnikosOctober 30, 1998February 19, 1999
Michalis ChrisochoidisFebruary 19, 1999March 10, 2004
Georgios VoulgarakisMarch 10, 2004February 15, 2006New Democracy
Vyron PolydorasFebruary 15, 2006September 19, 2007

Citizen protection (2009–2012)

Name Took officeLeft officeParty
Michalis Chrisochoidis7 October 20097 September 2010PASOK
Christos Papoutsis7 September 20107 March 2012
Michalis Chrisochoidis7 March 201217 May 2012
Eleftherios Oikonomou17 May 201221 June 2012Caretaker government

Public order and citizen protection (2012–15)

Name Took officeLeft officeParty
Nikos Dendias21 June 201210 June 2014New Democracy
Vassilis Kikilias10 June 201427 January 2015

Public order and citizen protection (alternates, 2015–2018)

Name Took officeLeft officeParty
Giannis Panousis27 January 201527 August 2015Syriza
Antonis Makrodimitris28 August 201521 September 2015Caretaker government
Nikos Toskas23 September 20153 August 2018Syriza

Citizen protection (since 2018)

Name Took officeLeft officeParty
Olga Gerovasili29 August 20189 July 2019Syriza
Michalis Chrisochoidis9 July 201931 August 2021Independent (supported by New Democracy)
31 August 202126 May 2023New Democracy
26 May 202327 June 2023Caretaker government
Notis Mitarachi27 June 202328 July 2023New Democracy
28 July 20234 January 2024
Michalis Chrisochoidis4 January 2024incumbent

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