Ministry of Development and Investment (Greece) explained

Post:	Ministry of Development
Native Name:	Υπουργείο Ανάπτυξης
Insignia:	Coat of Arms of Greece (Monochromatic).svg
Insigniasize:	85px
Insigniacaption:	Coat of arms of the Hellenic Republic
Incumbentsince:	14 June 2024
Appointer:	Prime Minister of Greece
Inaugural:	Gerasimos Arsenis

The Ministry of Development (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Υπουργείο Ανάπτυξης) is a government department of Greece. The current minister is .

History

The Ministry of the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping (Υπουργείο Οικονομίας, Ανταγωνιστικότητας και Ναυτιλίας) was created on 7 October 2009 from the break-up of the unified Economy and Finance Ministry (Υπουργείο Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών), and the merger of what had constituted the old National Economy Ministry (Υπουργείο Εθνικής Οικονομίας) with the Ministry of Development (Υπουργείο Ανάπτυξης) and the Mercantile Marine Ministry (Υπουργείο Εμπορικής Ναυτιλίας).

On 7 September 2010, it was renamed the Ministry of Regional Development and Competitiveness (Υπουργείο Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης και Ανταγωνιστικότητας) to reflect the impending re-establishment of a separate Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries. However, no Presidential Decree was issued to formalize the renaming, and the ministry retained its earlier official name despite the loss of the shipping portfolio on 30 September.^[1] After the reincorporation of the latter on 27 June 2011, it was renamed the Ministry of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping (Υπουργείο Ανάπτυξης, Ανταγωνιστικότητας και Ναυτιλίας). On 21 June 2012, it was split again from the Ministry of Shipping and merged instead with the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks to become the Ministry of Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks. The merger was reversed following a cabinet reshuffle on 25 June 2013, but following the formation of the Tsipras Cabinet on 27 January 2015 all three ministries were amalgamated into the Ministry of the Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism. Οn 23 September 2015, it was renamed the Ministry of the Economy, Development and Tourism upon the restoration of the infrastructure and shipping ministries. On 5 November 2016, it was renamed the Ministry of the Economy and Development upon the restoration of the Ministry of Tourism. On 9 July 2019, it was renamed the Ministry of Development and Investment by the incoming New Democracy government. It was again renamed the Ministry of Development on 27 June 2023.

List of ministers

National economy (1982–2000)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Gerasimos Arsenis	5 July 1982	26 July 1985	PASOK
Costas Simitis	26 July 1985	27 November 1987	PASOK
Panagiotis Roumeliotis	27 November 1987	2 July 1989	PASOK
Georgios Souflias	12 July 1989	12 October 1989	New Democracy	Coalition Government
Georgios Kontogeorgis	12 October 1989	23 November 1989		Caretaker Government
Georgios Gennimatas	23 November 1989	13 February 1990	PASOK	National Unity Government
Georgios Kontogeorgis	13 February 1990	11 April 1990		National Unity Government
Georgios Souflias	11 April 1990	1 October 1990	New Democracy
Konstantinos Mitsotakis	1 October 1990	8 August 1991	New Democracy
Efthymios Christodoulou	8 August 1991	17 February 1992	New Democracy
Stefanos Manos	17 February 1992	13 October 1993	New Democracy
Georgios Gennimatas	13 October 1993	25 April 1994	PASOK	Deceased
Yiannos Papantoniou	6 May 1994	13 April 2000	PASOK

Economy and finance (2000–2009)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Yiannos Papantoniou	13 April 2000	24 October 2001	PASOK
Nikos Christodoulakis	24 October 2001	10 March 2004	PASOK
Georgios Alogoskoufis	10 March 2004	8 January 2009	New Democracy
Yannis Papathanasiou	8 January 2009	4 October 2009	New Democracy

Economy, competitiveness and shipping (2009–2010)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party
Louka Katseli	7 October 2009	7 September 2010	PASOK
Michalis Chrisochoidis	7 September 2010	30 September 2010	PASOK

Development, competitiveness and shipping (2011–2012)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party
Michalis Chrisochoidis	27 June 2011	7 March 2012	PASOK
Anna Diamantopoulou	7 March 2012	17 May 2012	PASOK
Yannis Stournaras	17 May 2012	21 June 2012	Independent

Development and competitiveness (2013–15)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party
Kostis Hatzidakis	25 June 2013	10 June 2014	New Democracy
Nikos Dendias	10 June 2014	3 November 2014	New Democracy
Kostas Skrekas	3 November 2014	27 January 2015	New Democracy

Economy, infrastructure, shipping and tourism (2015)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party
Giorgos Stathakis	27 January 2015	27 August 2015	Syriza
Nikos Christodoulakis	28 August 2015	21 September 2015	Independent

Economy and development (2016–2019)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party
Dimitri B. Papadimitriou	5 Νοvember 2016	27 February 2018	Syriza
Yannis Dragasakis	28 February 2018	9 July 2019

Development and investment (2019–2023)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party
Adonis Georgiadis	9 July 2019	26 May 2023	New Democracy
Helen Loures	26 May 2023	27 June 2023	Caretaker

Development (2023–present)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party
Kostas Skrekas	27 June 2023	14 June 2024	New Democracy
	14 June 2024	Incumbent

Notes and References

1. Web site: el:Κυβέρνησις ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΥ Α. ΠΑΠΑΝΔΡΕΟΥ. http://www.ggk.gov.gr/?p=1335. General Secretariat of the Government. 10 June 2014. Athens. Greek.