Ministry of the Environment and Energy (Greece) explained

Agency Name:Ministry of the Environment and Energy
Native Name:Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας
Minister1 Name:Theodoros Skylakakis
Minister1 Pfo:
incumbent since
27 June 2023
Inaugural:Tina Birbili
Website:https://ypen.gov.gr/

The Ministry of the Environment and Energy (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας) is a government department of Greece responsible for environmental and energy policy. It was created on 7 October 2009 as the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate Change to succeed the Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works. The incumbent minister is Theodoros Skylakakis of New Democracy.

List of ministers

Environment, energy and climate change (2009–2015)

NameTook officeLeft officePartyNotes
Tina Birbili7 October 200917 June 2011PASOKCabinet of George Papandreou
Giorgos Papakonstantinou17 June 201117 May 2012Cabinet of George Papandreou until 11 November 2011; Cabinet of Lucas Papademos thereafter
Gregory Tsaltas17 May 201221 June 2012IndependentCaretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos
Evangelos Livieratos21 June 201225 June 2013Independent, proposed by PASOKCoalition Cabinet of Antonis Samaras
Giannis Maniatis25 June 201327 January 2015PASOK

Productive reconstruction, the environment and energy (2015)

NameTook officeLeft officePartyNotes
Panagiotis Lafazanis27 January 201518 July 2015SyrizaFirst Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras
Panos Skourletis18 July 201527 August 2015
Ioannis Golias28 August 201521 September 2015IndependentCaretaker Cabinet of Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou

Environment and energy (since September 2015)

NameTook officeLeft officePartyNotes
Panos Skourletis23 September 20155 November 2016SyrizaSecond Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras
Giorgos Stathakis5 November 20169 July 2019
Kostis Hatzidakis9 July 20195 January 2021New DemocracyCabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Kostas Skrekas5 January 202126 May 2023
Pantelis Kapros26 May 202327 June 25 2023IndependentCaretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas
Theodoros Skylakakis27 June 2023IncumbentNew DemocracySecond Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis

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