Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Greece) explained

Post:Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport
Native Name:Υπουργείο Υποδομών και Μεταφορών
Insignia:Coat of Arms of Greece (Monochromatic).svg
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Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of the Hellenic Republic
Incumbent:Christos Staikouras
Incumbentsince:27 June 2023
Appointer:Prime Minister of Greece
Formation:2016
Inaugural:Christos Spirtzis

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Υπουργείο Υποδομών και Μεταφορών) is a government department of Greece headquartered in Cholargos, Athens .[1]

The ministry is currently headed by Christos Staikouras, who also served as Minister of Finance in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

History

The ministry is the successor of the old Ministry of Transport and Communications (Υπουργείο Μεταφορών και Επικοινωνιών), with which the public works portfolio of the Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works was merged on 7 October 2009. A further merger with the Ministry of Development and Competitiveness created the Ministry of Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks on 21 June 2012, but this was reversed on 25 June 2013.

List of ministers

Transport and communications

NameTook officeLeft officePartyNotes
Nikolaos Gelestathis11 April 19903 December 1992New Democracy
Theodoros Anagnostopoulos3 December 199213 October 1993New Democracy
Ioannis Charalambous13 October 19938 July 1994Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Theodoros Pangalos8 July 199415 September 1994Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Athanasios Tsouras15 September 199415 September 1995Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Evangelos Venizelos15 September 199522 January 1996Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Haris Kastanidis22 January 19962 September 1997Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Anastasios Mantelis2 September 199713 April 2000Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Christos Verelis13 April 200010 March 2004Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Michalis Liapis10 March 200419 September 2007New Democracy
Kostis Hatzidakis19 September 20078 January 2009New Democracy
Evripidis Stylianidis8 January 20097 October 2009New Democracy

Infrastructure, transport and networks (2009–2012)

NameTook officeLeft officePartyNotes
Dimitris Reppas7 October 200917 June 2011Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Giannis Ragousis17 June 201111 November 2011Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Makis Voridis11 November 201117 May 2012New Democracy
Simos Simopoulos17 May 201221 June 2012

Infrastructure and transport (since 2016)

Name Took officeLeft officePartyNotes
Christos Spirtzis5 November 20169 July 2019SyrizaSecond Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras
Kostas Karamanlis9 July 20191 March 2023New DemocracyResigned due to the Tempi train crash
Giorgos Gerapetritis1 March 202325 May 2023
John Gollias26 May 202326 June 2023NoneCaretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas
Christos Staikours27 June 2023New DemocracySecond Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Subordinate agencies

External links

Notes and References

  1. "Contact." Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks. Retrieved on 16 January 2013. "Addr 2, Anastaseos Str and Tsigante, Postal Code 101 91, Holargos (next to metro station "Ethniki Amina")" - Address in Greek: "Διεύθυνση Αναστάσεως 2 και Τσιγάντε, Τ.Κ 101 91, Παπάγου (δίπλα στη στάση του μετρό "Εθνική Άμυνα")"
  2. http://www.aaiasb.gr/en/aboutus/organization.html Organization