Post: | Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport |
Native Name: | Υπουργείο Υποδομών και Μεταφορών |
Insignia: | Coat of Arms of Greece (Monochromatic).svg |
Insigniasize: | 85px |
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.
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.
Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
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Nikolaos Gelestathis | 11 April 1990 | 3 December 1992 | New Democracy | |
Theodoros Anagnostopoulos | 3 December 1992 | 13 October 1993 | New Democracy | |
Ioannis Charalambous | 13 October 1993 | 8 July 1994 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
Theodoros Pangalos | 8 July 1994 | 15 September 1994 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
Athanasios Tsouras | 15 September 1994 | 15 September 1995 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
Evangelos Venizelos | 15 September 1995 | 22 January 1996 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
Haris Kastanidis | 22 January 1996 | 2 September 1997 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
Anastasios Mantelis | 2 September 1997 | 13 April 2000 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
Christos Verelis | 13 April 2000 | 10 March 2004 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
Michalis Liapis | 10 March 2004 | 19 September 2007 | New Democracy | |
Kostis Hatzidakis | 19 September 2007 | 8 January 2009 | New Democracy | |
Evripidis Stylianidis | 8 January 2009 | 7 October 2009 | New Democracy | |
Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dimitris Reppas | 7 October 2009 | 17 June 2011 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
Giannis Ragousis | 17 June 2011 | 11 November 2011 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
Makis Voridis | 11 November 2011 | 17 May 2012 | New Democracy | |
Simos Simopoulos | 17 May 2012 | 21 June 2012 | ||
Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes | |
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Christos Spirtzis | 5 November 2016 | 9 July 2019 | Syriza | Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras | |
Kostas Karamanlis | 9 July 2019 | 1 March 2023 | New Democracy | Resigned due to the Tempi train crash | |
Giorgos Gerapetritis | 1 March 2023 | 25 May 2023 | |||
John Gollias | 26 May 2023 | 26 June 2023 | None | Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas | |
Christos Staikours | 27 June 2023 | New Democracy | Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis |