Deputy Minister for Macedonia and Thrace
(Redirected from Minister Governor-General for Northern Greece)
The deputy minister for Macedonia and Thrace (Greek: Υφυπουργός Μακεδονίας και Θράκης) is the government minister in charge of Greece's Sub-Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace, part of the Ministry of the Interior.
| Deputy Minister for Macedonia and Thrace of the Hellenic Republic | |
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| Υφυπουργός Μακεδονίας και Θράκης | |
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| Appointer | Prime Minister of Greece |
| Inaugural holder | Nikolaos Martis |
| Formation | 1974 |
The department originated in the old Ministry of Northern Greece, which was renamed the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace on 19 August 1988.[1]
The ministry was abolished on 7 October 2009 and downgraded to a general secretariat within the Ministry of the Interior,[2][3] but was re-established on 21 June 2012.[4] On 27 January 2015, it was again demoted to a sub-ministry within the Ministry of the Interior.
List of ministers
editNorthern Greece (1974–1988)
edit| Name | Took office | Left office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolaos Martis | 21 November 1974 | 21 October 1977 | New Democracy |
| Dionysios Arbouzis | 21 October 1977 | 28 November 1977 | |
| Nikolaos Martis | 28 November 1977 | 21 October 1981 | |
| Vassilis Intzes | 21 October 1981 | 5 June 1985 | PASOK |
| Andreas Papandreou | 5 June 1985 | 26 July 1985 | |
| Giannis Papadopoulos | 26 July 1985 | 5 February 1987 | |
| Stelios Papathemelis | 5 February 1987 | 19 August 1988 |
Macedonia and Thrace (1988–2009)
edit| Name | Took office | Left office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stelios Papathemelis | 19 August 1988 | 2 July 1989 | PASOK |
| Panayiotis Chatzinikolaou | 2 July 1989 | 12 November 1989 | New Democracy |
| Ioannis Deligiannis | 12 November 1989 | 11 April 1990 | |
| Georgios Tzitzikostas | 11 April 1990 | 8 August 1991 | |
| Panayiotis Chatzinikolaou | 8 August 1991 | 13 October 1993 | |
| Constantinos Triaridis | 13 October 1993 | 22 October 1996 | PASOK |
| Philippos Petsalnikos | 22 October 1996 | 30 October 1998 | |
| Giannis Magriotis | 30 October 1998 | 4 April 2000 | |
| Georgios Paschalidis | 13 April 2000 | 7 July 2003 | |
| Charis Kastanidis | 7 July 2003 | 3 March 2004 | |
| Nikos Tsiartsionis | 10 March 2004 | 15 February 2006 | New Democracy |
| Georgios Kalantzis | 15 February 2006 | 19 September 2007 | |
| Margaritis Tzimas | 19 September 2007 | 8 January 2009 | |
| Stavros Kalafatis | 8 January 2009 | 7 October 2009 |
Macedonia and Thrace (2012–2015)
edit| Name | Took office | Left office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theodoros Karaoglou | 21 June 2012 | 10 June 2014 | New Democracy |
| Giorgos Orfanos | 10 June 2014 | 27 January 2015 |
List of deputy ministers for Macedonia and Thrace (since 2015)
edit| Name | Took office | Left office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Kollia-Tsaroucha | 27 January 2015 | 27 August 2015 | Independent Greeks |
| Filippos Tsalidis | 28 August 2015 | 21 September 2015 | Independent |
| Maria Kollia-Tsaroucha | 23 September 2015 | 29 August 2018 | Independent Greeks |
| Katerina Notopoulou | 29 August 2018 | 15 February 2019 | Syriza |
| Eleftheria Hatzigeorgiou | 15 February 2019 | 9 July 2019 | |
| Theodoros Karaoglou | 9 July 2019 | 5 January 2021 | New Democracy |
| Stavros Kalafatis | 5 January 2021 | 26 May 2023 | |
| Stathis Konstantinidis | 27 June 2023 | 14 June 2024 | |
| Kostas Gkioulekas | 14 June 2024 |
References
edit- ^ Ministerial Decision 704/19.8.1988
- ^ Presidential Decree 185/2009
- ^ Hekimoglou, Achilleas. Υπουργείο Μακεδονίας - Θράκης: Το τέλος ενός υπουργείου [Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace: The end of a ministry] (in Greek). To Vima. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- ^ Presidential Decree 85/2012