The Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greek: Υπουργός Εξωτερικών) is the senior minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece, established on 3 April 1833. The current Minister for Foreign Affairs, since 27 January 2015, is the independent SYRIZA-nominated political theorist Nikos Kotzias, with responsibility for the relations between the Hellenic Republic and foreign states.
Ministers for Foreign Affairs since 1974
Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
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George Mavros | July 24, 1974 | October 9, 1974 | Center Union |
Dimitrios Bitsios | October 17, 1974 | November 20, 1977 | New Democracy |
Panayotis Papaligouras | November 29, 1977 | May 10, 1978 | New Democracy |
George Rallis | May 10, 1978 | May 9, 1980 | New Democracy |
Konstantinos Mitsotakis (1st term) | May 10, 1980 | October 21, 1981 | New Democracy |
Ioannis Charalambopoulos | October 21, 1981 | July 26, 1985 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Karolos Papoulias (1st term) | July 26, 1985 | July 2, 1989 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Tzannis Tzannetakis | July 3, 1989 | October 12, 1989 | New Democracy |
Georgios Papoulias (1st term) | October 12, 1989 | November 23, 1989 | |
Antonis Samaras (1st time) | November 23, 1989 | February 16, 1990 | New Democracy |
Georgios Papoulias (2nd term) | February 16, 1990 | April 11, 1990 | |
Antonis Samaras (2nd time) | April 11, 1990 | April 14, 1992 | New Democracy |
Konstantinos Mitsotakis (2nd term) | April 14, 1992 | August 7, 1992 | New Democracy |
Michalis Papakonstantinou | August 7, 1992 | October 13, 1993 | New Democracy |
Karolos Papoulias (2nd term) | October 13, 1993 | January 22, 1996 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Theodoros Pangalos | January 22, 1996 | February 18, 1999 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
George Papandreou (1st term) | February 18, 1999 | February 13, 2004 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Tassos Yiannitsis | February 13, 2004 | March 10, 2004 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Petros Molyviatis (1st term) | March 10, 2004 | February 15, 2006 | New Democracy |
Dora Bakoyannis | February 15, 2006 | October 7, 2009 | New Democracy |
George Papandreou (2nd term) | 7 October 2009 | 7 September 2010 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Dimitris Droutsas | 7 September 2010 | 17 June 2011 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Stavros Lambrinidis | 17 June 2011 | 11 November 2011 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Stavros Dimas | 11 November 2011 | May 17, 2012 | New Democracy |
Petros Molyviatis (2nd term) | May 17, 2012 | June 21, 2012 | New Democracy |
Dimitris Avramopoulos | June 21, 2012 | June 25, 2013 | New Democracy |
Evangelos Venizelos | June 25, 2013 | January 27, 2015 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Nikos Kotzias | 27 January 2015 | Incumbent | Coalition of the Radical Left |