Minister for Public Order (Greece)

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The Minister for Public Order of Greece is a government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry of Public Order.

The current minister is Byron Polydoras.

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[edit] Role of the Ministry

The role of the Ministry of Public Order is to:

  • Safeguard and maintain public order
  • Protect public and state security
  • Prevent fires, forest fires and patrol the countryside
  • Safeguard the country`s civil defence
  • Participate in the safeguarding of national defence in cooperation with the Armed Forces.

The Minister of Public Order implements public order policy whithin the context of overall government policy and guidelines. It also supervises, coordinates and controls activities of forces reporting to the Ministry and its internal services. He also supervises the Center for Security Studies, which is a legal entity of private law, based in Athens.

The Secretary General assists the Minister in performing his duties and carry out tasks stipulated by law and those assigned to him by the Minister.

[edit] List of Ministers for Public Order

Name Took Office Left Office Party
Solon Gikas July 24, 1974 January 5, 1976
Georgios Stamatis January 5, 1976 November 28, 1977
Anastasios Balkos November 28, 1977 May 10, 1980
Dimitrios Davakis May 10, 1980 September 17, 1981
Ioannis Katsadimas (as Acting Minister) September 17, 1981 October 21, 1981
Ioannis Skoularikis October 21, 1981 May 9, 1985 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Alexandros Floros (as Acting Minister) May 9, 1985 June 5, 1985
Athanasios Tsouras June 5, 1985 July 26, 1986 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Agamemnon Koutsogiorgas July 26, 1985 April 25, 1986 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Antonios Drosogiannis April 25, 1986 June 22, 1988 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Anastasios Sehiotis June 22, 1988 November 8, 1988
Georgios Petsos November 18, 1988 March 17, 1989
Apostolos Tsohatzopoulos March 17, 1989 June 2, 1989
Panagiotis Markopoulos (as Acting Minister) June 2, 1989 July 2, 1989
Ioannis Kefalogiannis July 2, 1989 October 12, 1989
Dimitrios Manikas October 12, 1989 April 11, 1990
Ioannis Vassiliadis April 11, 1990 August 8, 1991 New Democracy
Theodoros Anagnostopoulos August 8, 1991 December 3, 1992 New Democracy
Nikolaos Gelestathis December 3, 1992 September 14, 1993 New Democracy
Dimitrios Manikas (as Acting Minister) September 14, 1993 October 13, 1993
Stelios Papathemelis October 13, 1993 April 4, 1995 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Iosif Valyrakis April 4, 1995 January 22, 1996 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Kostas Geitonas January 22, 1996 August 30, 1996 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Konstantinos Beis August 30, 1996 September 25, 1996 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Georgios Romeos September 25, 1996 October 30, 1998 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Philippos Petsalnikos October 30, 1998 February 19, 1999 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Mihail Chrysohoidis February 19, 1999 March 10, 2004 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Georgios Voulgarakis March 10, 2004 February 15, 2006 New Democracy
Byron Polydoras February 15, 2006 Incumbent New Democracy

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