Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece)

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The Greek Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greek: Υπουργός Εξωτερικών) is the senior minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece. The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Dora Bakoyannis. The Minister is one of the most important members of the Greek cabinet, with responsibility for the relations between the Hellenic Republic and foreign states. The Deputy Ministers are Giannis Valinakis (2004), Evripidis Stylianidis (2004), and Theodoros Kassimis (2006).

[edit] Ministers for Foreign Affairs (1974-present)

Main article: List of foreign ministers of Greece

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
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	February 18, 1999	February 13, 2004	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Tassos Yiannitsis	February 13, 2004	March 10, 2004	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Petros Molyviatis	March 10, 2004	February 15, 2006	New Democracy
Dora Bakoyannis	February 15, 2006	Incumbent	New Democracy