Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece)

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 11 November 2011 is the former European Commissioner Stavros Dimas. 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.

Ministers for Foreign Affairs since 1974

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 October 7, 2009 New Democracy
George Papandreou 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 Incumbent New Democracy

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