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 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 |
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 |
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Antonis Samaras (1st time) |
November 23, 1989 |
February 16, 1990 |
New Democracy |
Georgios Papoulias (2nd term) |
February 16, 1990 |
April 11, 1990 |
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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 |
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