Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs

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The Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs (Greek: Υπουργείο Παιδείας, Έρευνας και Θρησκευμάτων) is a government department of Greece. One of the oldest ministries, established in 1833, it is responsible for running the country's education system and for supervising the religions in Greece. The minister is Nikos Filis.

History

Years Name
1833 - 1926 Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Education
1926 - 1949 Ministry of Religious Affairs and Education
1949 - 1955 Ministry of Religious Affairs and National Education
1955 - 2009 Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs
2009 - 2012 Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs
2012 - 2013 Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sport
2013 - 2015 Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
2015/1 - 2015/9 Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs
2015/9 - Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs

Current leadership

List of ministers

Ministers for National Education and Religious Affairs (1981–2009)

Name Took Office Left Office Party
Eleftherios Veryvakis 21 October 1981 5 July 1982 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Apostolos Kaklamanis 5 July 1982 25 April 1986 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Antonis Tritsis 25 April 1986 9 May 1988 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Apostolos Kaklamanis 9 May 1988 22 June 1988 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
George Papandreou (1st term) 22 June 1988 2 July 1989 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Vasileios Kontogiannopoulos 2 July 1989 12 October 1989 New Democracy
Konstantinos Despotopoulos 12 October 1989 23 November 1989 interim
Kostas Simitis 23 November 1989 13 February 1990 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Konstantinos Despotopoulos 13 February 1990 11 April, 1990 interim
Vasileios Kontogiannopoulos 11 April, 1990 10 January 1991 New Democracy
Georgios Souflias 10 January 1991 13 October 1993 New Democracy
Dimitrios Fatouros 13 October 1993 8 July 1994 New Democracy
George Papandreou (2nd term) 8 July 1994 25 September 1996 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Gerasimos Arsenis 25 September 1996 13 April 2000 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Petros Efthymiou 13 April 2000 10 March 2004 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Marietta Giannakou 10 March 2004 19 September 2007 New Democracy
Evripidis Stylianidis 19 September 2007 8 January 2009 New Democracy
Aris Spiliotopoulos 8 January 2009 7 October 2009 New Democracy

Ministers for Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs (2009–2012)

Name Took Office Left Office Party Notes
Anna Diamantopoulou 7 October 2009 7 March 2012 Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Georgios Babiniotis 7 March 2012 17 May 2012 Independent National unity government
Angeliki-Efrosini Kiaou 17 May 2012 21 June 2012 Independent Caretaker government

Ministers for Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sport (2012–2013)

Name Took Office Left Office Party Notes
Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos 21 June 2012 25 June 2013 New Democracy Coalition government

Ministers for Education and Religious Affairs (2013–2015)

Name Took Office Left Office Party Notes
Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos 25 June 2013 10 June 2014 New Democracy Coalition government
Andreas Loverdos 10 June 2014 27 January 2015 Panhellenic Socialist Movement Coalition government

Ministers for Culture, Education and Religious Affairs (January 2015–September 2015)

Name Took Office Left Office Party Notes
Aristides Baltas 27 January 2015 28 August 2015 Coalition of the Radical Left Coalition government
Frosso Kiaou 28 August 2015 23 September 2015 Independent Caretaker government

Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs (since September 2015)

Name Took Office Left Office Party Notes
Nikos Filis 23 September 2015 Incumbent Coalition of the Radical Left Coalition government

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