Minister for Public Order (Greece)

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

On September 18, 2007, the government announced that the Ministry was being merged with the Ministry for the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation to form the Ministry for the Interior and Public Order.

Role of the Ministry

The role of the Ministry of Public Order was 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 within 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.

List of Ministers for Public Order

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! width="20%"|Name ! width="10%"|Took Office! width="10%"|Left Office! width="18%"| Party
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Solon Gikas
July 24, 1974
January 5, 1976|
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Georgios Stamatis
January 5, 1976
November 28, 1977|
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Anastasios Balkos
November 28, 1977
May 10, 1980|
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Dimitrios Davakis
May 10, 1980
September 17, 1981|
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Ioannis Katsadimas (as Acting Minister)
September 17, 1981
October 21, 1981|
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Ioannis Skoularikis
October 21, 1981
May 9, 1985
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Alexandros Floros (as Acting Minister)
May 9, 1985
June 5, 1985|
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Athanasios Tsouras
June 5, 1985
July 26, 1986
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Agamemnon Koutsogiorgas
July 26, 1985
April 25, 1986
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Antonios Drosogiannis
April 25, 1986
June 22, 1988
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Anastasios Sehiotis
June 22, 1988
November 8, 1988|
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Georgios Petsos
November 18, 1988
March 17, 1989|
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Apostolos Tsohatzopoulos
March 17, 1989
June 2, 1989|
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Panagiotis Markopoulos (as Acting Minister)
June 2, 1989
July 2, 1989|
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Ioannis Kefalogiannis
July 2, 1989
October 12, 1989|
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Dimitrios Manikas
October 12, 1989
April 11, 1990|
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Ioannis Vassiliadis
April 11, 1990
August 8, 1991
New Democracy
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Theodoros Anagnostopoulos
August 8, 1991
December 3, 1992
New Democracy
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Nikolaos Gelestathis
December 3, 1992
September 14, 1993
New Democracy
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Dimitrios Manikas (as Acting Minister)
September 14, 1993
October 13, 1993|
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Stelios Papathemelis
October 13, 1993
April 4, 1995
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Iosif Valyrakis
April 4, 1995
January 22, 1996
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Kostas Geitonas
January 22, 1996
August 30, 1996
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Konstantinos Beis
August 30, 1996
September 25, 1996
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Georgios Romeos
September 25, 1996
October 30, 1998
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Philippos Petsalnikos
October 30, 1998
February 19, 1999
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Mihail Chrysohoidis
February 19, 1999
March 10, 2004
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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Georgios Voulgarakis
March 10, 2004
February 15 2006
New Democracy
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Byron Polydoras
February 15 2006
September 19 2007
New Democracy
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ee also

* Cabinet of Greece

External links

* [http://www.ydt.gr/main/Home.jsp?LanguageID=2 Webpage of the Ministry]