The Ministry of Culture and Sports ( el, Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού) is the
government department of
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
entrusted with preserving the country's
cultural heritage
Cultural heritage is the heritage of tangible and intangible heritage assets of a group or society that is inherited from past generations. Not all heritages of past generations are "heritage"; rather, heritage is a product of selection by soci ...
, promoting
the arts
The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both ...
, and overseeing
sport
Sport pertains to any form of Competition, competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and Skill, skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to specta ...
through the subordinate General Secretariat for Sports. The incumbent minister is
Lina Mendoni. The Deputy Minister for Modern Culture is
Nicholas Yatromanolakis
Nicholas Yatromanolakis (Greek language, Greek: Νικόλας Γιατρομανωλάκης, born: 1975) is a Greeks, Greek politician and political scientist. He is the current Ministry of Culture and Sports (Greece), Deputy Minister of Cultur ...
, and the Deputy Minister for Sports is .
History
This ministry was established in 1971 as the Ministry of Culture and Sciences () and it was renamed the Ministry of Culture () on 26 July 1985. On 7 October 2009, it was merged with the Ministry of Touristic Development to form the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (). It ceased to exist on 21 June 2012, when the
Ministry of Tourism The Minister of Tourism is the head of the governmental department that specializes in tourism, recreation and/or culture.
The position exists in many different countries under several names:
*Ministry of Tourism and Environment (Albania)
*Ministry ...
was re-established and the culture portfolio was absorbed by the
Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs to form the Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports. The Ministry of Culture and Sports was re-established on 25 June 2013. On 27 January 2015, it was again merged with the education ministry to form the Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs. On 23 September 2015, the culture and education portfolios were restored as separate ministries.
List of Ministers for Culture and Sciences (1971–1985)
List of Ministers for Culture (1985–2009)
List of Ministers for Culture and Tourism (2009–2012)
List of Ministers for Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports (2012–2013)
List of Ministers for Culture and Sports (2013–2015)
List of Ministers for Culture and Sports (since September 2015)
External links
Official website
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Culture and Sports
Lists of government ministers of Greece
Greek culture
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
1971 establishments in Greece
Greece, Culture and Tourism