The Minister of State ( el, Υπουργός Επικρατείας) is a position within the Cabinet 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 ...

. There are currently two Ministers of State serving in the

Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis The Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in on 9 July 2019, following the Greek legislative election in July 2019. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of New Democracy, was sworn in as Prime Minister of Greece on 8 July. The government consists of ...

since 9 July 2019: Kyriakos Pierrakakis, who also serves as Minister for Digital Governance, and .

History

The position is a development of the Minister without Portfolio (Υπουργός άνευ χαρτοφυλακίου), renamed in 1991. It has no fixed functions, each minister's responsibilities is defined ''ad hoc'' by the Prime Minister in each cabinet. The most usual role is the supervision of the General Secretariat to the Prime Minister and the General Secretariat to the Government, as well as the General Secretariats of Information and of Media, which resulted from the breakup of the former Ministry for the Press and the Media. The Minister of State has hence often functioned as the government spokesman.

List of ministers

;Ministers without Portfolio *1918–1919: Emmanouil Repoulis *1918–1919: Alexandros Diomidis *1919–1920:

Andreas Michalakopoulos Andreas Michalakopoulos ( el, Ανδρέας Μιχαλακόπουλος; 17 May 1876, in Patras – 7 March 1938, in Athens) was an important liberal politician in the inter-war period who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 7 October 1924 ...

*1920–1922: Aristeidis Stergiadis *1921:

Spyridon Stais Spyridon Stais ( el, Σπυρίδων Στάης, 1859–1932) was a Greek politician from the island of Kythera. He studied physics and mathematics and served as a teacher in gymnasia (secondary schools) of Greece. He became active in politics i ...

*1921–1922: Charalampos Vozikis *1921–1922: Georgios Alexandropoulos *1922:

Nikolaos Triantafyllakos Nikolaos Triantafyllakos ( el, Νικόλαος Τριανταφυλλάκος) (8 November 1855, Tripoli - 16 September 1939) was a Prime Minister of Greece during a tumultuous time in Greek history in August/September 1922. He represented the p ...

*1922: Charalampos Vozikis *1922:

*1935:

Ioannis Metaxas Ioannis Metaxas (; el, Ιωάννης Μεταξάς; 12th April 187129th January 1941) was a Greek military officer and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Greece from 1936 until his death in 1941. He governed constitutionally for t ...

*1935: Petros K. Mavromichalis *1944: Georgios Sakalis (

Government-in-exile A government in exile (abbreviated as GiE) is a political group that claims to be a Sovereign state, country or semi-sovereign state's legitimate government, but is unable to exercise legal power and instead resides in a foreign country. Govern ...

) *1944: Anastasios Tavoularis ( Collaborationist government) *1944: Konstantinos Rentis (

) *1944:

Petros Rallis Petros, the original Greek and Coptic version of the name Peter, meaning "stone" or "rock", may refer to: People * Petros (given name) * Petros (surname) * Petros (footballer), Brazilian footballer Petros Matheus dos Santos Araújo (born 1989) ...

(

) *1944:

Spyridon Tsakopoulos Spyridon ( grc, Σπυρίδων; ell, Σπυρίδωνας) is a Greek male given name. It is often shortened to Σπύρος (''Spyros''), often Anglicised as Spyridon, Spyro or Spiro. Individuals bearing this name include: *Saint Spyridon, Or ...

(

) *1944:

Emmanouil Sophoulis Emmanouil ( el, Εμμανουήλ) is the Greek version of the name Emanuel. It may refer to: People *Emmanouil Antoniadis (1791–1863), revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence *Emmanouil Argyropoulos (1889–1913), Greek aviator *Emmanou ...

(

) *1944–1945:

Georgios Kartalis Georgios Kartalis ( el, Γεώργιος Καρτάλης, 1908–1957) was a Greek politician. Early life and political career Kartalis was born in Athens to a distinguished family from Volos. He went to school in Geneva and enrolled in the ET ...

*1944–1945:

Lampros Lamprianidis Lamprus or Lampros ( grc, Λάμπρος "shining", "distinguished" or "munificent") may refer to: Ancient Greece * Lamprus of Erythrae or Lamprus of Athens, fifth-century BC music teacher * Lamprus, the father of Leucippus. Biology * Lampros, a ...

*1945:

Georgios Sideris Georgios (, , ) is a Greek name derived from the word ''georgos'' (, , "farmer" lit. "earth-worker"). The word ''georgos'' (, ) is a compound of ''ge'' (, , "earth", "soil") and ''ergon'' (, , "task", "undertaking", "work"). It is one of the most ...

*1945–1946: Georgios Kafantaris *1945–1946:

Nikolaos Kazantzakis Nikolaos ( el, Νικόλαος, ') is a common Greek given name which means "Victor of People", a compound of νίκη '' nikē'' 'victory' and λαός laos' 'people'. The connotation is "people's champion" or "conqueror of people". The English ...

*1946:

Georgios Papandreou Georgios Papandreou ( ''Geórgios Papandréou''; 13 February 1888 – 1 November 1968) was a Greek politician, the founder of the Papandreou political dynasty. He served three terms as prime minister of Greece (1944–1945, 1963, 1964–196 ...

*1946:

Sofoklis Venizelos Sofoklis Venizelos (, also transliterated as Sophocles Venizelos) (3 November 1894 – 7 February 1964) was a Greek politician, who three times served as Prime Minister of Greece – in 1944 (in exile), 1950 and 1950–1951. Life and career Ve ...

*1946:

Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Panagiotis Kanellopoulos or Panayotis Kanellopoulos ( el, Παναγιώτης Κανελλόπουλος; 13 December 1902, in Patras, Achaea – 11 September 1986, in Athens) was a Greek writer, politician and Prime Minister of Greece. He w ...

*1946–1947: Apostolos Alexandris *1947:

Napoleon Zervas Napoleon Zervas ( el, Ναπολέων Ζέρβας; May 17, 1891 – December 10, 1957) was a Hellenic Army officer and resistance leader during World War II. He organized and led the National Republican Greek League (EDES), the second most signi ...

*1947:

*1947: Ioannis Politis *1947–1948: Dimitrios Lontos *1947–1948:

Georgios Melas Georgios (, , ) is a Greek name derived from the word ''georgos'' (, , "farmer" lit. "earth-worker"). The word ''georgos'' (, ) is a compound of ''ge'' (, , "earth", "soil") and ''ergon'' (, , "task", "undertaking", "work"). It is one of the most ...

*1948–1949: Michail Mavrogordatos *1948–1950: Michail Ailianos *1948–1949:

Konstantinos Rodopoulos Konstantinos or Constantinos (Κωνσταντίνος, ''Konstantínos'') is a Greek male given name. * Konstantinos (born 1972), occultist * Konstantinos "Kosta" Barbarouses (born 1990), New Zealand footballer * Konstantinos Chalkias (born ...

*1948–1950: Vasilios Stephanopoulos *1949: Alexandros Diomidis *1949–1950:

*1949:

Spyros Markezinis Spyridon "Spyros" Markezinis (or Markesinis; ; 22 April 1909 – 4 January 2000) was a Greek politician, longtime member of the Hellenic Parliament, and briefly the Prime Minister of Greece during the aborted attempt at metapolitefsi (democ ...

*1949: Emmanouil Loulakakis *1949–1950: Michail Mavrogordatos *1950: Grigorios Kasimatis *1950: Loukas Sakellaropoulos *1950:

Dimitrios Gontikas Dimitrios Gontikas or Gondikas ( el, Δημήτριος Γόντικας, 1888–1967) was a Greece, Greek politician and Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament. Biography Gontikas was born in the village of Magouliana in Arcadia (regional unit), Ar ...

*1950: Leon Makkas *1950: Manousos Voloudakis *1950: Leonidas Spais *1950: Stavros Kostopoulos *1950–1951:

*1950:

*1950: Efstathios Malamidas *1950–1951: Anastasios Vgenopoulos *1950: Gerasimos Vasiliadis *1950: Konstantinos Tsaldaris *1950: Georgios Lazanas *1950: Theodoros Desyllas *1950–1951: Emmanouil Kothris *1950:

*1950–1951: Ioannis Giannopoulos *1950–1951: Stylianos Choutas *1950–1951: Kosmas Alexandridis *1951–1952: Georgios Varvoutis *1951–1952: Ioannis Zigdis *1952:

*1952–1955:

Emmanouil Tsouderos Emmanouil Tsouderos ( el, Εμμανουήλ Τσουδερός, also transliterated as ''Emmanuel Tsouderos''; 19 July 1882 – 10 February 1956) was a political and financial figure of Greece. During World War II, he was the internationally r ...

*1952–1956: Georgios Exintaris *1956–1958: Grigorios Kasimatis *1963: Ioannis Giannopoulos *1963: Ioannis Toumpas *1963:

Stefanos Stefanopoulos Stefanos Stefanopoulos ( el, Στέφανος Στεφανόπουλος, 3 July 1898 – 4 October 1982) was a Greek politician, and served as Prime Minister of Greece from 1965 to 1966. Stefanopoulos was born in Pyrgos, Elis. He was a moder ...

*1964:

*1964: Michail Stephanidis *1964: Evangelos Arvanitakis *1964–1965: Pavlos Vardinogiannis *1964–1965: Ioannis Giannopoulos *1965: Anastasios Droulias *1965:

*1965–1966: Dimitrios Vourdoumpas *1965–1966: Alexandros Karathodoros *1965: Iakovos Diamantopoulos *1965–1966: Apostolos Pagkoutsos *1965–1966: Anastasios Droulias *1966: Emmanouil Loulakakis *1966: Georgios Igoumenakis *1966: Stamatios Manousis *1968–1971: Dimitrios Patilis *1970–1971: Loukas Patras *1970–1971: Nikolaos Ephesios *1971–1972: Emmanouil Fthenakis *1973–1974: Ilias Balopoulos *1977–1981:

Konstantinos Papakonstantinou Konstantinos or Constantinos (Κωνσταντίνος, ''Konstantínos'') is a Greek male given name. * Konstantinos (born 1972), occultist * Konstantinos "Kosta" Barbarouses (born 1990), New Zealand footballer * Konstantinos Chalkias (born 1 ...

*1977–1981: Georgios Kontogeorgis *1980: Ioannis Palaiokrassas *1980–1981: Stavros Dimas *1981–1982: Evangelos Kouloumpis *1984: Paraskevas Avgerinos *1984: Anastasios Peponis *1987–1989: Athanasios Philippopoulos *1988–1989: Christos Markopoulos *1988: Konstantinos Laliotis *1989: Emmanouil Kefalogiannis *1990–1991: Michail Theodorakis *1990–1991:

Ioannis Kefalogiannis Ioannis Kefalogiannis ( el, Ιωάννης Κεφαλογιάννης; 6 December 1933 – 20 January 2012) was a Greek politician who served as a Member of Parliament from 1958 to 1964, and again from 1974 to 2004. During this time he was brief ...

;Ministers of State *1991–1992: Michail Theodorakis *1991:

*1991–1992:

Tzannis Tzannetakis Tzannis Tzannetakis ( el, Τζαννής Τζαννετάκης) (13 September 1927 – 1 April 2010) was a Greek politician who was briefly Prime Minister of Greece during the political crisis of 1989. Biography Tzannetakis was born in Gythe ...

*1991–1992:

Athanasios Kanellopoulos Athanasios ( el, Αθανάσιος), also transliterated as Athnasious, Athanase or Atanacio, is a Greek male name which means "immortal". In modern Greek everyday use, it is commonly shortened to Thanasis (Θανάσης), Thanos (Θάνος), ...

*1992–1993:

Andreas Andrianopoulos Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. The name ...

*1995–1996: Antonios Livanis *1998–2000: Konstantinos Gitonas *2000–2001: Miltiadis Papaioannou *2001–2003: Stefanos Manikas *2003–2004: Alexandros Akrivakis *2004–2008: Theodoros Roussopoulos *2007: Xenophon-Rodolphos Moronis *2009–2011: Haris Pamboukis *2011: Ilias Mosialos *2011–2012: Georgios Stavropoulos *2011–2012: Pantelis Kapsis *2012: Antonios Argyros *2012–2015: *2015 (January–August): Panagiotis Nikoloudis,

Alekos Flambouraris Alekos Flambouraris ( el, Αλέκος Φλαμπουράρης) is a Greek politician who served as the Minister of State for Coordinating Government Operations in the second Tsipras cabinet. Political career Flambouraris "helped guide Mr T ...

and Nikos Pappas *2015 (August–September): Panagiotis Nikoloudis and Eleftherios Papageorgopoulos *2015–2019: Alekos Flambouraris *2015–2016: Nikos Pappas *2016–2019: Christoforos Vernardakis and

Dimitris Tzanakopoulos Dimitris Tzanakopoulos (Greek language, Greek: Δημήτρης Τζανακόπουλος; born 5 June 1982) is a Greek politician and a lawyer. He was a Minister of State & the Government Spokesperson of the Greece, Hellenic Republic (Greece) ...

*2019–present: Kyriakos Pierrakakis and *2021–present:

References

External links

Minister website

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