The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport ( el, Υπουργείο Υποδομών και Μεταφορών) is a government department of

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headquartered in

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. The current minister is

Kostas Karamanlis Konstantinos A. Karamanlis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Αλεξάνδρου Καραμανλής; born 14 September 1956), commonly known as Kostas Karamanlis ( el, Κώστας Καραμανλής, ), is a Greek politician who served as the ...

in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

History

The ministry is the successor of the old Ministry of Transport and Communications (Υπουργείο Μεταφορών και Επικοινωνιών), with which the public works portfolio of the

Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works The Ministry of the Environment, Urban Planning and Public Works of Greece ( el, Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος, Χωροταξίας και Δημοσίων Έργων, commonly abbreviated as ΥΠΕΧΩΔΕ). Following the electoral ...

was merged on 7 October 2009. A further merger with the Ministry of Development and Competitiveness created the Ministry of Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks on 21 June 2012, but this was reversed on 25 June 2013.

List of ministers

Ministers for Transport and Communications

Ministers for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks (2009–2012)

Minister for Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks (2012–2013)

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks (2013-2015)

Alternate Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks (2015)

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks (2015–2016)

Ministers for Infrastructure and Transport (since 2016)

Subordinate agencies

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References

External links

Ministry website
Infrastructure and Transport Transport organizations based in Greece Infrastructure and Transport

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