The Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports ( el, Υπουργείο Παιδείας, Θρησκευμάτων και Αθλητισμού) is a

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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 ...

. One of the oldest ministries, established in 1833, it is responsible for running the country's

education system The educational system generally refers to the structure of all institutions and the opportunities for obtaining education within a country. It includes all pre-school institutions, starting from family education, and/or early childhood education ...

and for supervising the religions in Greece. The incumbent minister is Kyriakos Pierrakakis. Greece is one of the two countries that have not signed the Lisboa convention which has been ratified by all 47 member states of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg (2012).To this day, the independent department of professional recognition of academic degrees called ATEEN, still acts illegally against graduates of recognized open universities. In 2023, the Council of State published its decision against the ministry's actions of the discriminative non-recognition of degrees.

History

Current leadership

* Minister for Education and Religious Affairs: Kyriakos Pierrakakis ** Alternate Minister John Oikonomou *** Deputy Minister Zetta Makres *** Deputy Minister Domna Michaelides

List of ministers

National education and religious affairs (1981–2009)

Education, lifelong learning and religious affairs (2009–2012)

Education, religious affairs, culture and sport (2012–2013)

Education and religious affairs (2013–2015)

Culture, education and religious affairs (2015)

Education, research and religious affairs (2015–2019)

Education and religious affairs (2019–2023)

Education, religious affairs and sports (2023–present)

References

External links

Ministry website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Education, Research and Religious Affairs 1833 establishments in Greece

Government ministries of Greece Lists of government ministers of Greece Ministries established in 1833 Religion in Greece