The Ministry of the Environment and Energy ( el, Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας) is a

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responsible for

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and

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. It was created on 7 October 2009 as the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate Change to succeed 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 ...

. The incumbent minister is Kostas Skrekas of

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List of Ministers for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change (2009–2015)

List of Ministers for Productive Reconstruction, the Environment and Energy (2015)

List of Ministers of the Environment and Energy (since September 2015)

External links

Ministry website
Government of Greece Lists of government ministers of Greece

Government ministries of Greece {{environmental-agency-stub