The Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports () is a

government department Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level Executive (government), executive bodies in the Machinery of government, machinery of governments that manage a specific se ...

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

. 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.

History

Current leadership

* Minister for Education and Religious Affairs: Sofia Zacharaki ** Alternate Minister Giannis Vroutsis *** Deputy Minister Kostas Vlasis *** Deputy Minister Nikolaos Papaioannou

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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports Education, Religious Affairs & Sports Education, Religious Affairs & Sports

Government of Greece Education in Greece Religion in Greece Greece, Education, Religious Affairs & Sports 1833 establishments in Greece