The Ministry of Citizen Protection ( el, Υπουργείο Προστασίας του Πολίτη) is the

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responsible for

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services, i.e. the

Hellenic Police The Hellenic Police ( el, Ελληνική Αστυνομία, ''Ellinikí Astynomía'', abbreviated ) is the national police service and one of the three security forces of the Hellenic Republic. It is a large agency with responsibilities ra ...

, the

Hellenic Fire Service The Hellenic Fire Service ( el, Πυροσβεστικό Σώμα, Pyrosvestiko Soma) is the national agency of Greece for fire and rescue service. It is part of the Ministry for Citizen Protection. (today the 15% of the strength). Volunteers ac ...

, Hellenic (Corrections) Prison System, the Agrarian Police and the General Secretariat for Civil Protection. The ministry existed until 2007 as the Ministry of Public Order ( el, Υπουργείο Δημόσιας Τάξης). On 19 September 2007, it was merged with the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization and reduced to a General Secretariat within the

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. On 7 October 2009, it was revived as the Ministry of Citizen Protection (Υπουργείο Προστασίας του Πολίτη) and was eventually renamed as the Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection on 21 June 2012. Following the electoral victory of

Syriza The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance ( el, Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς – Προοδευτική Συμμαχία, Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás – Proodeftikí Simachía), ...

in January 2015, it was subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction and was headed by an Alternate Minister (Αναπληρωτής Υπουργός). In August 2018, it was reorganized as an independent ministry and was revived as the Ministry of Citizen Protection (Υπουργείο Προστασίας του Πολίτη). The present incumbent is .

List of Ministers since 1974

Ministers for Public Order (1974–1985)

Ministers of the Interior and Public Order (1985–1986)

Ministers for Public Order (1986–2007)

Ministers for Citizen Protection (2009–2012)

Ministers for Public Order and Citizen Protection (2012–15)

Alternate Ministers for Public Order and Citizen Protection (2015–2018)

Ministers for Citizen Protection (since 2018)

External links

Ministry website
Government ministries of Greece Lists of government ministers of Greece Law enforcement in Greece

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