Ministry of the Interior (Greece)

The Ministry of the Interior (Greek: Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών) is a government department of Greece. On 15 September 1995, it was merged with the Ministry of the Prime Minister's Office (Υπουργείο Προεδρίας της Κυβέρνησης) to form the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization (Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών, Δημόσιας Διοίκησης και Αποκέντρωσης). On 19 September 2007, it was merged with the Ministry of Public Order and reverted to its original name. The merger was reversed on 7 October 2009, when the Ministry of the Interior, Decentralization and Electronic Governance (Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών, Αποκέντρωσης και Ηλεκτρονικής Διακυβέρνησης) was formed. On 27 June 2011, a separate Ministry of Administrative Reform and Electronic Governance was created, and the Ministry of the Interior again reverted to its original name. On 27 January 2015, the two were merged with the Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection to form the Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reorganization (Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών και Διοικητικής Ανασυγκρότησης). A separate Ministry of Administrative Reorganization was created on 5 November 2016, and the Ministry of the Interior reverted to its original name for the third time in a decade. A separate Ministry of Citizen Protection was also re-established on 29 August 2018. The Ministry of Administrative Reorganization was reabsorbed by the Ministry of the Interior on 9 July 2019.

Ministry of the Interior

Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών
Headquarters of the Minister at Stadiou str.
Ministry overview
Formed	January 1822
Preceding Ministry	Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reorganization
Jurisdiction	Government of Greece
Headquarters	27 Stadiou street, Athens
Employees	1.474 (2024)
Annual budget	3.820.276.000 € (2025)
Minister responsible	Thodoris Livanios , Minister of Interior
Deputy Ministers responsible	Vassilis Spanakis , Deputy Minister for Local Government Kostas Gioulekas , Deputy Minister for Macedonia and Thrace Vivi Charalampogianni
Child agencies	Special Secretariat for the Protection of Pet Animals General Secretariat of Public Administration General Secretariat of Citizenship
Website	www.ypes.gr/en/

List of ministers

Interior (1974–1995)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Georgios Rallis	24 July 1974	26 July 1974	New Democracy	Karamanlis national unity government (el)
Christoforos Stratos	26 July 1974	9 October 1974
Panagiotis Zeppos	9 October 1974	21 November 1974
Konstantinos Stefanopoulos	21 November 1974	10 September 1976
Ippokratis Iordanoglou (el)	10 September 1976	21 October 1977
Georgios Mitsopoulos (el)	21 October 1977	28 November 1977
Christoforos Stratos	28 November 1977	17 September 1981
Georgios D. Daskalakis (el)	17 September 1981	21 October 1981
Georgios Gennimatas	21 October 1981	17 January 1984	PASOK
Menios Koutsogiorgas	17 January 1984	22 May 1984
Panagiotis Markopoulos	22 May 1984	21 June 1984
Menios Koutsogiorgas	21 June 1984	9 May 1985
Panagiotis Markopoulos	9 May 1985	5 June 1985
Menios Koutsogiorgas	5 June 1985	5 February 1987		26 July 1985 – 25 April 1986 also Minister for Public Order
Emmanouil Papastefanakis (el)	5 February 1987	23 September 1987
Akis Tsochatzopoulos	23 September 1987	2 June 1989		17 March 1989 – 2 June 1989 also Minister for Public Order
Panagiotis Markopoulos	2 June 1989	2 July 1989		also Minister for Public Order
Nikos Konstantopoulos	2 July 1989	12 October 1989	Synaspismos	Tzannetakis coalition government (el)
Vassilios Skouris	12 October 1989	23 November 1989	Independent	Grivas caretaker government
Theodoros Katrivanos (el)	23 November 1989	11 April 1990		Zolotas national unity government
Sotirios Kouvelas	11 April 1990	8 August 1991	New Democracy
Nikolaos Kleitos (el)	8 August 1991	3 December 1992
Ioannis Kefalogiannis	3 December 1992	14 September 1993
Ioannis Georgakis (el)	14 September 1993	13 October 1993	Independent	as interim minister for the 1993 election
Akis Tsochatzopoulos	13 October 1993	8 July 1994	PASOK
Kostas Skandalidis	8 July 1994	15 September 1995

• On 15 September 1995, the Ministry of the Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of the Interior were merged to become the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization.

Interior, public administration and decentralization (1995–2007)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Akis Tsochatzopoulos	15 September 1995	30 August 1996	PASOK	Third Papandreou cabinet until 22 January; First Simitis cabinet thereafter
Vassilios Skouris	30 August 1996	25 September 1996	Independent	as interim minister for the 1996 election
Alekos Papadopoulos	25 September 1996	19 February 1999	PASOK	Second Simitis cabinet
Vasso Papandreou	19 February 1999	20 March 2000
Georgios Koumantos (el)	20 March 1999	13 April 2000	Independent	as interim minister for the 2000 election
Vasso Papandreou	13 April 2000	24 October 2001	PASOK	Third Cabinet of Costas Simitis
Kostas Skandalidis	24 October 2001	13 February 2004
Nikos Alivizatos	13 February 2004	10 March 2004	Independent	as interim minister for the 2004 election
Prokopis Pavlopoulos	10 March 2004	24 August 2007	New Democracy	First Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis
Spyridon Flogaitis	24 August 2007	19 September 2007	Independent	as interim minister for the 2007 election

• On 19 September 2007, the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization was merged with the Ministry of Public Order to form the Ministry of the Interior.

Interior (2007–2009)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Prokopis Pavlopoulos	19 September 2007	11 September 2009	New Democracy	Second Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis
Spyridon Flogaitis	11 September 2009	7 October 2009	Independent	as interim minister for the 2009 election

Interior, decentralization and electronic governance (2009–2011)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Giannis Ragousis	7 October 2009	27 June 2011	PASOK	Cabinet of George Papandreou

Interior (2011–2015)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Haris Kastanidis	27 June 2011	11 November 2011	PASOK	Papandreou cabinet
Tasos Giannitsis	11 November 2011	17 May 2012		Papademos national unity government
Antonis Manitakis	17 May 2012	21 June 2012	Independent	Pikrammenos caretaker government
Evripidis Stylianidis	21 June 2012	25 June 2013	New Democracy	Cabinet of Antonis Samaras
Giannis Michelakis (el)	25 June 2013	10 June 2014
Argyris Dinopoulos (el)	10 June 2014	31 December 2014
Michail Theocharidis (el)	31 December 2014	27 January 2015	Independent	as interim minister for the January 2015 election

Interior and administrative reorganization (2015–2016)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Nikos Voutsis	27 January 2015	28 August 2015	Syriza	First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras
Antonis Manitakis	28 August 2015	23 September 2015	Independent	Thanou caretaker government
Panagiotis Kouroumblis	23 September 2015	5 November 2016	Syriza	Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras

Interior (since 2016)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Panos Skourletis	5 November 2016	29 August 2018	Syriza	Second Tsipras cabinet
Alexis Haritsis	29 August 2018	13 June 2019
Antonis Roupakiotis	13 June 2019	9 July 2019	Independent	As interim minister for the 2019 election
Takis Theodorikakos (el)	9 July 2019	5 January 2021	New Democracy	First Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Makis Voridis	5 January 2021	23 April 2023
Calliope Spanou	23 April 2023	27 June 2023	Independent	As interim minister for the 2023 elections
Niki Kerameus	27 June 2023	14 June 2024	New Democracy	Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Thodoris Livanios	14 June 2024	Incumbent