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Revision as of 18:33, 26 August 2010
The Minister for Public Order of Greece was a government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry of Public Order.
On September 18, 2007, the government announced that the Ministry was being merged with the Ministry for the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation to form the Ministry for the Interior and Public Order.
Role of the Ministry
The role of the Ministry of Public Order was to:
- Safeguard and maintain public order
- Protect public and state security
- Prevent fires, forest fires and patrol the countryside
- Safeguard the country's civil defence
- Participate in the safeguarding of national defence in cooperation with the Armed Forces.
The Minister of Public Order implements public order policy within the context of overall government policy and guidelines. It also supervises, coordinates and controls activities of forces reporting to the Ministry and its internal services. He also supervises the Center for Security Studies, which is a legal entity of private law, based in Athens.
The Secretary General assists the Minister in performing his duties and carry out tasks stipulated by law and those assigned to him by the Minister.
List of Ministers for Public Order
| Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solon Gikas | July 24, 1974 | January 5, 1976 | ||
| Georgios Stamatis | January 5, 1976 | November 28, 1977 | ||
| Anastasios Balkos | November 28, 1977 | May 10, 1980 | ||
| Dimitrios Davakis | May 10, 1980 | September 17, 1981 | ||
| Ioannis Katsadimas (as Acting Minister) | September 17, 1981 | October 21, 1981 | ||
| Ioannis Skoularikis | October 21, 1981 | May 9, 1985 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
| Alexandros Floros (as Acting Minister) | May 9, 1985 | June 5, 1985 | ||
| Athanasios Tsouras | June 5, 1985 | July 26, 1986 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
| Agamemnon Koutsogiorgas | July 26, 1985 | April 25, 1986 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
| Antonios Drosogiannis | April 25, 1986 | June 22, 1988 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
| Anastasios Sehiotis | June 22, 1988 | November 8, 1988 | ||
| Georgios Petsos | November 18, 1988 | March 17, 1989 | ||
| Apostolos Tsohatzopoulos | March 17, 1989 | June 2, 1989 | ||
| Panagiotis Markopoulos (as Acting Minister) | June 2, 1989 | July 2, 1989 | ||
| Ioannis Kefalogiannis | July 2, 1989 | October 12, 1989 | ||
| Dimitrios Manikas | October 12, 1989 | April 11, 1990 | ||
| Ioannis Vassiliadis | April 11, 1990 | August 8, 1991 | New Democracy | |
| Theodoros Anagnostopoulos | August 8, 1991 | December 3, 1992 | New Democracy | |
| Nikolaos Gelestathis | December 3, 1992 | September 14, 1993 | New Democracy | |
| Dimitrios Manikas (as Acting Minister) | September 14, 1993 | October 13, 1993 | ||
| Stelios Papathemelis | October 13, 1993 | April 4, 1995 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
| Iosif Valyrakis | April 4, 1995 | January 22, 1996 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
| Kostas Geitonas | January 22, 1996 | August 30, 1996 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
| Konstantinos Beis | August 30, 1996 | September 25, 1996 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
| Georgios Romeos | September 25, 1996 | October 30, 1998 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
| Philippos Petsalnikos | October 30, 1998 | February 19, 1999 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
| Michalis Chrysohoidis | February 19, 1999 | March 10, 2004 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
| Georgios Voulgarakis | March 10, 2004 | February 15, 2006 | New Democracy | |
| Byron Polydoras | February 15, 2006 | September 19, 2007 | New Democracy |