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Ministry of National Economy and Finance
Υπουργείο Εθνικής Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών
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Incumbent Kostis Hatzidakis since 27 June 2023
Appointer	Prime Minister of Greece

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The Ministry of National Economy and Finance (Greek: Υπουργείο Εθνικής Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών) is the government department responsible for Greece's public finances. The incumbent minister is Kostis Hatzidakis of New Democracy.

Minister's role

According to Article 73 of the Constitution of Greece, any bills relating to pensions must be submitted by the Minister of Finance. According to Article 75 of the Constitution, any bill relating to expenditure or a reduction in revenue must not be introduced unless accompanied by a special report on the bill, signed by the Minister of Finance. Finally, according to Article 79 of the Constitution, the Minister of Finance must bring the budget before the Hellenic Parliament at least one month before the start of the fiscal year, for it to be voted on.^[1]

Lists of ministers

Finance (1967–2002)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Adamantios Androutsopoulos	21 April 1967	25 August 1971		Military junta
Ioannis Koulis [el]	25 August 1971	23 November 1973		Military junta
Giangos Pesmazoglou [el]	26 July 1974	9 October 1974		National unity government of Konstantinos Karamanlis
Nikolaos Fotias [el]	9 October 1974	21 November 1974		National unity government of Konstantinos Karamanlis
Evangelos Devletoglou [el]	21 November 1974	28 November 1977	New Democracy
Ioannis Boutos [el]	28 November 1977	10 May 1978
Athanasios Kanellopoulos [el]	10 May 1978	10 May 1980
Miltiadis Evert	10 May 1980	21 October 1981
Manolis Drettakis [el]	21 October 1981	28 June 1982	PASOK
Dimitrios Koulourianos [el]	28 June 1982	9 September 1983
Ioannis Pottakis [el]	9 September 1983	27 March 1984
Gerasimos Arsenis	27 March 1984	26 July 1985
Dimitris Tsovolas	26 July 1985	2 July 1989
Antonis Samaras	2 July 1989	12 October 1989	New Democracy	Coalition government of Tzannis Tzannetakis
Georgios Agapitos	12 October 1989	23 November 1989		Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Grivas
Georgios Souflias	23 November 1989	13 February 1990	New Democracy	Ecumenical government of Xenophon Zolotas
Georgios Agapitos	13 February 1990	11 April 1990		Ecumenical government of Xenophon Zolotas
Ioannis Palaiokrassas	11 April 1990	7 August 1992	New Democracy
Stefanos Manos	7 August 1992	13 October 1993	New Democracy
Georgios Gennimatas	13 October 1993	25 February 1994	PASOK
Alekos Papadopoulos	25 February 1994	25 September 1996
Yiannos Papantoniou	25 September 1996	24 October 2001
Nikos Christodoulakis	24 October 2001	21 March 2002

National economy (1982–2002)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Gerasimos Arsenis	5 July 1982	26 July 1985	PASOK
Costas Simitis	26 July 1985	27 November 1987
Panagiotis Roumeliotis	27 November 1987	2 July 1989
Georgios Souflias	2 July 1989	12 October 1989	New Democracy	Coalition government of Tzannis Tzannetakis
Giorgos Kontogeorgis	12 October 1989	23 November 1989	New Democracy	Caretaker government of Ioannis Grivas
Georgios Gennimatas	23 November 1989	13 February 1990	PASOK	Ecumenical government of Xenophon Zolotas
Giorgos Kontogeorgis	13 February 1990	11 April 1990	New Democracy	Ecumenical government of Xenophon Zolotas
Georgios Souflias	11 April 1990	1 October 1990
Konstantinos Mitsotakis	1 October 1990	8 August 1991
Efthymios Christodoulou	8 August 1991	17 February 1992
Stefanos Manos	17 February 1992	13 October 1993
Georgios Gennimatas	13 October 1993	25 April 1994	PASOK	Died in office
Yiannos Papantoniou	6 May 1994	24 October 2001
Nikos Christodoulakis	24 October 2001	21 March 2002

Economy and finance (2002–2009)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Nikos Christodoulakis	21 March 2002	10 March 2004	PASOK	The national economy and finance ministries were officially amalgamated on 21 March 2002.^[2]
Georgios Alogoskoufis	10 March 2004	7 January 2009	New Democracy
Yannis Papathanasiou	8 January 2009	7 October 2009	New Democracy

Finance (2009–2023)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Giorgos Papakonstantinou	7 October 2009	17 June 2011	PASOK
Evangelos Venizelos	17 June 2011	21 March 2012		Coalition Cabinet of Lucas Papademos from 11 November 2011
Filippos Sachinidis	21 March 2012	17 May 2012		Coalition Cabinet of Lucas Papademos from 11 November 2011
George Zanias	17 May 2012	5 July 2012	Independent	Caretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos
Yannis Stournaras	5 July 2012	10 June 2014		Coalition Cabinet of Antonis Samaras
Gikas Hardouvelis	10 June 2014	27 January 2015		Coalition Cabinet of Antonis Samaras
Yanis Varoufakis	27 January 2015	6 July 2015	Syriza	First Coalition Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras
Euclid Tsakalotos	6 July 2015	27 August 2015	Syriza	First Coalition Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras
George Chouliarakis	28 August 2015	21 September 2015	Independent	Caretaker Cabinet of Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou
Euclid Tsakalotos	23 September 2015	9 July 2019	Syriza	Second Coalition Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras
Christos Staikouras	9 July 2019	26 May 2023	New Democracy
Theodore Pelagidis [el]	26 May 2023	27 June 2023	Independent	Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas

National economy and finance (since 2023)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Kostis Hatzidakis	27 June 2023	Incumbent	New Democracy	The ministry was officially renamed on 1 August 2023.^[3]

References

^ "The Constitution of Greece". Centre for European Constitutional Law. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
^ "Presidential Decree 81/2002, Government Gazette Αʹ 57" (in Greek). Athens: National Printing House. 21 March 2002. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
^ "Presidential Decree 82/2023, Government Gazette Αʹ 139" (in Greek). Athens: National Printing House. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

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Prime Minister: Kyriakos Mitsotakis National Economy and Finance: Kostis Hatzidakis Foreign Affairs: Giorgos Gerapetritis National Defence: Nikos Dendias Interior: Thodoris Livanios [el] Education, Religious Affairs and Sport: Kyriakos Pierrakakis Health: Adonis Georgiadis Infrastructure and Transport: Christos Staikouras Environment and Energy: Theodoros Skylakakis Development: Takis Theodorikakos [el] Labour and Social Security: Niki Kerameus Citizen Protection: Michalis Chrisochoidis Justice: Giorgos Floridis [el] Culture: Lina Mendoni Migration and Asylum: Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos Social Cohesion and the Family [el]: Sofia Zacharaki Rural Development and Food: Konstantinos Tsiaras Shipping and Island Policy: Christos Stylianides Tourism: Olga Kefalogianni Digital Governance: Dimitris Papastergiou [el] Climate Crisis and Civil Protection [el]: Vasilis Kikilias Ministers of State: Makis Voridis, Akis Skertsos [el] Government Spokesman: Pavlos Marinakis [el]