The Ministry of Rural Development and Food (Greek: Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων) is the government department that oversees agricultureinGreece. The incumbent minister is Konstantinos TsiarasofNew Democracy.
Ministry of Rural Development and Food | |
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Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων | |
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Incumbent Konstantinos Tsiaras since 14 June 2024 | |
Appointer | Prime Minister of Greece |
Inaugural holder | Savvas Tsitouridis |
Formation | 2004 |
Website | www![]() |
The ministry was established in 2004 upon the inauguration of the First Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis, replacing the older Ministry of Agriculture.[1]
It was demoted to the level of a sub-ministry within the Ministry of Productive Reconstruction, the Environment and Energy in the First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras, before being restored as a full ministry in his second cabinet a few months later.
Name | Took office | Left office | Party |
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Savvas Tsitouridis | 10 March 2004 | 23 September 2004 | New Democracy |
Evangelos Basiakos | 23 September 2004 | 19 September 2007 | |
Alexandros Kontos | 19 September 2007 | 7 January 2009 | |
Sotirios Hatzigakis | 8 January 2009 | 7 October 2009 | |
Katerina Batzeli | 7 October 2009 | 7 September 2010 | PASOK |
Kostas Skandalidis | 7 September 2010 | 17 May 2012 | |
Napoleon Maravegias [el] | 17 May 2012 | 21 June 2012 | Independent |
Athanasios Tsaftaris [el] | 21 June 2012 | 10 June 2014 | PASOK |
Giorgos Karasmanis [el] | 10 June 2014 | 27 January 2015 | New Democracy |
Name | Took office | Left office | Party |
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Evangelos Apostolou | 27 January 2015 | 27 August 2015 | Syriza |
Dimitrios Melas | 28 August 2015 | 21 September 2015 | Independent |
Name | Took office | Left office | Party |
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Evangelos Apostolou | 23 September 2015 | 29 August 2018 | Syriza |
Stavros Arachovitis [el] | 29 August 2018 | 9 July 2019 | |
Makis Voridis | 9 July 2019 | 5 January 2021 | New Democracy |
Spilios Livanos | 5 January 2021 | 7 February 2022 | |
Georgios Georgantas [el] | 7 February 2022 | 26 May 2023 | |
Georgios Tsakiris [el] | 26 May 2023 | 27 June 2023 | Independent |
Lefteris Avgenakis [el] | 27 June 2023 | 14 June 2024 | New Democracy |
Konstantinos Tsiaras | 14 June 2024 | Incumbent |