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Ministry of National Economy and Finance (Greece)

Ministry of National Economy and Finance
Υπουργείο Εθνικής Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών
Coat of arms of the Hellenic Republic
Incumbent Kostis Hatzidakis since 27 June 2023
Appointer	Prime Minister of Greece
Formation	June 27, 2023
Website	Ministry of Finance's Office

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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 HatzidakisofNew Democracy.

Minister's role[edit]

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[edit]

Finance (1967–2000)[edit]

Photo	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
	Adamantios Androutsopoulos	21 April 1967	25 August 1971		Greek military junta
	Ioannis Koulis	25 August 1971	23 November 1973		Greek military junta
	Yagos Pesmazoglou	26 July 1974	9 October 1974		National Unity Government
	Nikolaos Fotias	9 October 1974	21 November 1974		National Unity Government
	Evangelos Devletoglou	21 November 1974	28 November 1977	New Democracy
	Ioannis Boutos	28 November 1977	10 May 1978	New Democracy
	Athanasios Kanellopoulos	10 May 1978	10 May 1980	New Democracy
	Miltiadis Evert	10 May 1980	21 October 1981	New Democracy
	Manolis Drettakis	21 October 1981	28 June 1982	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
	Dimitrios Koulourianos	28 June 1982	9 September 1983	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
	Ioannis Pottakis	9 September 1983	27 March 1984	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
	Gerassimos Arsenis	27 March 1984	26 July 1985	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
	Dimitris Tsovolas	26 July 1985	2 July 1989	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
	Antonis Samaras	2 July 1989	12 October 1989	New Democracy	Coalition Government
	Georgios Agapitos	12 October 1989	23 November 1989		Caretaker Government
	Georgios Souflias	23 November 1989	13 February 1990	New Democracy	National Unity Government
	Georgios Agapitos	13 February 1990	11 April 1990		National Unity Government
	Ioannis Paleokrassas	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	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
	Alekos Papadopoulos	25 February 1994	25 September 1996	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
	Yiannos Papantoniou	25 September 1996	13 April 2000	Panhellenic Socialist Movement

Economy and finance (2000–2009)[edit]

Photo	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
	Yiannos Papantoniou	13 April 2000	24 October 2001	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
	Nikos Christodoulakis	24 October 2001	10 March 2004	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
	Georgios Alogoskoufis	10 March 2004	8 January 2009	New Democracy
	Yannis Papathanasiou	8 January 2009	4 October 2009	New Democracy

Finance (2009–2023)[edit]

Photo	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
	Giorgos Papakonstantinou	7 October 2009	17 June 2011	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
	Evangelos Venizelos	17 June 2011	21 March 2012	Panhellenic Socialist Movement	Concurrently Deputy Prime Minister of Greece. Resigned after election to the leadership of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement.
	Philippos Sachinidis	21 March 2012	17 May 2012	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
	Georgios Zanias	17 May 2012	5 July 2012	Independent	Caretaker Cabinet
	Yiannis Stournaras	5 July 2012	10 June 2014	Independent
	Gikas Hardouvelis	10 June 2014	27 January 2015	Independent
	Yanis Varoufakis	27 January 2015	6 July 2015	Syriza
	Euclid Tsakalotos	6 July 2015	27 August 2015	Syriza
	Giorgos Houliarakis	28 August 2015	21 September 2015	Independent	Caretaker Cabinet
	Euclid Tsakalotos	23 September 2015	9 July 2019	Syriza
	Christos Staikouras	9 July 2019	26 May 2023	New Democracy	First Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis
	Theodore Pelagidis	26 May 2023	27 June 2023	Independent	Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas

National economy and finance (since 2023)[edit]

Photo	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
	Kostis Hatzidakis	27 June 2023		New Democracy	Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis	Officially renamed on August 1, 2023

See also[edit]

• Bank of Greece

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Finance ministers of Greece.

• Official Site of the Ministry of Finance