Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy (Greece)

The headquarters of the Ministry of Shipping at the Port of Piraeus.

The Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy is a government department of Greece.

History

It was founded as the Mercantile Marine Ministry (Υπουργείο Εμπορικής Ναυτιλίας) in 1936. On 19 September 2007, it was merged with the Ministry for the Aegean and Island Policy (Υπουργείο Αιγαίου και Νησιωτικής Πολιτικής) to form the Mercantile Marine, Aegean and Island Policy Ministry (Υπουγείο Εμπορικής Ναυτιλίας, Αιγαίου και Νησιωτικής Πολιτικής).^[1]^[2] The latter was abolished on 7 October 2009 and the shipping portfolio fell under the new Ministry of the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping. It was re-established as the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries (Υπουργείο Θαλάσσιων Υποθέσεων, Νήσων και Αλιείας) on 30 September 2010, but was again abolished on 27 June 2011 and merged with the Ministry of Regional Development and Competitiveness to form the Ministry of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping.^[3] It was re-established as the Ministry of Shipping and the Aegean on 21 June 2012.^[4]^[5] It was abolished on 26 January 2015, and merged into the Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism. It was then reestablished as the Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy on 23 September 2015 in the Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras.

List of Ministers for Mercantile Marine

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
Georgios Katsifaras	5 July 1982	5 June 1985	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Gerasimos Arsenis	5 June 1985	26 July 1985	Panhellenic Socialist Movement	Also Minister for National Economy and Finance
Efstathios Alexandris	26 July 1985	23 September 1987	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Evangelos Giannopoulos	23 September 1987	18 November 1988	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Vasileios Sarantitis	18 November 1988	17 March 1989	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Antonios Dedidakis	17 March 1989	2 July 1989	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Aristotelis Pavlidis	2 July 1989	12 October 1989	New Democracy	Coalition Government
Nikolaos Pappas	12 October 1989	11 April 1990		Caretaker government and National unity government
Konstantinos Mitsotakis	11 April 1990	1 October 1990	New Democracy
Aristotelis Pavlidis	1 October 1990	3 December 1992	New Democracy
Alexandros Papadongonas	3 December 1992	13 October 1993	New Democracy
Georgios Katsifaras	13 October 1993	22 January 1996	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Kosmas Sfyrios	22 January 1996	25 September 1996	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Stavros Soumakis	25 September 1996	13 April 2000	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Christos Papoutsis	13 April 2000	24 October 2001	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Georgios Anomeritis	24 October 2001	7 July 2003	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Georgios Paschalidis	7 July 2003	10 March 2004	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Manolis Kefalogiannis	10 March 2004	19 September 2007	New Democracy

List of Ministers for Mercantile Marine, the Aegean and Island Policy (2007–2009)

	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
	Georgios Voulgarakis	19 September 2007	13 September 2008	New Democracy	Resigned
	Anastasios Papaligouras	13 September 2008	7 October 2009	New Democracy

List of Ministers for the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping (2009–2010)

	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
	Louka Katseli	7 October 2009	7 September 2010	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
	Michalis Chrisochoidis	7 September 2010	30 September 2010	Panhellenic Socialist Movement

List of Ministers for Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries (2010–2011)

	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
	Giannis Diamantidis	30 September 2010	27 June 2011	Panhellenic Socialist Movement

List of Ministers for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping (2011–2012)

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Michalis Chrisochoidis	27 June 2011	7 March 2012	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Anna Diamantopoulou	7 March 2012	17 May 2012	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Yannis Stournaras	17 May 2012	21 June 2012

List of Ministers for Shipping and the Aegean

	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
	Konstantinos Mousouroulis	21 June 2012	25 June 2013	New Democracy
	Miltiadis Varvitsiotis	25 June 2013	27 January 2015	New Democracy

List of Alternate Ministers of Shipping and the Aegean

	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
	Thodoris Dritsas	27 January 2015	28 August 2015	Syriza
	Christos Zois	28 August 2015	23 September 2015	New Reformist Radical Reconstruction	Caretaker Cabinet

List of Ministers of Shipping and Island Policy

	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
	Thodoris Dritsas	23 September 2015	Incumbent	Syriza

External links

Ministry website, in Greek

References

↑ Κυβέρνησις ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ Α. ΚΑΡΑΜΑΝΛΗ Από 10.03.2004 έως 19.9.2007 (in Greek). Athens: General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
↑ Κυβέρνησις ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ Α. ΚΑΡΑΜΑΝΛΗ Από 19.9.2007 έως 7.10.2009 (in Greek). Athens: General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
↑ Κυβέρνησις ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΥ Α. ΠΑΠΑΝΔΡΕΟΥ Από 6.10.2009 έως 11.11.2011 (in Greek). Athens: General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
↑ Με 39 μέλη η κυβέρνηση του Αντώνη Σαμαρά. in.gr (in Greek). Athens. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
↑ Κυβέρνησις ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥ Κ. ΣΑΜΑΡΑ Από 21/06/2012 έως σήμερα (in Greek). Athens: General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 12 June 2014.

Current Cabinet of Greece

Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras

Deputy Prime Minister	Yannis Dragasakis

Ministers	Foreign Affairs: Nikos Kotzias Finance: Euclid Tsakalotos National Defence: Panos Kammenos Interior and Administrative Reconstruction: Panagiotis Kouroumblis Economy, Development and Tourism: Giorgos Stathakis Education, Research and Religious Affairs: Nikos Filis Environment and Energy : Panos Skourletis Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity: Georgios Katrougalos Justice, Transparency and Human Rights: Nikos Paraskevopoulos Health: Andreas Xanthos Infrastructure, Transport and Networks: Christos Spirtzis Shipping and Island Policy: Thodoris Dritsas Agricultural Development and Food: Evangelos Apostolou Culture and Sports: Aristides Baltas State: Nikos Pappas; Alekos Flambouraris (Governmental Coordination)

Alternate Ministers	Administrative Reform: Christophoros Vernardakis Public Order and Citizen Protection: Nikos Toskas Immigration Policy: Ioannis Mouzalas Tourism: Elena Kountoura Environment: Giannis Tsironis Finance: Tryfon Alexiadis; George Chouliarakis Education, Research and Religious Affairs: Sia Anagnostopoulou Research and Innovation: Kostas Fotakis Social Solidarity: Theano Fotiou Combating Unemployment: Rania Antonopoulos European Affairs: Nikos Xydakis National Defence: Dimitris Vitsas Corruption Issues: Dimitris Papangelopoulos Health: Pavlos Polakis Agricultural Development and Food: Markos Bolaris

Deputy Ministers	Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister for Governmental Coordination: Terence Quick Macedonia and Thrace: Maria Kollia-Tsaroucha Interior: Yannis Balafas Foreign Affairs: Ioannis Amanatidis; Dimitris Mardas Industry: Theodora Tzakri Infrastructure, Transport and Networks: Marina Chrissoveloni National Strategic Reference Framework Affairs: Alexis Haritsis Social Insurance: Anastasios Petropoulos Sports: Stavros Kontonis Education, Research and Religious Affairs: Theodosis Pelegrinis Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and Government Spokesperson: Olga Gerovassili

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