# Ministry of the Interior (Greece)

The Ministry of the Interior (Greek: Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών) is a government department of Greece. On 15 September 1995, it was merged with the Ministry of the Prime Minister's Office (Υπουργείο Προεδρίας της Κυβέρνησης) to form the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization (Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών, Δημόσιας Διοίκησης και Αποκέντρωσης). On 19 September 2007, it was merged with the Ministry of Public Order and reverted to its original name. The merger was reversed on 7 October 2009, when the Ministry of the Interior, Decentralization and Electronic Governance (Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών, Αποκέντρωσης και Ηλεκτρονικής Διακυβέρνησης) was formed. On 27 June 2011, a separate Ministry of Administrative Reform and Electronic Governance was created, and the Ministry of the Interior again reverted to its original name. On 27 January 2015, the two were merged with the Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection to form the Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reorganization (Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών και Διοικητικής Ανασυγκρότησης). A separate Ministry of Administrative Reorganization was created on 5 November 2016, and the Ministry of the Interior reverted to its original name for the third time in a decade. A separate Ministry of Citizen Protection was also re-established on 29 August 2018. The Ministry of Administrative Reorganization was reabsorbed by the Ministry of the Interior on 9 July 2019.

## List of ministers
### Interior (1974–1995)

| Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
| Georgios Rallis | 24 July 1974 | 26 July 1974 | New Democracy | Karamanlis national unity government [el] |
| Christoforos Stratos | 26 July 1974 | 9 October 1974 | New Democracy | Karamanlis national unity government [el] |
| Panagiotis Zeppos | 9 October 1974 | 21 November 1974 | New Democracy | Karamanlis national unity government [el] |
| Konstantinos Stefanopoulos | 21 November 1974 | 10 September 1976 | New Democracy | |
| Ippokratis Iordanoglou [el] | 10 September 1976 | 21 October 1977 | New Democracy | |
| Georgios Mitsopoulos [el] | 21 October 1977 | 28 November 1977 | New Democracy | |
| Christoforos Stratos | 28 November 1977 | 17 September 1981 | New Democracy | |
| Georgios D. Daskalakis [el] | 17 September 1981 | 21 October 1981 | New Democracy | |
| Georgios Gennimatas | 21 October 1981 | 17 January 1984 | PASOK | |
| Menios Koutsogiorgas | 17 January 1984 | 22 May 1984 | PASOK | |
| Panagiotis Markopoulos | 22 May 1984 | 21 June 1984 | PASOK | |
| Menios Koutsogiorgas | 21 June 1984 | 9 May 1985 | PASOK | |
| Panagiotis Markopoulos | 9 May 1985 | 5 June 1985 | PASOK | |
| Menios Koutsogiorgas | 5 June 1985 | 5 February 1987 | PASOK | 26 July 1985 – 25 April 1986 also Minister for Public Order |
| Emmanouil Papastefanakis [el] | 5 February 1987 | 23 September 1987 | PASOK | |
| Akis Tsochatzopoulos | 23 September 1987 | 2 June 1989 | PASOK | 17 March 1989 – 2 June 1989 also Minister for Public Order |
| Panagiotis Markopoulos | 2 June 1989 | 2 July 1989 | PASOK | also Minister for Public Order |
| Nikos Konstantopoulos | 2 July 1989 | 12 October 1989 | Synaspismos | Tzannetakis coalition government [el] |
| Vassilios Skouris | 12 October 1989 | 23 November 1989 | Independent | Grivas caretaker government |
| Theodoros Katrivanos [el] | 23 November 1989 | 11 April 1990 | Independent | Zolotas national unity government |
| Sotirios Kouvelas | 11 April 1990 | 8 August 1991 | New Democracy | |
| Nikolaos Kleitos [el] | 8 August 1991 | 3 December 1992 | New Democracy | |
| Ioannis Kefalogiannis | 3 December 1992 | 14 September 1993 | New Democracy | |
| Ioannis Georgakis [el] | 14 September 1993 | 13 October 1993 | Independent | as interim minister for the 1993 election |
| Akis Tsochatzopoulos | 13 October 1993 | 8 July 1994 | PASOK | |
| Kostas Skandalidis | 8 July 1994 | 15 September 1995 | PASOK | |
* On 15 September 1995, the Ministry of the Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of the Interior were merged to become the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization.

### Interior, public administration and decentralization (1995–2007)

| Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
| Akis Tsochatzopoulos | 15 September 1995 | 30 August 1996 | PASOK | Third Papandreou cabinet until 22 January; First Simitis cabinet thereafter |
| Vassilios Skouris | 30 August 1996 | 25 September 1996 | Independent | as interim minister for the 1996 election |
| Alekos Papadopoulos | 25 September 1996 | 19 February 1999 | PASOK | Second Simitis cabinet |
| Vasso Papandreou | 19 February 1999 | 20 March 2000 | PASOK | Second Simitis cabinet |
| Georgios Koumantos [el] | 20 March 1999 | 13 April 2000 | Independent | as interim minister for the 2000 election |
| Vasso Papandreou | 13 April 2000 | 24 October 2001 | PASOK | Third Cabinet of Costas Simitis |
| Kostas Skandalidis | 24 October 2001 | 13 February 2004 | PASOK | Third Cabinet of Costas Simitis |
| Nikos Alivizatos | 13 February 2004 | 10 March 2004 | Independent | as interim minister for the 2004 election |
| Prokopis Pavlopoulos | 10 March 2004 | 24 August 2007 | New Democracy | First Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis |
| Spyridon Flogaitis | 24 August 2007 | 19 September 2007 | Independent | as interim minister for the 2007 election |
* On 19 September 2007, the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization was merged with the Ministry of Public Order to form the Ministry of the Interior.

### Interior (2007–2009)

| Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
| Prokopis Pavlopoulos | 19 September 2007 | 11 September 2009 | New Democracy | Second Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis |
| Spyridon Flogaitis | 11 September 2009 | 7 October 2009 | Independent | as interim minister for the 2009 election |

### Interior, decentralization and electronic governance (2009–2011)

| Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
| Giannis Ragousis | 7 October 2009 | 27 June 2011 | PASOK | Cabinet of George Papandreou |

### Interior (2011–2015)

| Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
| Haris Kastanidis | 27 June 2011 | 11 November 2011 | PASOK | Papandreou cabinet |
| Tasos Giannitsis | 11 November 2011 | 17 May 2012 | PASOK | Papademos national unity government |
| Antonis Manitakis | 17 May 2012 | 21 June 2012 | Independent | Pikrammenos caretaker government |
| Evripidis Stylianidis | 21 June 2012 | 25 June 2013 | New Democracy | Cabinet of Antonis Samaras |
| Giannis Michelakis [el] | 25 June 2013 | 10 June 2014 | New Democracy | Cabinet of Antonis Samaras |
| Argyris Dinopoulos [el] | 10 June 2014 | 31 December 2014 | New Democracy | Cabinet of Antonis Samaras |
| Michail Theocharidis [el] | 31 December 2014 | 27 January 2015 | Independent | as interim minister for the January 2015 election |

### Interior and administrative reorganization (2015–2016)

| Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
| Nikos Voutsis | 27 January 2015 | 28 August 2015 | Syriza | First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras |
| Antonis Manitakis | 28 August 2015 | 23 September 2015 | Independent | Thanou caretaker government |
| Panagiotis Kouroumblis | 23 September 2015 | 5 November 2016 | Syriza | Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras |

### Interior (since 2016)

| Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
| Panos Skourletis | 5 November 2016 | 29 August 2018 | Syriza | Second Tsipras cabinet |
| Alexis Haritsis | 29 August 2018 | 13 June 2019 | Syriza | Second Tsipras cabinet |
| Antonis Roupakiotis | 13 June 2019 | 9 July 2019 | Independent | As interim minister for the 2019 election |
| Takis Theodorikakos [el] | 9 July 2019 | 5 January 2021 | New Democracy | First Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
| Makis Voridis | 5 January 2021 | 23 April 2023 | New Democracy | First Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
| Calliope Spanou | 23 April 2023 | 27 June 2023 | Independent | As interim minister for the 2023 elections |
| Niki Kerameus | 27 June 2023 | 14 June 2024 | New Democracy | Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
| Thodoris Livanios | 14 June 2024 | Incumbent | New Democracy | Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis |