# Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greece)

The Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greek: Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών) is a government department of Greece, headed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The ministry has its headquarters in Athens.
The incumbent minister is Giorgos Gerapetritis in the Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

## History

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was first established in 1822 by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus as the Secretariat for External Affairs. In 1844, it was officially designated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

## Leadership

* Minister for Foreign Affairs: Giorgos Gerapetritis
** Deputy Minister: Alexandra Papadopoulou
** Deputy Minister for Greeks abroad: Giorgos Kotsiras
** Deputy Minister for economic diplomacy and extroversion: Tasos Chatzivasileiou

## Official development assistance

Greece experienced a debt crisis and recession in the past decade that has resulted in significant cuts to official development assistance (ODA). Greece’s development co-operation consists primarily of multilateral expenditure, principally to European Union (EU) institutions, and in-donor refugee costs. According to the OECD, Greece’s total ODA (USD 305.4 million, preliminary data) decreased in 2022 due to a decrease in its bilateral and multilateral ODA. It represented 0.14% of gross national income (GNI).

## List of ministers for foreign affairs since 1974

| Name | Took office | Left office | Party |
| George Mavros | 24 July 1974 | 9 October 1974 | Centre Union |
| Dimitrios Bitsios | 17 October 1974 | 20 November 1977 | New Democracy |
| Panagiotis Papaligouras | 29 November 1977 | 10 May 1978 | New Democracy |
| George Rallis | 10 May 1978 | 10 May 1980 | New Democracy |
| Konstantinos Mitsotakis | 10 May 1980 | 21 October 1981 | New Democracy |
| Ioannis Charalambopoulos | 21 October 1981 | 26 July 1985 | PASOK |
| Karolos Papoulias | 26 July 1985 | 2 July 1989 | PASOK |
| Tzannis Tzannetakis | 2 July 1989 | 12 October 1989 | New Democracy |
| Georgios Papoulias | 12 October 1989 | 23 November 1989 | Independent |
| Antonis Samaras | 23 November 1989 | 16 February 1990 | New Democracy |
| Georgios Papoulias | 16 February 1990 | 11 April 1990 | Independent |
| Antonis Samaras | 11 April 1990 | 14 April 1992 | New Democracy |
| Konstantinos Mitsotakis | 14 April 1992 | 7 August 1992 | New Democracy |
| Michalis Papakonstantinou | 7 August 1992 | 13 October 1993 | New Democracy |
| Karolos Papoulias | 13 October 1993 | 22 January 1996 | PASOK |
| Theodoros Pangalos | 22 January 1996 | 18 February 1999 | PASOK |
| George Papandreou | 18 February 1999 | 13 February 2004 | PASOK |
| Tasos Giannitsis | 13 February 2004 | 10 March 2004 | PASOK |
| Petros Molyviatis | 10 March 2004 | 15 February 2006 | New Democracy |
| Dora Bakoyannis | 15 February 2006 | 7 October 2009 | New Democracy |
| George Papandreou | 7 October 2009 | 7 September 2010 | PASOK |
| Dimitris Droutsas | 7 September 2010 | 17 June 2011 | PASOK |
| Stavros Lambrinidis | 17 June 2011 | 11 November 2011 | PASOK |
| Stavros Dimas | 11 November 2011 | 17 May 2012 | New Democracy |
| Petros Molyviatis | 17 May 2012 | 21 June 2012 | New Democracy |
| Dimitris Avramopoulos | 21 June 2012 | 25 June 2013 | New Democracy |
| Evangelos Venizelos | 25 June 2013 | 27 January 2015 | PASOK |
| Nikos Kotzias | 27 January 2015 | 27 August 2015 | Syriza |
| Petros Molyviatis | 28 August 2015 | 21 September 2015 | New Democracy |
| Nikos Kotzias | 23 September 2015 | 20 October 2018 | Syriza |
| Alexis Tsipras (also PM) | 20 October 2018 | 15 February 2019 | Syriza |
| Georgios Katrougalos | 15 February 2019 | 9 July 2019 | Syriza |
| Nikos Dendias | 9 July 2019 | 25 May 2023 | New Democracy |
| Vasilis Kaskarelis | 25 May 2023 | 27 June 2023 | Independent |
| Giorgos Gerapetritis | 27 June 2023 | present | New Democracy |