Minister for National Defence (Greece)


The Minister for National Defence of Greece is a government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry of National Defence. The current minister is Nikos Panagiotopoulos in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Ministers for National Defence since 1996

Name Took OfficeLeft Office Party
Akis Tsochatzopoulos24 September 199623 October 2001Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Yiannos Papantoniou23 October 200110 March 2004Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Spilios Spiliotopoulos10 March 200415 February 2006New Democracy
Evangelos Meimarakis15 February 20067 October 2009New Democracy
Evangelos Venizelos7 October 200917 June 2011Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panos Beglitis17 June 201111 November 2011Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Dimitris Avramopoulos11 November 201117 May 2012New Democracy
Frangoulis Frangos17 May 201221 June 2012Independent, former Chief of Army General Staff; caretaker cabinet
Panos Panagiotopoulos21 June 201225 June 2013New Democracy
Dimitris Avramopoulos25 June 20133 November 2014New Democracy
Nikos Dendias3 November 201427 January 2015New Democracy
Panos Kammenos27 January 201527 August 2015Independent Greeks
Ioannis Giangos28 August 201521 September 2015Independent, former Chief of National Defence General Staff; caretaker cabinet
Panos Kammenos23 September 201514 January 2019Independent Greeks
Evangelos Apostolakis14 January 20199 July 2019Independent, former Chief of National Defence General Staff
Nikos Panagiotopoulos9 July 2019IncumbentNew Democracy