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 Office | Left Office | Party |
Akis Tsochatzopoulos | 24 September 1996 | 23 October 2001 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Yiannos Papantoniou | 23 October 2001 | 10 March 2004 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Spilios Spiliotopoulos | 10 March 2004 | 15 February 2006 | New Democracy |
Evangelos Meimarakis | 15 February 2006 | 7 October 2009 | New Democracy |
Evangelos Venizelos | 7 October 2009 | 17 June 2011 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Panos Beglitis | 17 June 2011 | 11 November 2011 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Dimitris Avramopoulos | 11 November 2011 | 17 May 2012 | New Democracy |
Frangoulis Frangos | 17 May 2012 | 21 June 2012 | Independent, former Chief of Army General Staff; caretaker cabinet |
Panos Panagiotopoulos | 21 June 2012 | 25 June 2013 | New Democracy |
Dimitris Avramopoulos | 25 June 2013 | 3 November 2014 | New Democracy |
Nikos Dendias | 3 November 2014 | 27 January 2015 | New Democracy |
Panos Kammenos | 27 January 2015 | 27 August 2015 | Independent Greeks |
Ioannis Giangos | 28 August 2015 | 21 September 2015 | Independent, former Chief of National Defence General Staff; caretaker cabinet |
Panos Kammenos | 23 September 2015 | 14 January 2019 | Independent Greeks |
Evangelos Apostolakis | 14 January 2019 | 9 July 2019 | Independent, former Chief of National Defence General Staff |
Nikos Panagiotopoulos | 9 July 2019 | Incumbent | New Democracy |