Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports

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Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports
Υπουργείο Παιδείας, Θρησκευμάτων και Αθλητισμού
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Agency overview
FormedJuly 27, 2023 (2023-07-27)
Preceding agencies
  • Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs (2019 - 2023)
  • Ministry of Culture and Sports (2013 - 2023)
TypeMinistry
Jurisdiction Government of Greece
Headquarters37 Andrea Papandreou str., Marousi
Employees175.696 (2024) [1]
Annual budget6.606.000.000 € [2]
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
  • Giannis Vroutsis, for Sport (alternate minister)
  • Kostas Vlasis
  • Nikos Papaioannou, for higher education
Child agencies
  • General Secretariat for Religious Affairs
  • General Secretariat for Primary, Secondary and Special Education
  • General Secretariat for Higher Education
  • General Secretariat for Vocational Education, Training, Lifelong Learning and Youth
  • General Secretariat for Sports
Website www.minedu.gov.gr OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg


The Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports (Greek : Υπουργείο Παιδείας, Θρησκευμάτων και Αθλητισμού) is a government department of Greece. One of the oldest ministries, established in 1833, it is responsible for running the country's education system and for supervising the religions in Greece.

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History

YearsName
1833-1862 On Religious Affairs and Public Education Secretariat of State  [ el ] [3]
1862–1926Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Education
1926–1949Ministry of Religious Affairs and Education
1949–1955Ministry of Religious Affairs and National Education
1955–2009Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs
2009–2012Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs
2012–2013Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sport
2013–2015Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
January–September 2015Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs
2015–2019Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs
2019–2023Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
2023 -Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports


List of ministers

National education and religious affairs (1981–2009)

NameTook officeLeft officeParty
Eleftherios Veryvakis 21 October 19815 July 1982 PASOK
Apostolos Kaklamanis 5 July 198225 April 1986
Antonis Tritsis 25 April 19869 May 1988
Apostolos Kaklamanis9 May 198822 June 1988
George Papandreou 22 June 19882 July 1989
Vasilis Kontogiannopoulos  [ el ]2 July 198912 October 1989 New Democracy
Konstantinos Despotopoulos 12 October 198923 November 1989 Independent
Costas Simitis 23 November 198913 February 1990 PASOK
Konstantinos Despotopoulos13 February 199011 April 1990 Independent
Vasilis Kontogiannopoulos11 April 199010 January 1991 New Democracy
Georgios Souflias 10 January 199113 October 1993
Dimitris Fatouros  [ el ]13 October 19938 July 1994
George Papandreou8 July 199425 September 1996 PASOK
Gerasimos Arsenis 25 September 199613 April 2000
Petros Efthymiou 13 April 200010 March 2004
Marietta Giannakou 10 March 200419 September 2007 New Democracy
Evripidis Stylianidis 19 September 20078 January 2009
Aris Spiliotopoulos 8 January 20097 October 2009

Education, lifelong learning and religious affairs (2009–2012)

NameTook officeLeft officePartyNotes
Anna Diamantopoulou 7 October 20097 March 2012PASOK
Georgios Babiniotis 7 March 201217 May 2012 Independent National unity government
Frosso Kiaou 17 May 201221 June 2012Independent Caretaker government

Education, religious affairs, culture and sport (2012–2013)

NameTook officeLeft officePartyNotes
Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos  [ el ]21 June 201225 June 2013New Democracy Coalition government

Education and religious affairs (2013–2015)

NameTook officeLeft officePartyNotes
Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos25 June 201310 June 2014New DemocracyCoalition government
Andreas Loverdos 10 June 201427 January 2015PASOKCoalition government

Culture, education and religious affairs (2015)

NameTook officeLeft officePartyNotes
Aristides Baltas 27 January 201527 August 2015 Syriza Coalition government
Frosso Kiaou28 August 201521 September 2015Independent Caretaker government

Education, research and religious affairs (2015–2019)

NameTook officeLeft officePartyNotes
Nikos Filis 23 September 20155 November 2016Syriza Coalition government
Kostas Gavroglou  [ el ]5 November 20169 July 2019SyrizaCoalition government

Education and religious affairs (2019–2023)

NameTook officeLeft officePartyNotes
Niki Kerameus 9 July 201926 May 2023 New Democracy Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Christos Kittas26 May 202326 June 2023Independent Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas

Education, religious affairs and sports (2023–present)

NameTook officeLeft officePartyNotes
Kyriakos Pierrakakis 26 May 202315 March 2025New Democracy Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Sofia Zacharaki 15 March 2025New Democracy Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis

References

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