Ministry of the Environment and Energy (Greece)

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Ministry of the Environment and Energy
Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας
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Agency overview
FormedSeptember 2015
Preceding agency
  • Ministry of Productive Reconstruction, the Environment and Energy (Jan. - Sept. 2015)
TypeMinistry
Jurisdiction Greek government
Headquarters Athens
Employees3.348 (2024) [1]
815 (2016) [2]
Annual budget2.341.227.000 € (2025) [3]
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
  • Nikos Tagaras
  • Nikos Tsafos
Child agencies
  • General Secretariat for the Environment
  • General Secretariat for Spatial Planning and Urban Environment
  • General Secretariat for Energy and Mineral Resources
  • Special Secretariat for Water
Key document
  • Εstablishment of the Μinistry of the environment and energy [4]
Website ypen.gov.gr

The Ministry of the Environment and Energy (Greek : Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας) is a government department of Greece responsible for environmental and energy policy. It was created on 7 October 2009 as the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate Change to succeed the Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works. The incumbent minister is Theodoros Skylakakis of New Democracy.

Contents

List of ministers

Environment, energy and climate change (2009–2015)

NameTook officeLeft officePartyNotes
Tina Birbili 7 October 200917 June 2011 PASOK Cabinet of George Papandreou
Giorgos Papakonstantinou 17 June 201117 May 2012Cabinet of George Papandreou until 11 November 2011; Cabinet of Lucas Papademos thereafter
Gregory Tsaltas 17 May 201221 June 2012 Independent Caretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos
Evangelos Livieratos 21 June 201225 June 2013Independent, proposed by PASOKCoalition Cabinet of Antonis Samaras
Giannis Maniatis 25 June 201327 January 2015PASOK

Productive reconstruction, the environment and energy (2015)

NameTook officeLeft officePartyNotes
Panagiotis Lafazanis 27 January 201518 July 2015 Syriza First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras
Panos Skourletis 18 July 201527 August 2015
Ioannis Golias 28 August 201521 September 2015Independent Caretaker Cabinet of Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou

Environment and energy (since September 2015)

NameTook officeLeft officePartyNotes
Panos Skourletis 23 September 20155 November 2016Syriza Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras
Giorgos Stathakis 5 November 20169 July 2019
Kostis Hatzidakis 9 July 20195 January 2021 New Democracy Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Kostas Skrekas 5 January 202126 May 2023
Pantelis Kapros26 May 202327 June 25 2023Independent Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas
Theodoros Skylakakis 27 June 202314 March 2025 New Democracy Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Stavros Papastavrou 14 March 2025incumbent New Democracy Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis

References

  1. "ετήσια στατιστικά δεδομένα".
  2. "Πόσοι υπάλληλοι υπηρετούν ανά υπουργείο – Η «ακτινογραφία» του δημοσίου σε πίνακες" [How many employees serve per ministry - The "radiography" of the public sector in tables] (in Greek). 21 July 2016.
  3. budget for 2025
  4. "Προεδρικο διαταγμα υπ' αριθμ. 132" [Presidential Decree No. 132](PDF) (in Greek). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2022.