Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greece)

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic
Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών
File:Coat of Arms of Greece (Monochromatic).svg
Coat of arms of the Hellenic Republic
AppointerPrime Minister of Greece
Formation16 January 1822
Websitehttps://www.mfa.gr/en/
File:Attica 06-13 Athens 07 MFA Greece.jpg
Building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Athens

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

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).[1]

List of ministers for foreign affairs since 1974

Main article: List of foreign ministers of Greece
Photo Name Took office Left office Party
File:GEORGIOS MAVROS.jpg George Mavros 24 July 1974 9 October 1974 Centre Union
File:No image.png Dimitrios Bitsios 17 October 1974 20 November 1977 New Democracy
File:Papaligouras Panayiotis.jpg Panagiotis Papaligouras 29 November 1977 10 May 1978
File:Георгиос Раллис в Люксембурге (29-06-1981).jpg George Rallis 10 May 1978 10 May 1980
File:Mitsotakis 1992.jpg Konstantinos Mitsotakis 10 May 1980 21 October 1981
File:Yannis Charalambopoulos - 1985 (cropped).jpg Ioannis Charalambopoulos 21 October 1981 26 July 1985 PASOK
File:Karolos Papoulias.jpg Karolos Papoulias 26 July 1985 2 July 1989
File:No image.png Tzannis Tzannetakis 2 July 1989 12 October 1989 New Democracy
File:No image.png Georgios Papoulias 12 October 1989 23 November 1989 Independent
File:Flickr - Πρωθυπουργός της Ελλάδας - Αντώνης Σαμαράς - Angela Merkel - Επίσκεψη στην Αθήνα (15).jpg Antonis Samaras 23 November 1989 16 February 1990 New Democracy
File:No image.png Georgios Papoulias 16 February 1990 11 April 1990 Independent
File:Flickr - Πρωθυπουργός της Ελλάδας - Αντώνης Σαμαράς - Angela Merkel - Επίσκεψη στην Αθήνα (15).jpg Antonis Samaras 11 April 1990 14 April 1992 New Democracy
File:Mitsotakis 1992.jpg Konstantinos Mitsotakis 14 April 1992 7 August 1992
File:No image.png Michalis Papakonstantinou 7 August 1992 13 October 1993
File:Karolos Papoulias.jpg Karolos Papoulias 13 October 1993 22 January 1996 PASOK
File:TheodorosPangalos.jpg Theodoros Pangalos 22 January 1996 18 February 1999
File:Papandreou handover cropped.jpg George Papandreou 18 February 1999 13 February 2004
File:No image.png Tasos Giannitsis 13 February 2004 10 March 2004
File:Molyviatis.JPG Petros Molyviatis 10 March 2004 15 February 2006 New Democracy
File:Dora Bakoyannis-headshot.jpg Dora Bakoyannis 15 February 2006 7 October 2009
File:Papandreou handover cropped.jpg George Papandreou 7 October 2009 7 September 2010 PASOK
File:Dimitris droutsas.jpg Dimitris Droutsas 7 September 2010 17 June 2011
File:Επίσκεψη ΥΠΕΞ Σ. Λαμπρινίδη σε Λίβανο.jpg Stavros Lambrinidis 17 June 2011 11 November 2011
File:Stavros Dimas 2008 (cropped).jpg Stavros Dimas 11 November 2011 17 May 2012 New Democracy
File:Molyviatis.JPG Petros Molyviatis 17 May 2012 21 June 2012
File:Avramo1.jpg Dimitris Avramopoulos 21 June 2012 25 June 2013
File:Evangelos Venizelos 2014 (cropped).jpg Evangelos Venizelos 25 June 2013 27 January 2015 PASOK
File:Ministerial handover to Nikos Kotzias.jpg Nikos Kotzias 27 January 2015 27 August 2015 Syriza
File:Molyviatis.JPG Petros Molyviatis 28 August 2015 21 September 2015 New Democracy
File:Ministerial handover to Nikos Kotzias.jpg Nikos Kotzias 23 September 2015 20 October 2018 Syriza
File:Alexis Tsipras (07-12-2018) (cropped).jpg Alexis Tsipras (also PM) 20 October 2018 15 February 2019
File:Georgios Katrougalos in 2018.jpg Georgios Katrougalos 15 February 2019 9 July 2019
File:Dendias.jpg Nikos Dendias 9 July 2019 25 May 2023 New Democracy
File:Τελετή παράδοσης - παραλαβής στο Υπ. Εξωτερικών (26.05.2023) (μέρος α') - Handover ceremony of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs crop.jpg Vasilis Kaskarelis 25 May 2023 27 June 2023 Independent
File:Giorgos Gerapetritis March 2023.jpg Giorgos Gerapetritis 27 June 2023 present New Democracy

See also

References

  1. ↑ "OECD Development Co-operation Profiles". Retrieved 4 October 2023.

External links

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