Ministry of Justice
Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης
Incumbent
Giorgos Florides
since 27 June 2023
AppointerPrime Minister of Greece
Inaugural holderKonstantinos Papakonstantinou
Formation8 July 2019
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The Ministry of Justice (Greek: Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης) is the government department entrusted with the supervision of the legal and judicial system of Greece. The incumbent minister is Giorgos Floridis independent, formerly member of PASOK and Prefector of Kilkis.

It was founded as the State Secretariat for Justice (Ἡ ἐπὶ τῆς Δικαιοσύνης Γραμματεία τῆς Ἐπικρατείας) on 25 January 1833, and later known as the Ministry of Justice (Katharevousa: Ὑπουργεῖον Δικαιοσύνης, Demotic: Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης). It was renamed the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights (Greek: Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης, Διαφάνειας και Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων) in October 2009 under George Papandreou, but was restored to its previous name in July 2019 by Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

List of ministers

Justice (1974–2009)

Name Took office Left office Party Notes
Konstantinos Papakonstantinou24 July 19749 October 1974New DemocracyNational unity government
Georgios Oikonomopoulos9 October 197421 November 1974
Konstantinos Stefanakis21 November 197421 October 1977
Spyridon Gangas21 October 197728 November 1977
Georgios Stamatis28 November 197717 September 1981
Solon Rangas17 September 198121 October 1981
Efstathios Alexandris21 October 19815 July 1982PASOK
Georgios-Alexandros Mangakis5 July 198222 May 1984
Nikolaos Papantoniou22 May 198421 June 1984
Georgios-Alexandros Mangakis21 June 19849 May 1985
Konstantinos Kounougeris9 May 19855 June 1985
Miltiadis Papaioannou5 June 198526 July 1985
Georgios-Alexandros Mangakis26 July 198525 April 1986
Apostolos Kaklamanis25 April 19865 February 1987
Eleftherios Veryvakis5 February 198723 September 1987
Menios Koutsogiorgas23 September 198718 November 1988
Vasileios Rotis18 November 198817 March 1989
Ioannis Skoularikis17 March 19892 June 1989
Konstantinos Stamatis2 June 19892 July 1989Independent
Fotis Kouvelis2 July 198912 October 1989Greek LeftCoalition government
Konstantinos Stamatis12 October 198911 April 1990IndependentCaretaker government and national unity government
Athanasios Kanellopoulos11 April 19908 August 1991New Democracy
Michalis Papakonstantinou8 August 19917 August 1992
Ioannis Varvitsiotis7 August 19923 December 1992
Anna Benaki-Psarouda3 December 199214 September 1993
Georgios Plagianakos14 September 199313 October 1993
Georgios Kouvelakis13 October 199310 February 1995PASOK
Anastasios Peponis10 February 199515 September 1995
Ioannis Pottakis15 September 199522 January 1996
Evangelos Venizelos22 January 199630 August 1996
Anargyros Fatouros30 August 199625 September 1996
Evangelos Giannopoulos25 September 199620 March 2000
Dimitrios Gourgourakis20 March 200013 April 2000Independent
Michael Stathopoulos13 April 200024 October 2001PASOK
Filippos Petsalnikos24 October 200110 March 2004
Anastasios Papaligouras10 March 200419 September 2007New Democracy
Sotirios Hatzigakis19 September 20077 January 2009
Nikos Dendias8 January 20097 October 2009

Justice, transparency and human rights (2009–2019)

Name Took office Left office Party Notes
Haris Kastanidis 7 October 2009 17 June 2011 PASOK Cabinet of George Papandreou
Miltiadis Papaioannou 17 June 2011 17 May 2012 National unity government from 11 November
Christos Geraris 17 May 2012 21 June 2012 Independent Pikrammenos caretaker cabinet
Antonis Roupakiotis 21 June 2012 25 June 2013 Independent, proposed by DIMAR Samaras cabinet
Haralambos Athanasiou 25 June 2013 27 January 2015 New Democracy
Nikos Paraskevopoulos 27 January 2015 27 August 2015 Syriza First Tsipras cabinet
Dimitris Papangelopoulos 28 August 2015 21 September 2015 Independent Thanou caretaker cabinet
Nikos Paraskevopoulos 23 September 2015 5 November 2016 Syriza Second Tsipras cabinet
Stavros Kontonis 5 November 2016 29 August 2018
Michalis Kalogirou 29 August 2018 9 July 2019

Justice (since July 2019)

Name Took office Left office Party Notes
Konstantinos Tsiaras 9 July 2019 25 May 2023 New Democracy Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Philip Spyropoulos 26 May 2023 26 June 2023 Independent Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas
George Florides 27 June 2023 Independent, formely PASOK Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis
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