The Ministry of Citizen Protection is a government department of Greece

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 responsible for the running of the country's security services, i.e. the Hellenic Police, the Hellenic Fire Service, the Hellenic Coast Guard

Hellenic Coast Guard

The Hellenic Coast Guard is the national coast guard of Greece. Like most other coast guards, it is a paramilitary organization that can support the Hellenic Navy in wartime, but resides under separate civilian control in times of peace...

, the Greek Agrarian Police, the Secretariat for Civil Defense, and the National Intelligence Service. The current minister is Christos Papoutsis

Christos Papoutsis

Christos Papoutsis is a Greek socialist politician, serving as the Minister for Citizen Protection as of September 7, 2010. Prior to his current office he has served as Minister of Mercantile Marine and European Commissioner responsible for Energy, EURATOM Supply Agency, SMEs, Tourism and...

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The ministry was established in 2009 and is a revival of the old Ministry of Public Order , which had been merged with the Ministry of the Interior in 2007 and reduced to a General Secretariat within the Ministry of the Interior and Public Order.

List of Ministers of Public Order (1974–1985)

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Solon Gikas	July 24, 1974	January 5, 1976
Georgios Stamatis	January 5, 1976	November 28, 1977
Anastasios Balkos	November 28, 1977	May 10, 1980
Dimitrios Davakis	May 10, 1980	September 17, 1981
Ioannis Katsadimas (as Acting Minister)	September 17, 1981	October 21, 1981
Ioannis Skoularikis	October 21, 1981	May 9, 1985	Panhellenic Socialist Movement Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...
Alexandros Floros (as Acting Minister)	May 9, 1985	June 5, 1985
Athanasios Tsouras	June 5, 1985	July 26, 1985	Panhellenic Socialist Movement Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...

List of Ministers of the Interior and Public Order (1985–1986)

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Agamemnon Koutsogiorgas	July 26, 1985	April 25, 1986	Panhellenic Socialist Movement Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...

List of Ministers of Public Order (1986–2007)

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Antonios Drosogiannis	April 25, 1986	June 22, 1988	Panhellenic Socialist Movement Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...
Anastasios Sechiotis	June 22, 1988	November 8, 1988
Georgios Petsos	November 18, 1988	March 17, 1989
Apostolos Tsochatzopoulos	March 17, 1989	June 2, 1989
Panagiotis Markopoulos (as Acting Minister)	June 2, 1989	July 2, 1989
Ioannis Kefalogiannis	July 2, 1989	October 12, 1989
Dimitrios Manikas	October 12, 1989	April 11, 1990
Ioannis Vassiliadis	April 11, 1990	August 8, 1991	New Democracy New Democracy (Greece) New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...
Theodoros Anagnostopoulos	August 8, 1991	December 3, 1992	New Democracy New Democracy (Greece) New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...
Nikolaos Gelestathis	December 3, 1992	September 14, 1993	New Democracy New Democracy (Greece) New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...
Dimitrios Manikas (as Acting Minister)	September 14, 1993	October 13, 1993
Stelios Papathemelis Stelios Papathemelis Stelios Papathemelis is a Greek politician and lawyer.-Early life:He was born in Thessaloniki on January, 1938. He studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.This man is Macedonian from village of Ossa, Langada, Thessaloniki, Macedonia .-Political career :He was elected for the first...	October 13, 1993	April 4, 1995	Panhellenic Socialist Movement Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...
Iosif Valyrakis	April 4, 1995	January 22, 1996	Panhellenic Socialist Movement Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...
Kostas Geitonas	January 22, 1996	August 30, 1996	Panhellenic Socialist Movement Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...
Konstantinos Beis	August 30, 1996	September 25, 1996	Panhellenic Socialist Movement Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...
Georgios Romeos	September 25, 1996	October 30, 1998	Panhellenic Socialist Movement Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...
Philippos Petsalnikos Philippos Petsalnikos Filippos Petsalnikos is a Greek politician who has served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament since 2009....	October 30, 1998	February 19, 1999	Panhellenic Socialist Movement Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...
Michalis Chrisochoidis	February 19, 1999	March 10, 2004	Panhellenic Socialist Movement Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...
Georgios Voulgarakis Georgios Voulgarakis Georgios Voulgarakis is a Greek politician and the former Minister for Mercantile Marine, Aegean Sea and Island Policy.Voulgarakis was born in Crete and holds a PhD in economics from the University of Athens. He is a member of the New Democracy party...	March 10, 2004	February 15, 2006	New Democracy New Democracy (Greece) New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...
Vyron Polydoras Vyron Polydoras Vyron Polydoras is a Greek politician who was the Minister for Public Order and Justice of Greece from 2006 to 2007 in the first Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis....	February 15, 2006	September 19, 2007	New Democracy New Democracy (Greece) New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...

List of Ministers of Citizen Protection (since 2009)

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Michalis Chrisochoidis	7 October 2009	7 September 2010	Panhellenic Socialist Movement Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...
Christos Papoutsis Christos Papoutsis Christos Papoutsis is a Greek socialist politician, serving as the Minister for Citizen Protection as of September 7, 2010. Prior to his current office he has served as Minister of Mercantile Marine and European Commissioner responsible for Energy, EURATOM Supply Agency, SMEs, Tourism and...	7 September 2010	Incumbent	Panhellenic Socialist Movement Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...

External links

• Ministry of Citizen Protection website