Minister of State (Greece)
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The Minister of State of Greece
is a Greek minister. The ministry was created on 10 March 2004 from the Ministry of the Press and the Media (Greece)
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The current minister is Georgios Stavropoulos.
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From 1974 to 1994, it functioned as the Secretariat General of Press and Information under the Ministry of the Presidency. In 1994, under Presidential Decree 181, it was consolidated as the Ministry of Press and Mass Media
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In 2004, the Ministry of Press and Mass Media was dissolved and two General Secretariats under the Prime Minister were established: The Secretariat General of Communication and the Secretariat General of Information, which incorporated the functions of the defunct ministry.
On 26 May 2004, the prime minister placed the two secretariats under the aegis of the Minister of State.
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is a Greek minister. The ministry was created on 10 March 2004 from the Ministry of the Press and the Media (Greece)
Minister for the Press and the Media (Greece)
The Minister for the Press and the Media of Greece was the government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry of the Press and the Media.The ministry is now defunct.-Ministers for the Press and the Media :...
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The current minister is Georgios Stavropoulos.
History
The ministry has its origins in the Department of Press and Tourism formed on 29 August 1936. Until 1974, the Department functioned in various organisational forms, such as General Directorate of Press and Information, the Department of Press and Information, the Ministry of Press and Information, either as a self-contained department, or under the Office of the Prime Minister, sometimes as part of the government presidency, and other times under the Ministry of Foreign AffairsMinistry of Foreign Affairs (Greece)
The Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a government agency of Greece. The Minister for Foreign Affairs controls the agency. The ministry has its headquarters in Athens.-External links:* *...
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From 1974 to 1994, it functioned as the Secretariat General of Press and Information under the Ministry of the Presidency. In 1994, under Presidential Decree 181, it was consolidated as the Ministry of Press and Mass Media
Minister for the Press and the Media (Greece)
The Minister for the Press and the Media of Greece was the government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry of the Press and the Media.The ministry is now defunct.-Ministers for the Press and the Media :...
.
In 2004, the Ministry of Press and Mass Media was dissolved and two General Secretariats under the Prime Minister were established: The Secretariat General of Communication and the Secretariat General of Information, which incorporated the functions of the defunct ministry.
On 26 May 2004, the prime minister placed the two secretariats under the aegis of the Minister of State.
List of Ministers of State
| Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theodoros Roussopoulos Theodoros Roussopoulos Theodoros Roussopoulos is a Greek politician. He was Minister of State and Government Spokesman from 7 March 2004 until 23 October 2008, as well as one of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis's closest aides.... |
10 March 2004 | 24 October 2008 | 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... |
| Prokopis Pavlopoulos Prokopis Pavlopoulos Prokopis K. Pavlopoulos is a Greek lawyer, university professor and politician. In 2004-2009 he was Minister for the Interior .-Academic career:Pavlopoulos studied at and was an... |
24 October 2008 | 6 October 2009 | 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... |
| Haris Pamboukis | 7 October 2009 | 17 June 2011 | 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... |
| Elias Mossialos | 17 June 2011 | 11 November 2011 | 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 Stavropoulos | 11 November 2011 | Incumbent | Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |