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Ministry of Justice (Greece)

Government ministry of Greece

Summary

Government ministry of Greece

Field	Value
name	Ministry of Justice
native_name	Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης
seal	Coat of Arms of Greece (Monochromatic).svg
seal_size	85px
formed	April 1833
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superseding2
agency_type	Ministry
jurisdiction	Government of Greece
headquarters	Athens
coordinates
employees	11.780 (2024)
budget	650.803.000 € (2025)
minister1_name	Giorgos Floridis
minister2_pfo
deputyminister1_name	Giannis Bougas
deputyminister2_pfo
chief1_name	Pelops Laskos
chief1_position	Secretary General
chief2_position
parent_agency_type
child1_agency	Forensic pathology service
child2_agency	National School of Judges
child3_agency	Society for the Protection of Minors
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website	https://ministryofjustice.gr/English/

Annual statistical data (el)

The Ministry of Justice () 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 () 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
	24 July 1974	9 October 1974	New Democracy
	9 October 1974	21 November 1974
	21 November 1974	21 October 1977
	21 October 1977	28 November 1977
	28 November 1977	17 September 1981
Solon Rangas	17 September 1981	21 October 1981
Efstathios Alexandris	21 October 1981	5 July 1982	PASOK
	5 July 1982	22 May 1984
	22 May 1984	21 June 1984
Georgios-Alexandros Mangakis	21 June 1984	9 May 1985
	9 May 1985	5 June 1985
Miltiadis Papaioannou	5 June 1985	26 July 1985
Georgios-Alexandros Mangakis	26 July 1985	25 April 1986
Apostolos Kaklamanis	25 April 1986	5 February 1987
Eleftherios Veryvakis	5 February 1987	23 September 1987
Menios Koutsogiorgas	23 September 1987	18 November 1988
	18 November 1988	17 March 1989
Ioannis Skoularikis	17 March 1989	2 June 1989
	2 June 1989	2 July 1989	Independent
Fotis Kouvelis	2 July 1989	12 October 1989	Greek Left
Konstantinos Stamatis	12 October 1989	11 April 1990	Independent	Caretaker government and national unity government
	11 April 1990	8 August 1991	New Democracy
Michalis Papakonstantinou	8 August 1991	7 August 1992
Ioannis Varvitsiotis	7 August 1992	3 December 1992
Anna Benaki-Psarouda	3 December 1992	14 September 1993
	14 September 1993	13 October 1993
	13 October 1993	10 February 1995	PASOK
Anastasios Peponis	10 February 1995	15 September 1995
	15 September 1995	22 January 1996
Evangelos Venizelos	22 January 1996	30 August 1996
Anargyros Fatouros	30 August 1996	25 September 1996
Evangelos Giannopoulos	25 September 1996	20 March 2000
	20 March 2000	13 April 2000	Independent
	13 April 2000	24 October 2001	PASOK
Filippos Petsalnikos	24 October 2001	10 March 2004
Anastasios Papaligouras	10 March 2004	19 September 2007	New Democracy
Sotirios Hatzigakis	19 September 2007	7 January 2009
Nikos Dendias	8 January 2009	7 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
	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
	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
Giorgos Floridis	27 June 2023		Independent, formerly PASOK	Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis

References

[https://minfin.gov.gr/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/%CE%9A%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82-%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%8B%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82-2025_%CE%9F%CE%95.pdf budget for 2025]

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