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Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Θρησκευμάτων Formed 1833 Preceding agency Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs Headquarters Athens , Greece Minister responsible Website www.minedu.gov.gr
The Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs (Greek : Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Θρησκευμάτων; Υ.ΠΑΙ.Θ. ) is a government department of Greece . One of the oldest ministries, established in 1833, it is responsible for running the country's education system and for supervising the religions in Greece . The incumbent minister is Niki Kerameus .
History [ ]
Years
Name
1833–1926
Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Education
1926–1949
Ministry of Religious Affairs and Education
1949–1955
Ministry of Religious Affairs and National Education
1955–2009
Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs
2009–2012
Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs
2012–2013
Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sport
2013–2015
Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
January–September 2015
Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs
2015–2019
Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs
2019–
Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
Current leadership [ ]
Minister for Education and Religious Affairs: Niki Kerameus
Deputy Minister (responsible for primary, secondary and special education): [el ]
Deputy Minister (responsible for higher education): [el ]
List of ministers [ ]
Ministers for National Education and Religious Affairs (1981–2009) [ ]
Ministers for Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs (2009–2012) [ ]
Ministers for Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sport (2012–2013) [ ]
Ministers for Education and Religious Affairs (2013–2015) [ ]
Name
Took Office
Left Office
Party
Notes
Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos
25 June 2013
10 June 2014
New Democracy
Coalition government
Andreas Loverdos
10 June 2014
27 January 2015
PASOK
Coalition government
Ministers for Culture, Education and Religious Affairs (2015) [ ]
Ministers for Education, Research and Religious Affairs (2015–2019) [ ]
Name
Took Office
Left Office
Party
Notes
Nikos Filis
23 September 2015
5 November 2016
Syriza
Coalition government
[el ]
5 November 2016
9 July 2019
Syriza
Coalition government
Minister for Education and Religious Affairs (since July 2019) [ ]
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External links [ ]
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