Ministry of Finance (Greece)

Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Finance
Υπουργείο Οικονομικών
	Coat of arms of the Hellenic Republic
	Incumbent; Christos Staikouras; since 9 July 2019
Appointer	Prime Minister of Greece
Inaugural holder	Stavros Kostopoulos
Formation	1950
Website	Ministry of Finance's Office

The Ministry of Finance (Greek: Υπουργείο Οικονομικών) is the government department responsible for Greece's public finances. The incumbent minister is Christos Staikouras of New Democracy.

Minister's role[]

View of the Hellenic Ministry of Finance from Othonos Street, Athens

According to Article 73 of the Constitution of Greece, any bills relating to pensions must be submitted by the Minister of Finance. According to Article 75 of the Constitution, any bill relating to expenditure or a reduction in revenue must not be introduced unless accompanied by a special report on the bill, signed by the Minister of Finance. Finally, according to Article 79 of the Constitution, the Minister of Finance must bring the budget before the Hellenic Parliament at least one month before the start of the fiscal year, for it to be voted on.^[1]

Lists of Ministers[]

List of Ministers of Finance (1967–2000)[]

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Adamantios Androutsopoulos	21 April 1967	25 August 1971		Greek military junta
	25 August 1971	23 November 1973		Greek military junta
	26 July 1974	9 October 1974		National Unity Government
	9 October 1974	21 November 1974		National Unity Government
	21 November 1974	28 November 1977	New Democracy
	28 November 1977	10 May 1978	New Democracy
	10 May 1978	10 May 1980	New Democracy
Miltiadis Evert	10 May 1980	21 October 1981	New Democracy
	21 October 1981	28 June 1982	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
	28 June 1982	9 September 1983	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
	9 September 1983	27 March 1984	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Gerassimos Arsenis	27 March 1984	26 July 1985	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Dimitris Tsovolas	26 July 1985	2 July 1989	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Antonis Samaras	2 July 1989	12 October 1989	New Democracy	Coalition Government
	12 October 1989	23 November 1989		Caretaker Government
Georgios Souflias	23 November 1989	13 February 1990	New Democracy	National Unity Government
	13 February 1990	11 April 1990		National Unity Government
Ioannis Paleokrassas	11 April 1990	7 August 1992	New Democracy
Stefanos Manos	7 August 1992	13 October 1993	New Democracy
Georgios Gennimatas	13 October 1993	25 February 1994	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Alekos Papadopoulos	25 February 1994	25 September 1996	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Yiannos Papantoniou	25 September 1996	13 April 2000	Panhellenic Socialist Movement

List of Ministers of Economy and Finance (2000–2009)[]

Name	Took office	Left office	Party
Yiannos Papantoniou	13 April 2000	24 October 2001	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Nikos Christodoulakis	24 October 2001	10 March 2004	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Georgios Alogoskoufis	10 March 2004	8 January 2009	New Democracy
Yannis Papathanasiou	8 January 2009	4 October 2009	New Democracy

List of Ministers of Finance (since 2009)[]

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Giorgos Papakonstantinou	7 October 2009	17 June 2011	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Evangelos Venizelos	17 June 2011	21 March 2012	Panhellenic Socialist Movement	Concurrently Deputy Prime Minister of Greece. Resigned after election to the leadership of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement.
Philippos Sachinidis	21 March 2012	17 May 2012	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Georgios Zanias	17 May 2012	5 July 2012	Independent	Caretaker Cabinet
Yiannis Stournaras	5 July 2012	10 June 2014	Independent
Gikas Hardouvelis	10 June 2014	27 January 2015	Independent
Yanis Varoufakis	27 January 2015	6 July 2015	Syriza
Euclid Tsakalotos	6 July 2015	27 August 2015	Syriza
Giorgos Houliarakis	28 August 2015	21 September 2015	Independent	Caretaker Cabinet
Euclid Tsakalotos	23 September 2015	9 July 2019	Syriza
Christos Staikouras	9 July 2019	Incumbent	New Democracy	Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis

References[]

^ "The Constitution of Greece". Centre for European Constitutional Law. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

External links[]

Official Site of the Ministry of Finance

[cecl-1] "The Constitution of Greece". Centre for European Constitutional Law. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

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