Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace
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Not to be confused with the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace.
The Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace (Greek: Υπουργείο Μακεδονίας και Θράκης, ΥΜΑΘ) is a former ministry of Greece. Responsible for the regions of Macedonia and Thrace, since 2015 it has been demoted to the level of a sub-ministry within the Ministry of the Interior. The incumbent Deputy Minister for Macedonia and Thrace is Stavros Kalafatis [el] of New Democracy.
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Υπουργείο Μακεδονίας και Θράκης Ypourgeío Makedonías kai Thrákis | |
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Formed | 1912 (1912) |
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Headquarters | 32 Kassandrou Street 54633 Thessaloniki Greece 40°38′N 22°56′E |
Annual budget | € 12.35 million (2010)[2] € 21.23 million (2009)[2] |
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The ministry had been known as the Ministry of Northern Greece until it was renamed on 19 August 1988. It was demoted to a general secretariat in 2009, but was re-established as a ministry in 2012, and again demoted to a sub-ministry within the Ministry of the Interior on 27 January 2015. It is housed in Government House in Thessaloniki.