Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greece)

The Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greek: Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών) is a government department of Greece, headed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The ministry has its headquarters in Athens.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic
Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών
Coat of arms of the Hellenic Republic
Incumbent Giorgos Gerapetritis since 27 June 2023
Appointer	Prime Minister of Greece
Formation	16 January 1822
Website	www.mfa.gr

The incumbent minister is Giorgos Gerapetritis in the Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

History

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was first established in 1822 by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus as the Secretariat for External Affairs. In 1844, it was officially designated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Athens

Leadership

• Minister for Foreign Affairs: Giorgos Gerapetritis
  • Deputy Minister: Alexandra Papadopoulou
  • Deputy Minister for Greeks abroad: Giorgos Kotsiras
  • Deputy Minister for economic diplomacy and extroversion: Tasos Chatzivasileiou

Official development assistance

Greece experienced a debt crisis and recession in the past decade that has resulted in significant cuts to official development assistance (ODA). Greece’s development co-operation consists primarily of multilateral expenditure, principally to European Union (EU) institutions, and in-donor refugee costs. According to the OECD, Greece’s total ODA (USD 305.4 million, preliminary data) decreased in 2022 due to a decrease in its bilateral and multilateral ODA. It represented 0.14% of gross national income (GNI).^[1]

List of ministers for foreign affairs since 1974

Main article: List of foreign ministers of Greece

Photo	Name	Took office	Left office	Party
	George Mavros	24 July 1974	9 October 1974	Centre Union
	Dimitrios Bitsios	17 October 1974	20 November 1977	New Democracy
	Panagiotis Papaligouras	29 November 1977	10 May 1978
	George Rallis	10 May 1978	10 May 1980
	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	10 May 1980	21 October 1981
	Ioannis Charalambopoulos	21 October 1981	26 July 1985	PASOK
	Karolos Papoulias	26 July 1985	2 July 1989
	Tzannis Tzannetakis	2 July 1989	12 October 1989	New Democracy
	Georgios Papoulias	12 October 1989	23 November 1989	Independent
	Antonis Samaras	23 November 1989	16 February 1990	New Democracy
	Georgios Papoulias	16 February 1990	11 April 1990	Independent
	Antonis Samaras	11 April 1990	14 April 1992	New Democracy
	Konstantinos Mitsotakis	14 April 1992	7 August 1992
	Michalis Papakonstantinou	7 August 1992	13 October 1993
	Karolos Papoulias	13 October 1993	22 January 1996	PASOK
	Theodoros Pangalos	22 January 1996	18 February 1999
	George Papandreou	18 February 1999	13 February 2004
	Tasos Giannitsis	13 February 2004	10 March 2004
	Petros Molyviatis	10 March 2004	15 February 2006	New Democracy
	Dora Bakoyannis	15 February 2006	7 October 2009
	George Papandreou	7 October 2009	7 September 2010	PASOK
	Dimitris Droutsas	7 September 2010	17 June 2011
	Stavros Lambrinidis	17 June 2011	11 November 2011
	Stavros Dimas	11 November 2011	17 May 2012	New Democracy
	Petros Molyviatis	17 May 2012	21 June 2012
	Dimitris Avramopoulos	21 June 2012	25 June 2013
	Evangelos Venizelos	25 June 2013	27 January 2015	PASOK
	Nikos Kotzias	27 January 2015	27 August 2015	Syriza
	Petros Molyviatis	28 August 2015	21 September 2015	New Democracy
	Nikos Kotzias	23 September 2015	20 October 2018	Syriza
	Alexis Tsipras (also PM)	20 October 2018	15 February 2019
	Georgios Katrougalos	15 February 2019	9 July 2019
	Nikos Dendias	9 July 2019	25 May 2023	New Democracy
	Vasilis Kaskarelis	25 May 2023	27 June 2023	Independent
	Giorgos Gerapetritis	27 June 2023	present	New Democracy

See also

• List of foreign ministers of Greece