Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports (Greece)

The Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports (Greek: Υπουργείο Παιδείας, Θρησκευμάτων και Αθλητισμού) 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 Kyriakos Pierrakakis. Greece is one of the two countries that have not signed the Lisboa convention which has been ratified by all 47 member states of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg (2012).To this day, the independent department of professional recognition of academic degrees called ATEEN, still acts illegally against graduates of recognized open universities. In 2023, the Council of State published its decision against the ministry's actions of the discriminative non-recognition of degrees.

Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports
Υπουργείο Παιδείας, Θρησκευμάτων και Αθλητισμού

Agency overview
Formed	27 June 2023
Preceding agency	Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs
Jurisdiction	Government of Greece
Headquarters	Athens, Greece
Minister responsible	Kyriakos Pierrakakis, 27 June 2023
Website	www.minedu.gov.gr

History

Years	Name
1833-1862	On Religious Affairs and Public Education Secretary of State[1][circular reference]
1862–1926	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
2019–2023	Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
2023 -	Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports

Current leadership

• Minister for Education and Religious Affairs: Kyriakos Pierrakakis
  • Alternate Minister Giannis Vroutsis
    • Deputy Minister Ioanna Lytrivi

List of ministers

National education and religious affairs (1981–2009)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party
Eleftherios Veryvakis	21 October 1981	5 July 1982	PASOK
Apostolos Kaklamanis	5 July 1982	25 April 1986
Antonis Tritsis	25 April 1986	9 May 1988
Apostolos Kaklamanis	9 May 1988	22 June 1988
George Papandreou	22 June 1988	2 July 1989
Vasilis Kontogiannopoulos [el]	2 July 1989	12 October 1989	New Democracy
Konstantinos Despotopoulos	12 October 1989	23 November 1989	Independent
Costas Simitis	23 November 1989	13 February 1990	PASOK
Konstantinos Despotopoulos	13 February 1990	11 April 1990	Independent
Vasilis Kontogiannopoulos	11 April 1990	10 January 1991	New Democracy
Georgios Souflias	10 January 1991	13 October 1993
Dimitris Fatouros [el]	13 October 1993	8 July 1994
George Papandreou	8 July 1994	25 September 1996	PASOK
Gerasimos Arsenis	25 September 1996	13 April 2000
Petros Efthymiou	13 April 2000	10 March 2004
Marietta Giannakou	10 March 2004	19 September 2007	New Democracy
Evripidis Stylianidis	19 September 2007	8 January 2009
Aris Spiliotopoulos	8 January 2009	7 October 2009

Education, lifelong learning and religious affairs (2009–2012)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Anna Diamantopoulou	7 October 2009	7 March 2012	PASOK
Georgios Babiniotis	7 March 2012	17 May 2012	Independent	National unity government
Frosso Kiaou	17 May 2012	21 June 2012	Independent	Caretaker government

Education, religious affairs, culture and sport (2012–2013)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos [el]	21 June 2012	25 June 2013	New Democracy	Coalition government

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

Culture, education and religious affairs (2015)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Aristides Baltas	27 January 2015	27 August 2015	Syriza	Coalition government
Frosso Kiaou	28 August 2015	21 September 2015	Independent	Caretaker government

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
Kostas Gavroglou [el]	5 November 2016	9 July 2019	Syriza	Coalition government

Education and religious affairs (2019–2023)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Niki Kerameus	9 July 2019	26 May 2023	New Democracy	Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Christos Kittas	26 May 2023	26 June 2023	Independent	Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas

Education, religious affairs and sports (2023–present)

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Kyriakos Pierrakakis	26 May 2023		New Democracy	Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Deputy Ministers

• Alternate Minister John Oikonomou (until 2023)
• Domna Michaelides (until 2023)
• Zetta Makri [el] (2023 to 2024)

References

1. el:Επί των Εκκλησιαστικών και της Δημοσίας Εκπαιδεύσεως Γραμματεία της Επικράτειας

External links

• Ministry website