Ministry of Rural Development and Food (Greece)

The Ministry of Rural Development and Food (Greek: Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων) is the government department that oversees agriculture in Greece. The incumbent minister is Spilios Livanos of New Democracy.

Ministry of Rural Development and Food
Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων
Incumbent
Spilios Livanos

since 5 January 2021
AppointerPrime Minister of Greece
Inaugural holderSavvas Tsitouridis
Formation2004
Websitewww.minagric.gr/index.php/en/

History

The ministry was established in 2004 upon the inauguration of the First Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis, replacing the older Ministry of Agriculture.[1]

It was demoted to the level of a sub-ministry within the Ministry of Productive Reconstruction, the Environment and Energy in the First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras, before being restored as a full ministry in his second cabinet a few months later.

List of Ministers of Rural Development and Food (2004–2015)

Name Took Office Left Office Party
Savvas Tsitouridis 10 March 2004 23 September 2004 New Democracy
Evangelos Basiakos 23 September 2004 19 September 2007
Alexandros Kontos 19 September 2007 7 January 2009
Sotirios Hatzigakis 8 January 2009 7 October 2009
Katerina Batzeli 7 October 2009 7 September 2010 PASOK
Kostas Skandalidis 7 September 2010 17 May 2012
Napoleon Maravegias 17 May 2012 21 June 2012 Independent
Athanasios Tsaftaris 21 June 2012 10 June 2014 PASOK
Giorgos Karasmanis 10 June 2014 27 January 2015 New Democracy

List of Alternate Ministers of Rural Development and Food (January–September 2015)

Name Took Office Left Office Party
Evangelos Apostolou 27 January 2015 27 August 2015 Syriza
Dimitrios Melas 28 August 2015 21 September 2015 Independent

List of Ministers of Rural Development and Food (since September 2015)

Name Took Office Left Office Party
Evangelos Apostolou 23 September 2015 29 August 2018 Syriza
Stavros Arachovitis 29 August 2018 9 July 2019
Makis Voridis 9 July 2019 5 January 2021 New Democracy
Spilios Livanos 5 January 2021 Incumbent

References

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