Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs
The Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs (Greek: Υπουργείο Παιδείας, Έρευνας και Θρησκευμάτων) 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 minister is Kostas Gabroglou.
History
Years | Name |
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1833 - 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 |
2015/1 - 2015/9 | Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs |
2015/9 - | Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs |
Duties
Is duty of Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs digitize, preserve and make them available and accessible public domain works for every citizen. Greece has millions of public domain works (books, pictures, music and films) that belongs to the public domain and since there is not restrictions or copyright on them and all these works can be accessed, copied and enjoyed by its citizen in order to accomplish human right of access to science and culture make more egalitarian access to culture in every country no matter the social status of the cirizens.[1][2]
Current leadership
- Minister of Education, Research and Religious Affairs: Kostas Gabroglou
- Alternate Minister of Education, Research and Religious Affairs: Kostas Fotakis
- Alternate Minister of Research and Innovation: Dimitris Baxevankis
- Deputy Minister of Education, Research and Religious Affairs: Kostadinos Zourakis
List of ministers
Ministers for National Education and Religious Affairs (1981–2009)
Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
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Eleftherios Veryvakis | 21 October 1981 | 5 July 1982 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Apostolos Kaklamanis | 5 July 1982 | 25 April 1986 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Antonis Tritsis | 25 April 1986 | 9 May 1988 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Apostolos Kaklamanis | 9 May 1988 | 22 June 1988 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
George Papandreou (1st term) | 22 June 1988 | 2 July 1989 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Vasileios Kontogiannopoulos | 2 July 1989 | 12 October 1989 | New Democracy |
Konstantinos Despotopoulos | 12 October 1989 | 23 November 1989 | interim |
Kostas Simitis | 23 November 1989 | 13 February 1990 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Konstantinos Despotopoulos | 13 February 1990 | 11 April 1990 | interim |
Vasileios Kontogiannopoulos | 11 April 1990 | 10 January 1991 | New Democracy |
Georgios Souflias | 10 January 1991 | 13 October 1993 | New Democracy |
Dimitrios Fatouros | 13 October 1993 | 8 July 1994 | New Democracy |
George Papandreou (2nd term) | 8 July 1994 | 25 September 1996 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Gerasimos Arsenis | 25 September 1996 | 13 April 2000 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Petros Efthymiou | 13 April 2000 | 10 March 2004 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Marietta Giannakou | 10 March 2004 | 19 September 2007 | New Democracy |
Evripidis Stylianidis | 19 September 2007 | 8 January 2009 | New Democracy |
Aris Spiliotopoulos | 8 January 2009 | 7 October 2009 | New Democracy |
Ministers for Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs (2009–2012)
Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Notes |
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Anna Diamantopoulou | 7 October 2009 | 7 March 2012 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
Georgios Babiniotis | 7 March 2012 | 17 May 2012 | Independent | National unity government |
Angeliki-Efrosini Kiaou | 17 May 2012 | 21 June 2012 | Independent | Caretaker government |
Ministers for Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sport (2012–2013)
Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Notes |
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Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos | 21 June 2012 | 25 June 2013 | New Democracy | Coalition government |
Ministers for Education and Religious Affairs (2013–2015)
Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Notes |
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Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos | 25 June 2013 | 10 June 2014 | New Democracy | Coalition government |
Andreas Loverdos | 10 June 2014 | 27 January 2015 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | Coalition government |
Ministers for Culture, Education and Religious Affairs (January 2015–September 2015)
Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Notes |
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Aristides Baltas | 27 January 2015 | 28 August 2015 | Coalition of the Radical Left | Coalition government |
Frosso Kiaou | 28 August 2015 | 23 September 2015 | Independent | Caretaker government |
Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs (since September 2015)
Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Notes |
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Nikos Filis | 23 September 2015 | 5 November 2016 | Coalition of the radical left | Coalition government |
Kostas Gabroglou | 5 November 2016 | Incumbent | Coalition of the Radical Left | Coalition government |