The Ministry of Culture and Sports (Greek: Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού) is the government department of Greece entrusted with preserving the country's cultural heritage, promoting the arts, and overseeing sport through the subordinate General Secretariat for Sports. The incumbent minister is Lina Mendoni. The Deputy Minister for Sports is Lefteris Avgenakis [el].
History
This ministry was established in 1971 as the Ministry of Culture and Sciences (Ὑπουργεῖον Πολιτισμοῦ καὶ Ἐπιστημῶν) and it was renamed the Ministry of Culture (Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού) on 26 July 1985. On 7 October 2009, it was merged with the Ministry of Touristic Development to form the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Τουρισμού). It ceased to exist on 21 June 2012, when the Ministry of Tourism was re-established and the culture portfolio was absorbed by the Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs to form the Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports. The Ministry of Culture and Sports was re-established on 25 June 2013. On 27 January 2015, it was again merged with the education ministry to form the Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs. On 23 September 2015, the culture and education portfolios were restored as separate ministries.
List of Ministers for Culture and Sciences (1971–1985)
List of Ministers for Culture (1985–2009)
List of Ministers for Culture and Tourism (2009–2012)
List of Ministers for Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports (2012–2013)
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Took Office
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Left Office
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26.
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Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos
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21 June 2012
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25 June 2013
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New Democracy
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List of Ministers for Culture and Sports (2013–2015)
List of Ministers for Culture and Sports (since September 2015)
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- Finance: Apostolos Vesyropoulos [el] (tax policy and public property)
- Finance: Georgios Zavvos [el] (financial system)
- Development and Investment: Giannis Tsakiris [el] (public investment and Partnership Agreement for the Development Framework)
- Development and Investment: Christos Dimas [el] (research and technology)
- Foreign Affairs: Kostas Frangogiannis [el] (economic diplomacy and extroversion)
- Foreign Affairs: Kostas Vlasis [el] (Greeks abroad)
- Citizen Protection: Eleftherios Oikonomou (anti-crime policy)
- Citizen Protection: Nikos Hardalias [el] (civil protection and crisis management)
- National Defence: Alkiviadis Stefanis
- Education and Religious Affairs: Sofia Zacharaki [el] (primary, secondary and special education)
- Education and Religious Affairs: Vasilis Digalakis [el] (higher education)
- Labor and Social Affairs: Panagiotis Tsakloglou [el] (social security)
- Labor and Social Affairs: Domna Michailidou (welfare and social solidarity)
- Health: Vasilis Kontozamanis [el]
- Health: Zoe Rapti (mental health)
- Environment and Energy: Nikos Tagaras [el] (environmental protection)
- Environment and Energy: Dimitris Oikonomou [el] (spatial planning and urban environment)
- Culture and Sports: Lefteris Avgenakis [el] (sports)
- Interior: Theodoros Livanios [el] (local government and elections)
- Interior: Theodoros Karaoglou [el] (Macedonia and Thrace)
- Digital Governance: Georgios Georgantas [el] (process simplification)
- Digital Governance: Grigoris Zarifopoulos [el] (digital strategy)
- Infrastructure and Transport: Giannis Kefalogiannis (transport)
- Agricultural Development and Food: Kostas Skrekas [el] (Common Agricultural Policy)
- Agricultural Development and Food: Fotini Arampatzi [el] (fisheries policy)
- Tourism: Manos Konsolas [el]
- Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister: Akis Skertsos [el] (government coordination)
- Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister: Stelios Petsas [el] (communication and information affairs and government spokesman)
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