Organization:Ministry of Rural Development and Food (Greece)
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| Ministry of Rural Development and Food
Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων | |
|---|---|
.svg) Coat of arms of the Hellenic Republic | |
 Eleutherios Agkenakes since 27 June 2023 | |
| Appointer | Prime Minister of Greece |
| Inaugural holder | Savvas Tsitouridis (Minister),
Evangelos Basiakos (Deputy Minister), Alexandros Kontos (Deputy Minister) |
| Formation | 2004 |
| Website | {{{1}}} |
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 Eleutherios Agkenakes of New Democracy.
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
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 | |
| 17 May 2012 | 21 June 2012 | Independent | |
| 21 June 2012 | 10 June 2014 | PASOK | |
| 10 June 2014 | 27 January 2015 | New Democracy |
Rural development and food (alternates, 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 |
Rural development and food (since September 2015)
| Name | Took office | Left office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evangelos Apostolou | 23 September 2015 | 29 August 2018 | Syriza | |
| 29 August 2018 | 9 July 2019 | |||
| Makis Voridis | 9 July 2019 | 5 January 2021 | New Democracy | |
| Spilios Livanos | 5 January 2021 | 7 February 2022 | ||
| 8 February 2022 | 25 May 2023 | |||
| George Tsakires | 26 May 2023 | 26 June 2023 | - | Caretaker |
| Eleutherios Avgkenakes | 27 June 2023 | New Democracy | Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
Agencies
- Plant Health Inspection Service[2]
- The Benaki Phytopathological Institute conducts research in plant protection and plant health. It was founded with a donation by Emmanouil Benakis and is named after him.[3]
References
External links
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