The Ministry of National Economy and Finance () is the government department responsible for overseeing Greece's public finances. The current minister is Kyriakos Pierrakakis, a member of the Hellenic Parliament representing the Athens A constituency for the New Democracy party.
The ministry was established in August 2023 through a renaming and reorganization of the former Ministry of Finance under the Mitsotakis government. The restructured ministry now incorporates entities previously managed by the Ministry of Development.
Minister's role
According to Article 73 of the Constitution of Greece, any bills relating to pensions must be submitted by the Minister of Finance. According to Article 75 of the Constitution, any bill relating to expenditure or a reduction in revenue must not be introduced unless accompanied by a special report on the bill, signed by the Minister of Finance. Finally, according to Article 79 of the Constitution, the Minister of Finance must bring the budget before the Hellenic Parliament at least one month before the start of the fiscal year, for it to be voted on.
Lists of ministers Finance (1967–2002) Name Took office Left office Party NotesAdamantios Androutsopoulos21 April 196725 August 1971 Military junta25 August 197123 November 197326 July 19749 October 1974 National unity government of Konstantinos Karamanlis9 October 197421 November 197421 November 197428 November 1977 New Democracy 28 November 197710 May 197810 May 197810 May 1980Miltiadis Evert10 May 198021 October 198121 October 198128 June 1982 PASOK28 June 19829 September 19839 September 198327 March 1984Gerasimos Arsenis27 March 198426 July 1985Dimitris Tsovolas26 July 19852 July 1989Antonis Samaras2 July 198912 October 1989New DemocracyCoalition government of Tzannis TzannetakisGeorgios Agapitos12 October 198923 November 1989Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis GrivasGeorgios Souflias23 November 198913 February 1990New Democracy Ecumenical government of Xenophon ZolotasGeorgios Agapitos13 February 199011 April 1990Ioannis Palaiokrassas11 April 19907 August 1992 New Democracy Stefanos Manos7 August 199213 October 1993Georgios Gennimatas13 October 199325 February 1994 PASOKAlekos Papadopoulos25 February 199425 September 1996Yiannos Papantoniou25 September 199624 October 2001Nikos Christodoulakis24 October 200121 March 2002
National economy (1982–2002) Name Took office Left office Party NotesGerasimos Arsenis5 July 198226 July 1985 PASOK Costas Simitis26 July 198527 November 1987Panagiotis Roumeliotis27 November 19872 July 1989Georgios Souflias2 July 198912 October 1989 New DemocracyCoalition government of Tzannis TzannetakisGiorgos Kontogeorgis12 October 198923 November 1989Caretaker government of Ioannis GrivasGeorgios Gennimatas23 November 198913 February 1990PASOK Ecumenical government of Xenophon ZolotasGiorgos Kontogeorgis13 February 199011 April 1990 New DemocracyGeorgios Souflias11 April 19901 October 1990 Konstantinos Mitsotakis1 October 19908 August 1991Efthymios Christodoulou8 August 199117 February 1992Stefanos Manos17 February 199213 October 1993Georgios Gennimatas13 October 199325 April 1994 PASOKDied in officeYiannos Papantoniou6 May 199424 October 2001 Nikos Christodoulakis24 October 200121 March 2002
Economy and finance (2002–2009) Name Took office Left office Party NotesNikos Christodoulakis21 March 200210 March 2004PASOKThe national economy and finance ministries were officially amalgamated on 21 March 2002.Georgios Alogoskoufis10 March 20047 January 2009 New DemocracyYannis Papathanasiou8 January 20097 October 2009
Finance (2009–2023) Name Took office Left office Party NotesGiorgos Papakonstantinou7 October 200917 June 2011 PASOKEvangelos Venizelos17 June 201121 March 2012 Coalition Cabinet of Lucas Papademos from 11 November 2011Filippos Sachinidis21 March 201217 May 2012George Zanias17 May 20125 July 2012 IndependentCaretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis PikrammenosYannis Stournaras5 July 201210 June 2014 Coalition Cabinet of Antonis SamarasGikas Hardouvelis10 June 201427 January 2015Yanis Varoufakis27 January 20156 July 2015 Syriza First Coalition Cabinet of Alexis TsiprasEuclid Tsakalotos6 July 201527 August 2015George Chouliarakis28 August 2015IndependentCaretaker Cabinet of Vassiliki Thanou-ChristophilouEuclid Tsakalotos9 July 2019SyrizaSecond Coalition Cabinet of Alexis TsiprasChristos Staikouras9 July 201926 May 2023New DemocracyFirst Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis26 May 202327 June 2023IndependentCaretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas
National economy and finance (since 2023) Name Took office Left office Party NotesKostis Hatzidakis27 June 202315 March 2025 New Democracy Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis; the ministry was officially renamed on 1 August 2023. Kyriakos Pierrakakis 15 March 2025 Incumbent
See also Bank of Greece
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