The Ministry of Tourism () is the government department in charge of tourism in Greece. Established in 1989 and known between 2004 and 2009 as the Ministry of Touristic Development (), it was merged with the Ministry of Culture in October 2009 but re-established as a separate department in June 2012. It was subsequently subsumed under the Ministry of the Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism between January and September 2015 and the restructured Ministry of the Economy, Development and Tourism in September 2015, before being restored as a distinct ministry on 5 November 2016. The incumbent minister is Vasilis Kikilias of New Democracy.
List of ministers Touristic development (2004–2009) Name Took office Left office PartyDimitris Avramopoulos18 March 200415 February 2006 New DemocracyFani Palli-Petralia15 February 200619 September 2007Aris Spiliotopoulos19 September 20077 January 20098 January 20097 October 2009
Tourism (2012–2015) Name Took office Left office PartyOlga Kefalogianni21 June 201227 January 2015New Democracy
Tourism (alternates, 2015–2016) Name Took office Left office PartyElena Kountoura27 January 201527 August 2015Independent GreeksAlkistis Protopsalti28 August 201521 September 2015IndependentElena Kountoura23 September 20155 November 2016Independent Greeks
Tourism (since November 2016) Name Took office Left office PartyElena Kountoura5 November 20164 May 2019Independent Greeks (until 2019), Syriza (since 2019)Thanasis Theocharopoulos4 May 20199 July 2019Democratic Left (Syriza)Harry Theoharis9 July 201931 August 2021New DemocracyVasilis Kikilias31 August 202125 May 2023Ioanna Dretra26 May 202326 June 2023Caretaker, IndependentOlga Kefalogianni27 June 2023 nowND
See also Cabinet of Greece Greek National Tourism Organization Tourism in Greece
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