The Ministry of Justice () is the government department entrusted with the supervision of the legal and judicial system of Greece. The incumbent minister is Giorgos Floridis independent, formerly member of PASOK and Prefector of Kilkis.
It was founded as the State Secretariat for Justice () on 25 January 1833, and later known as the Ministry of Justice (Katharevousa: , Demotic: ). It was renamed the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights () in October 2009 under George Papandreou, but was restored to its previous name in July 2019 by Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
List of ministers Justice (1974–2009) Name Took office Left office Party Notes 24 July 1974 9 October 1974 New Democracy 9 October 1974 21 November 1974 21 November 1974 21 October 1977 21 October 1977 28 November 1977 28 November 1977 17 September 1981Solon Rangas 17 September 1981 21 October 1981Efstathios Alexandris 21 October 1981 5 July 1982 PASOK 5 July 1982 22 May 1984 22 May 1984 21 June 1984Georgios-Alexandros Mangakis 21 June 1984 9 May 1985 9 May 1985 5 June 1985Miltiadis Papaioannou 5 June 1985 26 July 1985Georgios-Alexandros Mangakis 26 July 1985 25 April 1986Apostolos Kaklamanis 25 April 1986 5 February 1987Eleftherios Veryvakis 5 February 1987 23 September 1987Menios Koutsogiorgas 23 September 1987 18 November 1988 18 November 1988 17 March 1989Ioannis Skoularikis 17 March 1989 2 June 1989 2 June 1989 2 July 1989 Independent Fotis Kouvelis 2 July 1989 12 October 1989 Greek Left Konstantinos Stamatis 12 October 1989 11 April 1990 Independent Caretaker government and national unity government 11 April 1990 8 August 1991 New Democracy Michalis Papakonstantinou 8 August 1991 7 August 1992Ioannis Varvitsiotis 7 August 1992 3 December 1992Anna Benaki-Psarouda 3 December 1992 14 September 1993 14 September 1993 13 October 1993 13 October 1993 10 February 1995 PASOK Anastasios Peponis 10 February 1995 15 September 1995 15 September 1995 22 January 1996Evangelos Venizelos 22 January 1996 30 August 1996Anargyros Fatouros 30 August 1996 25 September 1996Evangelos Giannopoulos 25 September 1996 20 March 2000 20 March 2000 13 April 2000 Independent 13 April 2000 24 October 2001 PASOK Filippos Petsalnikos 24 October 2001 10 March 2004Anastasios Papaligouras 10 March 2004 19 September 2007 New Democracy Sotirios Hatzigakis 19 September 2007 7 January 2009Nikos Dendias 8 January 2009 7 October 2009
Justice, transparency and human rights (2009–2019) Name Took office Left office Party NotesHaris Kastanidis7 October 200917 June 2011 PASOKCabinet of George PapandreouMiltiadis Papaioannou17 June 201117 May 2012National unity government from 11 NovemberChristos Geraris17 May 201221 June 2012IndependentPikrammenos caretaker cabinetAntonis Roupakiotis21 June 201225 June 2013Independent, proposed by DIMAR Samaras cabinet25 June 201327 January 2015New DemocracyNikos Paraskevopoulos27 January 201527 August 2015SyrizaFirst Tsipras cabinetDimitris Papangelopoulos28 August 201521 September 2015IndependentThanou caretaker cabinetNikos Paraskevopoulos23 September 20155 November 2016 Syriza Second Tsipras cabinetStavros Kontonis5 November 201629 August 201829 August 20189 July 2019
Justice (since July 2019) Name Took office Left office Party NotesKonstantinos Tsiaras9 July 201925 May 2023New DemocracyCabinet of Kyriakos MitsotakisPhilip Spyropoulos26 May 202326 June 2023IndependentCaretaker Cabinet of Ioannis SarmasGiorgos Floridis27 June 2023Independent, formerly PASOKSecond Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis
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