List of culture ministers of Greece

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This is a list of the culture ministers of Greece since 1971.

List of Ministers for Culture and Science, 1971–1985

# Surname Taking office Resignation Political party
1. Konstantinos Panagiotakis August 26, 1971 November 25, 1973
2. Dimitrios Tsakonas November 25, 1973 July 24, 1974
3. Konstantinos Tsatsos July 26, 1974 October 10, 1974
4th IM Panagiotopoulos October 10, 1974 November 21, 1974
5. Konstantinos Tripanis November 21, 1974 November 28, 1977 Nea Dimokratia
6th Georgios Plitas November 28, 1977 September 25, 1978 Nea Dimokratia
7th Dimitrios Nianias September 25, 1978 May 9, 1980 Nea Dimokratia
8th. Andreas Adrianopoulos May 10, 1980 October 19, 1981 Nea Dimokratia
9. Melina Mercouri October 21, 1981 July 26, 1985 Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima

List of Ministers for Culture and Sport, 1985–2009

# Surname Taking office Resignation Political party
Melina Mercouri July 26, 1985 July 1, 1989 Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima
10. Georgios Mylonas (1st term) July 2nd 1989 November 23, 1989 Nea Dimokratia
11. Sotiris Kouvelas November 23, 1989 February 12, 1990 Nea Dimokratia
Georgios Mylonas (2nd term) February 12, 1990 April 11, 1990 Nea Dimokratia
12. Tzannis Tzannetakis April 11, 1990 August 8, 1991 Nea Dimokratia
13. Anna Psarouda-Benaki August 8, 1991 3rd December 1992 Nea Dimokratia
14th Dora Bakogianni 3rd December 1992 October 13, 1993 Nea Dimokratia
Melina Mercouri (2nd term) October 13, 1993 March 6, 1994 Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima
15th Thanos Mikroutsikos March 16, 1994 January 22, 1996 Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima
16. Stavros Benos January 22, 1996 September 26, 1996 Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima
17th Evangelos Venizelos (1st term) September 26, 1996 February 19, 1999 Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima
18th Elisavet Papazoi February 19, 1999 April 13, 2000 Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima
19th Theodoros Pangalos April 13, 2000 November 20, 2000 Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima
Evangelos Venizelos (2nd term) November 20, 2000 March 10, 2004 Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima
20th Kostas Karamanlis March 10, 2004 February 15, 2006 Nea Dimokratia
21st Giorgos Voulgarakis February 15, 2006 September 19, 2007 Nea Dimokratia
22nd Michael Liapis September 19, 2007 January 8, 2009 Nea Dimokratia
23. Andonis Samaras January 8, 2009 October 7, 2009 Nea Dimokratia

List of Ministers for Culture and Tourism, 2009–2012

# Surname Taking office Resignation Political party
24. Pavlos Geroulanos October 7, 2009 17th May 2012 Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima
25th Tatiana Karapanagioti 17th May 2012 June 21, 2012 Non-party

Minister for Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sport, 2012–2013

# Surname Taking office Resignation Political party
26th Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos June 21, 2012 June 25, 2013 Nea Dimokratia

List of Ministers for Culture and Sport, 2013–2015

# Surname Taking office Resignation Political party
27. Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos June 25, 2013 June 10, 2014 Nea Dimokratia
28. Konstantinos Tasoulas June 10, 2014 January 27, 2015 Nea Dimokratia

List of Ministers for Culture, Education and Religious Affairs, 2015

# Surname Taking office Resignation Political party
29 Aristidis Baltas January 27, 2015 August 28, 2015 Syriza
30th Frosso Kiaou August 28, 2015 23rd September 2015 Non-party

List of Ministers for Culture and Sport, since 2015

# Surname Taking office Resignation Political party
Aristidis Baltas (2nd term) 23rd September 2015 5th November 2016 Syriza
31. Lydia Koniordou 5th November 2016 29th August 2018 Syriza
32. Myrsini Zorba 29th August 2018 July 9, 2019 Syriza
33. Lina Mendoni July 9, 2019 Non-party

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