Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights

The Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights (Greek: Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης, Διαφάνειας και Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων) is the government department entrusted with the supervision of the legal and judicial system of Greece. Current minister is the independent Nikos Paraskevopoulos.

It was founded as the State Secretariat for Justice (Ἡ ἐπὶ τῆς Δικαιοσύνης Γραμματεία τῆς Ἐπικρατείας) in April 1833, and later known as the Ministry of Justice (Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης). It received its current name in October 2009 under prime minister George Papandreou.

List of Ministers of Justice (1974–2009)

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
Konstantinos Papakonstantinou	July 24, 1974	October 9, 1974	New Democracy	Government of National Unity
Konstantinos Stefanakis	November 21, 1974	October 21, 1977	New Democracy
Spyridon Yaggas	October 21, 1977	November 28, 1977	New Democracy
Georgios Stamatis	November 28, 1977	September 17, 1981	New Democracy
Solon Raggas	September 17, 1981	October 21, 1981	New Democracy
Efstathios Alexandris	October 21, 1981	July 5, 1982	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Georgios-Alexandros Mangakis	July 5, 1982	May 22, 1984	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Nikolaos Papantoniou	May 22, 1984	June 21, 1984	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Georgios-Alexandros Mangakis	June 21, 1984	May 9, 1985	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Konstantinos Kounougeris	May 9, 1985	June 5, 1985	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Miltiadis Papaioannou	June 5, 1985	July 26, 1985	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Georgios-Alexandros Mangakis	July 26, 1985	April 25, 1986	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Apostolos Kaklamanis	April 25, 1986	February 5, 1987	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Eleftherios Verivakis	February 5, 1987	September 23, 1987	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Menios Koutsogiorgas	September 23, 1987	November 18, 1988	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Vasilios Rotis	November 18, 1988	March 17, 1989	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Yiannis Skoularikis	March 17, 1989	June 2, 1989	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Konstantinos Stamatis	June 2, 1989	July 2, 1989	Independent
Fotis Kouvelis	July 2, 1989	October 12, 1989	Greek Left
Konstantinos Stamatis	October 12, 1989	April 11, 1990	Independent
Athanasios Kanellopoulos	April 11, 1990	August 8, 1991	New Democracy
Michael Papakonstantinou	August 8, 1991	August 7, 1992	New Democracy
Ioannis Varvitsiotis	August 7, 1992	December 3, 1992	New Democracy
Anna Benaki-Psarouda	December 3, 1992	September 13, 1993	New Democracy
Georgios Plagianakos	September 13, 1993	October 13, 1993	New Democracy
Georgios Kouvelakis	October 13, 1993	February 10, 1995	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Anastasios Peponis	February 10, 1995	September 15, 1995	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Ioannis Pottakis	September 15, 1995	January 22, 1996	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Evangelos Venizelos	January 22, 1996	August 30, 1996	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Anargyros Fatouros	August 30, 1996	September 25, 1996	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Evangelos Giannopoulos	September 25, 1996	March 20, 2000	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Michael Stathopoulos	April 13, 2000	October 24, 2001	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Philippos Petsalnikos	October 24, 2001	March 10, 2004	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Anastasios Papaligouras	March 10, 2004	September 19, 2007	New Democracy
Sotirios Hatzigakis	September 19, 2007	January 7, 2009	New Democracy
Nikos Dendias	January 8, 2009	October 7, 2009	New Democracy

List of Ministers of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights (2009–2015)

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
Haris Kastanidis	7 October 2009	17 June 2011	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Miltiadis Papaioannou	17 June 2011	17 May 2012	Panhellenic Socialist Movement	National unity government from 11 November
Christos Geraris	17 May 2012	21 June 2012		Caretaker government
Antonios Roupakiotis	21 June 2012	25 June 2013	Independent, proposed by DIMAR	Samaras cabinet
el	25 June 2013	27 January 2015	New Democracy
Nikos Paraskevopoulos	27 January 2015	28 August 2015	independent	First Tsipras cabinet
Dimitris Papangelopoulos	28 August 2015	23 September 2015	independent	Thanou-Christophilou caretaker cabinet
Nikos Paraskevopoulos	23 September 2015	Incumbent	independent	Second Tsipras cabinet

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