Ministry of Citizen Protection
Υπουργείο Προστασίας του Πολίτη
Coat of arms of the Hellenic Republic
Incumbent
Michalis Chrisochoidis
since 4 January 2024
AppointerPrime Minister of Greece
Inaugural holderSolon Gikas
Formation1974
Websitewww.mopocp.gov.gr

The Ministry of Citizen Protection (Greek: Υπουργείο Προστασίας του Πολίτη) is the government department responsible for Greece's public security services, i.e. the Hellenic Police, the Hellenic Fire Service, Hellenic (Corrections) Prison System, the Agrarian Police and the General Secretariat for Civil Protection.

The ministry existed until 2007 as the Ministry of Public Order (Greek: Υπουργείο Δημόσιας Τάξης). On 19 September 2007, it was merged with the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization and reduced to a General Secretariat within the Ministry of the Interior. On 7 October 2009, it was revived as the Ministry of Citizen Protection (Υπουργείο Προστασίας του Πολίτη) and was eventually renamed as the Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection on 21 June 2012. Following the electoral victory of Syriza in January 2015, it was subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction and was headed by an Alternate Minister (Αναπληρωτής Υπουργός). In August 2018, it was reorganized as an independent ministry and was revived as the Ministry of Citizen Protection (Υπουργείο Προστασίας του Πολίτη). The incumbent minister in the Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis is Michalis Chrisochoidis, a member of the Hellenic Parliament for the Athens B2 constituency with New Democracy. Chrisochoidis has served in the role four times previously, as a member of PASOK and an independent politician.

List of ministers

Public order (1974–1985)

Name Took office Left office Party
Solon Gikas July 24, 1974 January 5, 1976
Georgios Stamatis January 5, 1976 November 28, 1977
Anastasios Balkos November 28, 1977 May 10, 1980
Dimitrios Davakis May 10, 1980 September 17, 1981
Ioannis Katsadimas (as Acting Minister) September 17, 1981 October 21, 1981
Ioannis Skoularikis October 21, 1981 May 9, 1985 PASOK
Alexandros Floros (as Acting Minister) May 9, 1985 June 5, 1985
Athanasios Tsouras June 5, 1985 July 26, 1985 PASOK

Interior and public order (1985–1986)

Name Took office Left office Party
Agamemnon Koutsogiorgas July 26, 1985 April 25, 1986 PASOK

Public order (1986–2007)

Name Took office Left office Party
Antonis Drosogiannis April 25, 1986 June 22, 1988 PASOK
Anastasios Sechiotis June 22, 1988 November 8, 1988
Georgios Petsos November 18, 1988 March 17, 1989
Apostolos Tsochatzopoulos March 17, 1989 June 2, 1989
Panagiotis Markopoulos (as Acting Minister) June 2, 1989 July 2, 1989
Ioannis Kefalogiannis July 2, 1989 October 12, 1989
Dimitrios Manikas October 12, 1989 April 11, 1990
Yiannis Vasiliadis April 11, 1990 August 8, 1991 New Democracy
Theodoros Anagnostopoulos August 8, 1991 December 3, 1992
Nikolaos Gelestathis December 3, 1992 September 14, 1993
Dimitrios Manikas (as Acting Minister) September 14, 1993 October 13, 1993
Stelios Papathemelis October 13, 1993 April 4, 1995 PASOK
Sifis Valirakis April 4, 1995 January 22, 1996
Kostas Geitonas January 22, 1996 August 30, 1996
Konstantinos Beis August 30, 1996 September 25, 1996
Georgios Romeos September 25, 1996 October 30, 1998
Philippos Petsalnikos October 30, 1998 February 19, 1999
Michalis Chrisochoidis February 19, 1999 March 10, 2004
Georgios Voulgarakis March 10, 2004 February 15, 2006 New Democracy
Vyron Polydoras February 15, 2006 September 19, 2007

Citizen protection (2009–2012)

Name Took office Left office Party
Michalis Chrisochoidis 7 October 2009 7 September 2010 PASOK
Christos Papoutsis 7 September 2010 7 March 2012
Michalis Chrisochoidis 7 March 2012 17 May 2012
Eleftherios Oikonomou 17 May 2012 21 June 2012 Caretaker government

Public order and citizen protection (2012–15)

Name Took office Left office Party
Nikos Dendias 21 June 2012 10 June 2014 New Democracy
Vassilis Kikilias 10 June 2014 27 January 2015

Public order and citizen protection (alternates, 2015–2018)

Name Took office Left office Party
Giannis Panousis 27 January 2015 27 August 2015 Syriza
Antonis Makrodimitris 28 August 2015 21 September 2015 Caretaker government
Nikos Toskas 23 September 2015 3 August 2018 Syriza

Citizen protection (since 2018)

Name Took office Left office Party
Olga Gerovasili 29 August 2018 9 July 2019 Syriza
Michalis Chrisochoidis 9 July 2019 31 August 2021 Independent (supported by New Democracy)
Takis Theodorikakos 31 August 2021 26 May 2023 New Democracy
Charalampos Lalousis 26 May 2023 27 June 2023 Caretaker government
Notis Mitarachi 27 June 2023 28 July 2023 New Democracy
Giannis Oikonomou 28 July 2023 4 January 2024
Michalis Chrisochoidis 4 January 2024 incumbent



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