Ministry of Rural Development and Food (Greece)

Government department of Greece

Ministry of Rural Development and Food

Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων

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Incumbent
Konstantinos Tsiaras

since 14 June 2024

Appointer| Prime Minister of Greece
Inaugural holder| Savvas Tsitouridis
Formation| 2004
Website| minagric.gr
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The Ministry of Rural Development and Food (Greek: Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων) is the government department that oversees agriculture in Greece. The incumbent minister is Konstantinos Tsiaras of New Democracy.

## History

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The ministry was established in 2004 upon the inauguration of the First Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis, replacing the older Ministry of Agriculture.[1]

It was demoted to the level of a sub-ministry within the Ministry of Productive Reconstruction, the Environment and Energy in the First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras, before being restored as a full ministry in his second cabinet a few months later.

## List of ministers

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### Rural development and food (2004–2015)

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Name  | Took office  | Left office  | Party

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Savvas Tsitouridis | 10 March 2004  | 23 September 2004  | New Democracy
Evangelos Basiakos | 23 September 2004  | 19 September 2007
Alexandros Kontos | 19 September 2007  | 7 January 2009
Sotirios Hatzigakis | 8 January 2009  | 7 October 2009
Katerina Batzeli | 7 October 2009  | 7 September 2010  | PASOK
Kostas Skandalidis | 7 September 2010  | 17 May 2012
Napoleon Maravegias [el] | 17 May 2012  | 21 June 2012  | Independent
Athanasios Tsaftaris [el] | 21 June 2012  | 10 June 2014  | PASOK
Giorgos Karasmanis [el] | 10 June 2014  | 27 January 2015  | New Democracy

### Rural development and food (alternates, January–September 2015)

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Name  | Took office  | Left office  | Party

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Evangelos Apostolou | 27 January 2015  | 27 August 2015  | Syriza
Dimitrios Melas | 28 August 2015  | 21 September 2015  | Independent

### Rural development and food (since September 2015)

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Name  | Took office  | Left office  | Party

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Evangelos Apostolou  | 23 September 2015  | 29 August 2018  | Syriza
Stavros Arachovitis [el] | 29 August 2018  | 9 July 2019
Makis Voridis | 9 July 2019  | 5 January 2021  | New Democracy
Spilios Livanos | 5 January 2021  | 7 February 2022
Georgios Georgantas [el] | 7 February 2022  | 26 May 2023
Georgios Tsakiris [el] | 26 May 2023  | 27 June 2023  | Independent
Lefteris Avgenakis [el] | 27 June 2023  | 14 June 2024  | New Democracy
Konstantinos Tsiaras | 14 June 2024  | Incumbent

## Agencies

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* Plant Health Inspection Service[2]
* The Benaki Phytopathological Institute conducts research in plant protection and plant health. It was founded with a donation by Emmanouil Benakis and is named after him.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Υ 1/10.3.2004
2. ^ "Plant Health Inspection Service". Αρχική Σελίδα | Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης & Τροφίμων [Ministry of Agriculture]. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
3. ^ "Benaki Phytopathological Institute". Retrieved 5 December 2021.

## External links

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* Official website (in Greek and English)

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Current Cabinet of Greece

* Prime Minister: Kyriakos Mitsotakis
* National Economy and Finance: Kostis Hatzidakis
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* Migration and Asylum: Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos
* Social Cohesion and the Family [el]: Sofia Zacharaki
* Rural Development and Food: Konstantinos Tsiaras
* Shipping and Island Policy: Christos Stylianides
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