Ministry of Rural Development and Food (Greece)

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Ministry of Rural Development and Food
Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων
Agency overview
Formed28 April 1910
Preceding agency
  • Ministry of Agriculture (1917 - 2004)
TypeMinistry
JurisdictionGovernment of Greece
Statusactive
HeadquartersAthens
Employees1.812 (2024) [1]
Annual budget1.281.403.000 € (2025) [2]
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
  • Ioannis Andrianos
  • Christos Kellas
Agency executives
  • Spiros Portopsaltis, General Secretariat of Rural Development and Food
  • Argiro Zerva, General Secretariat of European Funds and Infrastructure
  • Antonios Filippis, General Secretariat of Agricultural Policy and International Relations
Child agencies
  • Benaki phytopathological institute [3]
  • Hellenic Food Authority
  • Institute of Agricultural Research
  • OPEKEPE
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The Ministry of Rural Development and Food (Greek: Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων) is a ministry of the Greek Government tasked with modernizing and developing the agricultural sector in Greece. Specifically, among other objectives, the ministry promotes the export orientation of the country’s agricultural and fishery products while improving their quality, utilizing the resources of the Common Agricultural Policy and the Common Fisheries Policy, and protecting the environment through the sustainable management of natural resources. [4]

The incumbent minister is Konstantinos Tsiaras of New Democracy.

History

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The ministry was established in June 1917 by the government of Eleftherios Venizelos under the title Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. [This followed the establishment in 1910 of a joint ministry for the sectors of Agriculture, Commerce, and Industry, also by Eleftherios Venizelos, which was renamed the Ministry of National Economy in 1911.] Almost immediately after, in September 1917, it was renamed the Ministry of Agriculture, a title it held until March 2004. At that time, the government of Kostas Karamanlis renamed it the Ministry of Rural Development and Food to emphasise the development of the agricultural sector.[5] During the first government of Alexis Tsipras, it was demoted to the level of a sub-ministry within the "Ministry of Productive Reconstruction, the Environment and Energy" , 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
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
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
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

References

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  1. ^ Annual statistical data (el)
  2. ^ budget for 2025
  3. ^ 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. "Benaki Phytopathological Institute". Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων -". 15 September 2017.
  5. ^ https://www.agrotypos.gr/kalosorizoume-ti-nea-igesia-kairos-to-ypourgeio-agrotikis-anaptyxis-na-paixei-ton-anaptyxiako-tou
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