Minister of State
Υπουργός Επικρατείας
Coat of arms of the Hellenic Republic
Incumbent
Makis Voridis
Stavros Papastavrou
Akis Skertsos
since 27 June 2023
AppointerPrime Minister of Greece
Inaugural holderEmmanouil Repoulis
Formation1918
Websitewww.ypep.gr

The Minister of State (Greek: Υπουργός Επικρατείας) is a position within the Cabinet of Greece.

There are currently three Ministers of State serving in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis: Kyriakos Pierrakakis, who also serves as Minister for Digital Governance, Giorgos Gerapetritis, who also serves as Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, and Akis Skertsos, who also serves as government spokesman.

History

The position is a development of the Minister without Portfolio (Υπουργός άνευ χαρτοφυλακίου), renamed in 1991. It has no fixed functions, each minister's responsibilities is defined ad hoc by the Prime Minister in each cabinet. The most usual role is the supervision of the General Secretariat to the Prime Minister and the General Secretariat to the Government, as well as the General Secretariats of Information and of Media, which resulted from the breakup of the former Ministry for the Press and the Media. The Minister of State has hence often functioned as the government spokesman.

List of ministers

Ministers without Portfolio
Ministers of State

References

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