Deputy Minister for Macedonia and Thrace

Deputy Minister for Macedonia and Thrace of the Hellenic Republic Υφπουργός Μακεδονίας και Θράκης
Coat of arms of the Hellenic Republic, as emblem of the Hellenic Government
Incumbent Maria Kollia-Tsaroucha since 23 September 2015
Appointer	Prime Minister of Greece

The Deputy Minister for Macedonia and Thrace (Greek: Υφπουργός Μακεδονίας και Θράκης) is the government minister in charge of Greece's Vice-Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace.

The department has its origins in the old Ministry for Northern Greece, which was renamed on 19 August 1988 as the Ministry for Macedonia and Thrace.

The ministry was abolished on 7 October 2009 and downgraded to a general Secretariat within the Ministry of the Interior, but was re-established on 21 June 2012. On 27 January 2015, the ministry was again demoted to an under-ministry within the Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction.

Ministers for Northern Greece, 1974–1988

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Nikolaos Martis	21 November 1974	21 October 1977	New Democracy
Dionysios Arbouzis	21 October 1977	28 November 1977	New Democracy
Nikolaos Martis	28 November 1977	21 October 1981	New Democracy
Vassilios Intzes	21 October 1981	5 June 1985	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Andreas Papandreou	5 June 1985	26 July 1985	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Ioannis Papadopoulos	26 July 1985	5 February 1987	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Stelios Papathemelis	5 February 1987	2 July 1989	Panhellenic Socialist Movement

Ministers for Macedonia-Thrace, 1988–2009

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Stelios Papathemelis	5 February 1987	2 July 1989	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panayiotis Chatzinikolaou	2 July 1989	12 November 1989	New Democracy
Ioannis Deligiannis	12 November 1989	11 April 1990	New Democracy
Georgios Tzitzikostas	11 April 1990	8 August 1991	New Democracy
Panayiotis Chatzinikolaou	8 August 1991	13 October 1993	New Democracy
Constantinos Triaridis	13 October 1993	22 October 1996	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Philippos Petsalnikos	22 October 1996	30 October 1998	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Giannis Magriotis	30 October 1998	4 April 2000	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Georgios Paschalidis	13 April 2000	7 July 2003	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Haris Kastanidis	7 July 2003	3 March 2004	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Nikos Tsiartsionis	10 March 2004	15 February 2006	New Democracy
Georgios Kalantzis	15 February 2006	19 September 2007	New Democracy
Margaritis Tzimas	19 September 2007	8 January 2009	New Democracy
Stavros Kalafatis	8 January 2009	7 October 2009	New Democracy

Ministers for Macedonia and Thrace, 2012–2015

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
el	21 June 2012	10 June 2014	New Democracy
Georgios Orfanos	10 June 2014	30 January 2015	New Democracy

Deputy Ministers for Macedonia and Thrace, 2015-present

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Maria Kollia-Tsaroucha	30 January 2015	28 August 2015	ANEL
Filippos Tsalidis	28 August 2015	23 September 2015	Independent
Maria Kollia-Tsaroucha	23 September 2015	Incumbent	ANEL

External links

• Webpage of the Ministry (in Greek)