Historical Review

Historical
Review
The Ministry of Culture is the governmental body responsible for cultural heritage and the Arts in Greece. Its de-centralized departments (Museums, Ephorates of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Ephorates of Byzantine Antiquities and Ephorates of Recent Monuments) are spread throughout Greece while its administrative departments are situated in Athens.
The Hellenic Ministry of Culture was founded in September 1971, in the era of the "iron" years when Democracy was in chains by the junta of the colonels.

After Democracy was restored, the first Minister of Culture was the writer, philosopher and academic Konstantinos Tsatsos who later became President of the Hellenic Republic.
His successor was the writer I.M. Panayotopoulos. The other Ministers that followed were the academic and historian Konstantinos Tripanis, Georgios Plitas, Demetrios Nianias and Andreas Andrianopoulos.
In 1981 Melina Mercouri takes office and remains in her position for eight consequent years, breaking every record amongst her predecessors in the Ministry of Culture. After Melina Mercouri follow Georgios Milonas, Sotiris Kouvelas, the former prime minister Tzannis Tzannetakis, Anna Psarouda-Benaki and Dora Bakoyanni. Melina Mercouri takes back the reins of the Ministry of Culture in October 1993 but stays there only briefly: she died 鮦 March 6, 1994. Ten days later, on March 16, 1994 the composer Thanos Mikroutsikos is sworn in as next Minister of Culture. On January 22, 1996 Stavros Benos takes office as Minister of Culture, until September 26, 1996. On this day Evangelos Venizelos is sworn in as Minister of Culture.
From February 19, 1999 until April 13, 2000 Elisavet Papazoi is the Minister of Culture and from April 13 until November 20, 2000 Theodoros Pangalos takes office. On November 20, 2000 Evangelos Venizelos is sworn in as Minister of Culture. From March 10th 2004 is sworn in as Minister of Culture Konstantinos Karamanlis.From February 15th, 2006 is sworn in as Minister of Culture George Voulgarakis

The Minister of Culture
The Structure of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture
Great Projects of the Ministry of Culture
European Projects of the Ministry of Culture
The Operational Program "CULTURE"
Laws

Under the supervision of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture is also the Undersecretary of State for Sports.

For Information about the Greek Government and Greek Ministries visit the official site of the Greek Government.




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Historical Review		The Ministry of Culture is the governmental body responsible for cultural heritage and the Arts in Greece. Its de-centralized departments (Museums, Ephorates of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Ephorates of Byzantine Antiquities and Ephorates of Recent Monuments) are spread throughout Greece while its administrative departments are situated in Athens. The Hellenic Ministry of Culture was founded in September 1971, in the era of the "iron" years when Democracy was in chains by the junta of the colonels.
		After Democracy was restored, the first Minister of Culture was the writer, philosopher and academic Konstantinos Tsatsos who later became President of the Hellenic Republic. His successor was the writer I.M. Panayotopoulos. The other Ministers that followed were the academic and historian Konstantinos Tripanis, Georgios Plitas, Demetrios Nianias and Andreas Andrianopoulos. In 1981 Melina Mercouri takes office and remains in her position for eight consequent years, breaking every record amongst her predecessors in the Ministry of Culture. After Melina Mercouri follow Georgios Milonas, Sotiris Kouvelas, the former prime minister Tzannis Tzannetakis, Anna Psarouda-Benaki and Dora Bakoyanni. Melina Mercouri takes back the reins of the Ministry of Culture in October 1993 but stays there only briefly: she died 鮦 March 6, 1994. Ten days later, on March 16, 1994 the composer Thanos Mikroutsikos is sworn in as next Minister of Culture. On January 22, 1996 Stavros Benos takes office as Minister of Culture, until September 26, 1996. On this day Evangelos Venizelos is sworn in as Minister of Culture. From February 19, 1999 until April 13, 2000 Elisavet Papazoi is the Minister of Culture and from April 13 until November 20, 2000 Theodoros Pangalos takes office. On November 20, 2000 Evangelos Venizelos is sworn in as Minister of Culture. From March 10th 2004 is sworn in as Minister of Culture Konstantinos Karamanlis.From February 15th, 2006 is sworn in as Minister of Culture George Voulgarakis

		The Minister of Culture The Structure of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture Great Projects of the Ministry of Culture European Projects of the Ministry of Culture The Operational Program "CULTURE" Laws Under the supervision of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture is also the Undersecretary of State for Sports. For Information about the Greek Government and Greek Ministries visit the official site of the Greek Government.