Minister for National Defence (Greece)

Minister for National Defence
Minister for National Defence
Υπουργός Εθνικής Άμυνας
	Coat of arms of the Hellenic Republic
	Incumbent; Nikos Dendias; since 27 June 2023
Appointer	Prime Minister of Greece
Inaugural holder	Konstantinos Koumoundouros
Formation	1899

The minister for national defence of Greece (Greek: Υπουργός Εθνικής Άμυνας) is a government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry of National Defence. The current minister is Nikos Dendias in the Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

List of defence ministers since 1996

Name	Took office	Left office	Party
Akis Tsochatzopoulos	24 September 1996	23 October 2001	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Yiannos Papantoniou	23 October 2001	10 March 2004	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Spilios Spiliotopoulos	10 March 2004	15 February 2006	New Democracy
Evangelos Meimarakis	15 February 2006	7 October 2009	New Democracy
Evangelos Venizelos	7 October 2009	17 June 2011	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panos Beglitis	17 June 2011	11 November 2011	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Dimitris Avramopoulos	11 November 2011	17 May 2012	New Democracy
Frangoulis Frangos	17 May 2012	21 June 2012	Independent, former Chief of Army General Staff; caretaker cabinet
Panos Panagiotopoulos	21 June 2012	25 June 2013	New Democracy
Dimitris Avramopoulos	25 June 2013	3 November 2014	New Democracy
Nikos Dendias	3 November 2014	27 January 2015	New Democracy
Panos Kammenos	27 January 2015	27 August 2015	Independent Greeks
Ioannis Giangos	28 August 2015	21 September 2015	Independent, former Chief of National Defence General Staff; caretaker cabinet
Panos Kammenos	23 September 2015	14 January 2019	Independent Greeks
Evangelos Apostolakis	14 January 2019	9 July 2019	Independent, former Chief of National Defence General Staff
Nikos Panagiotopoulos	9 July 2019	26 May 2023	New Democracy
Alkiviadis Stefanis	26 May 2023	27 June 2023	Independent, former Chief of Army General Staff;caretaker cabinet
Nikos Dendias	27 June 2023	Incumbent	New Democracy