Minister for National Defence (Greece)
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| post = Minister for National Defence
| body =
| native_name = Υπουργός Εθνικής Άμυνας
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| insigniacaption = Coat of arms of the Hellenic Republic
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| incumbent = Nikos Dendias
| incumbentsince = 27 June 2023
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| appointer = Prime Minister of Greece
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| formation = 1899
| succession =
| inaugural = Konstantinos Koumoundouros
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{{Politics of Greece}}
The Minister for National Defence of Greece ({{langx|el|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
{{Main|List of defence ministers of Greece}}
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! width="20%"|Name ! width="10%"|Took office ! width="10%"|Left office ! width="18%"| Party |
| Akis Tsochatzopoulos
|24 September 1996 |23 October 2001 |
| Yiannos Papantoniou
|23 October 2001 |10 March 2004 |
| Spilios Spiliotopoulos
|10 March 2004 |15 February 2006 |
| Evangelos Meimarakis
|15 February 2006 |7 October 2009 |
| Evangelos Venizelos
|7 October 2009 |17 June 2011 |
| Panos Beglitis
|17 June 2011 |11 November 2011 |
| Dimitris Avramopoulos
|11 November 2011 |17 May 2012 |
| 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 |
| Dimitris Avramopoulos
|25 June 2013 |3 November 2014 |
| Nikos Dendias
|3 November 2014 |27 January 2015 |
| Panos Kammenos
|27 January 2015 |27 August 2015 |
| 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 |
| Evangelos Apostolakis
|14 January 2019 |9 July 2019 |Independent, former Chief of National Defence General Staff |
| Nikos Panagiotopoulos
|9 July 2019 |26 May 2023 |
| Alkiviadis Stefanis
|26 May 2023 |27 June 2023 |Independent, former Chief of Army General Staff;caretaker cabinet |
| Nikos Dendias
|27 June 2023 |Incumbent |
External links
- [https://www.mod.mil.gr Hellenic Ministry of National Defence - Official Website]
{{Greek Military}}