Spilios Livanos

{{Short description|Greek politician (born 1967)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Spilios Livanos

| image = Helleniq energy w2.final.jpg

| native_name = {{lang|el|Σπήλιος Λιβανός}}

| office = Minister of Rural Development and Food

| primeminister = Kyriakos Mitsotakis

| term_start = 5 January 2021

| term_end = 7 February 2022

| predecessor = Makis Voridis

| successor = Georgios Georgantas

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|9|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Athens, Greece

| party = New Democracy

}}

Spilios Livanos ({{langx|el|Σπήλιος Λιβανός}}; born 20 September 1967){{Cite web|title=Spilios Livanos|url=https://www.livanos.gr/spilios-livanos/|access-date=6 February 2021|website=livanos.gr}} is a Greek politician. On 5 January 2021, he was appointed Minister for Rural Development and Food in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.{{Cite news|date=4 January 2021|title=Government cabinet reshuffle includes Greece's first openly gay minister|work=Greek City Times|url=https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/01/04/government-cabinet-reshuffle/|access-date=6 February 2021}}{{Cite news|date=5 January 2021|title=New Ministers Assume Duties at Greek Interior Ministry|work=The National Herald|url=https://www.thenationalherald.com/greece_politics/arthro/new_ministers_assume_duties_at_greek_interior_ministry-1524767/|access-date=6 February 2021}} He resigned on 7 February 2022, after footage emerged of controversial remarks he had made about the 2007 Greek forest fires.{{cite news |title=Rural Development Minister resigns after controversial comment on 2007 Ilia fires |url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1177034/agriculture-minister-resigns-after-controversial-comments-on-2007-ilia-fires/ |access-date=14 February 2022 |work=Kathimerini |date=7 February 2022 |location=Athens}}