The Ministry of Culture and Sports ( el, Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού) is the government department of

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wi ...

entrusted with preserving the country's cultural heritage, promoting

the arts The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both ...

, and overseeing

sport Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, ...

through the subordinate General Secretariat for Sports. The incumbent minister is Lina Mendoni. The Deputy Minister for Modern Culture is

Nicholas Yatromanolakis Nicholas Yatromanolakis (Greek: Νικόλας Γιατρομανωλάκης, born: 1975) is a Greek politician and political scientist. He is the current Deputy Minister of Culture and Sports of Greece, responsible for contemporary appointed b ...

, and the Deputy Minister for Sports is .

History

This ministry was established in 1971 as the Ministry of Culture and Sciences () and it was renamed the Ministry of Culture () on 26 July 1985. On 7 October 2009, it was merged with the Ministry of Touristic Development to form the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (). It ceased to exist on 21 June 2012, when the Ministry of Tourism was re-established and the culture portfolio was absorbed by the Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs to form the Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports. The Ministry of Culture and Sports was re-established on 25 June 2013. On 27 January 2015, it was again merged with the education ministry to form the Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs. On 23 September 2015, the culture and education portfolios were restored as separate ministries.

List of Ministers for Culture and Sciences (1971–1985)

List of Ministers for Culture (1985–2009)

List of Ministers for Culture and Tourism (2009–2012)

List of Ministers for Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports (2012–2013)

List of Ministers for Culture and Sports (2013–2015)

List of Ministers for Culture and Sports (since September 2015)

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Culture and Tourism Culture and Sports Lists of government ministers of Greece Greek culture

1971 establishments in Greece Greece, Culture and Tourism