The Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs ( el, Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Θρησκευμάτων; Υ.ΠΑΙ.Θ.) is a

government department Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level executive bodies in the machinery of governments that manage a specific sector of public administration." Энцикло� ...

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 ...

. One of the oldest ministries, established in 1833, it is responsible for running the country's

education system The educational system generally refers to the structure of all institutions and the opportunities for obtaining education within a country. It includes all pre-school institutions, starting from family education, and/or early childhood education ...

and for supervising the religions in Greece. The incumbent minister is

Niki Kerameus Niki Kerameus (, , ) is a Greek lawyer and politician and the current Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, appointed by Kyriakos Mitsotakis. She was born in Thessaloniki on July 18, 1980 and is a member of the New Democracy party. ...

History

Current leadership

* Minister for Education and Religious Affairs:

** Deputy Minister (responsible for primary, secondary and special education): ** Deputy Minister (responsible for higher education):

List of ministers

Ministers for National Education and Religious Affairs (1981–2009)

Ministers for Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs (2009–2012)

Ministers for Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sport (2012–2013)

Ministers for Education and Religious Affairs (2013–2015)

Ministers for Culture, Education and Religious Affairs (2015)

Ministers for Education, Research and Religious Affairs (2015–2019)

Minister for Education and Religious Affairs (since July 2019)

References

External links

Ministry website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Education, Research and Religious Affairs 1833 establishments in Greece

Government ministries of Greece Lists of government ministers of Greece Ministries established in 1833 Religion in Greece