The Ministry of Shipping and Insular Policy ( el, Υπουργείο Ναυτιλίας και Νησιωτικής Πολιτικής) is a

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History

It was founded as the Mercantile Marine Ministry () in 1936. On 19 September 2007, it was merged with the Ministry for the Aegean and Island Policy () to form the Mercantile Marine, Aegean and Island Policy Ministry (). The latter was abolished on 7 October 2009 and the shipping portfolio fell under the new Ministry of the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping. It was re-established as the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries () on 30 September 2010, but was again abolished on 27 June 2011 and merged with the Ministry of Regional Development and Competitiveness to form the Ministry of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping. It was re-established as the Ministry of Shipping and the Aegean el, Υπουργείο Ναυτιλίας και Αιγαίου) on 21 June 2012, but was again abolished on 26 January 2015 and merged into the Ministry of the Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism. On 23 September 2015, it was re-established as the Μinistry of Shipping and Island Policy in the

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List of Mercantile Marine Ministers

List of Ministers for Mercantile Marine, the Aegean and Island Policy (2007–2009)

List of Ministers for Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries (2010–2011)

List of Ministers for Shipping and the Aegean (2012–2015)

List of Alternate Ministers for Shipping and the Aegean (January–September 2015)

List of Ministers for Shipping and Insular Policy (since September 2015)

External links

Official website, in Greek

References

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