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|picture_caption = The [[Konak (Thessaloniki)|building]] of the ministry in [[Thessaloniki]]
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{{Politics of Greece}}
{{Politics of Greece}}
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The '''Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace''' ({{lang-el|Υπουργείο Μακεδονίας και Θράκης, ΥΜΑΘ}}) is a former [[ministry (government department)|government department]] of [[Greece]]. It was responsible for the [[geographic regions of Greece|regions]] of [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]] and [[western Thrace|Thrace]] but now the responsibility for these areas has been given to the [[Deputy Minister for Macedonia and Thrace]], currently [[Maria Kollia-Tsaroucha]], within the [[Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction]].


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The '''Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace''' ({{lang-el|Υπουργείο Μακεδονίας και Θράκης, ΥΜΑΘ}}) is a former [[ministry (government department)|ministry]] of [[Greece]]. Responsible for the [[geographic regions of Greece|regions]] of [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]] and [[western Thrace|Thrace]], since 2015 it has been demoted to the level of a sub-ministry within the [[Ministry of the Interior (Greece)|Ministry of the Interior]]. The incumbent [[Deputy Minister for Macedonia and Thrace]] is {{interlanguage link|Stavros Kalafatis|el|Σταύρος Καλαφάτης}} of [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]].
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This ministry had been previously known as the '''Ministry of Northern Greece''' until it acquired the name of the title in 1988. It was demoted to a general secretariat in 2009, but was re-established as a ministry in 2012, and demoted to an under-ministry within the Ministry of the Interior in January 2015. It is housed in [[Konak (Thessaloniki)|Government House]] in the capital of Macedonia, [[Thessaloniki]].

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The ministry had been known as the [[:Category:Governors-general of Northern Greece|Ministry of Northern Greece]] until it was renamed on 19 August 1988. It was demoted to a general secretariat in 2009, but was re-established as a ministry in 2012, and again demoted to a sub-ministry within the Ministry of the Interior on 27 January 2015. It is housed in [[Government House (Thessaloniki)|Government House]] in [[Thessaloniki]].


==History==
==History==
The ministry was founded in 1912 as the '''Governorate-General of Macedonia''' ({{lang|grc|Γενικὴ Διοίκησις Μακεδονίας}}) following the acquisition of [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]] during the [[Balkan Wars]].<ref name="50years"/> It was promoted to cabinet level in the late 1920s and renamed the '''Governorate-General of Northern Greece''' ({{lang|grc|Γενικὴ Διοίκησις Βορείου Ἑλλάδος}}) in 1945, after being merged with the '''Governorate-General of Thrace''' ({{lang|grc|Γενικὴ Διοίκησις Θρᾴκης}}).
The ministry was founded in 1912 as the '''Governorate-General of Macedonia''' ({{lang|grc|Γενικὴ Διοίκησις Μακεδονίας}}) following the acquisition of [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]] during the [[Balkan Wars]].<ref name="50years"/> It was promoted to cabinet level in the late 1920s and renamed the '''Governorate-General of Northern Greece''' ({{lang|grc|Γενικὴ Διοίκησις Βορείου Ἑλλάδος}}) in 1945, after being merged with the '''Governorate-General of Thrace''' ({{lang|grc|Γενικὴ Διοίκησις Θράκης}}).


It was renamed the '''Ministry of Northern Greece''' ({{lang|grc|Ὑπουργεῖον Βορείου Ἑλλάδος}}) in 1955.<ref name="50years"/> The third name change occurred in 1988, when it was renamed the '''Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace'''.<ref>[[Government Gazette (Greece)]] (ΦEK)B 575 - 19.08.1988 [http://www.et.gr/]</ref> In 2009, the ministry was downgraded to a General Secretariat within the [[Ministry of the Interior (Greece)|Ministry of the Interior]], until it was re-established as a separate ministry in 2012. With the [[Greek legislative election, January 2015|legislative election]] of [[SYRIZA]] in January 2015, the ministry was once more subordinated to the [[Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction]], headed by a deputy minister.
It was renamed the '''Ministry of Northern Greece''' ({{lang|grc|Ὑπουργεῖον Βορείου Ἑλλάδος}}) in 1955.<ref name="50years"/> The third name change occurred in 1988, when it was renamed the '''Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace'''.<ref>[[Government Gazette (Greece)]] (ΦEK)B 575 - 19.08.1988 [http://www.et.gr/]</ref> In 2009, the ministry was downgraded to a General Secretariat within the [[Ministry of the Interior (Greece)|Ministry of the Interior]], until it was re-established as a separate ministry in 2012. With the [[January 2015 Greek legislative election|legislative election]] of [[SYRIZA]] in January 2015, the ministry was once more subordinated to the [[Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction]], headed by a deputy minister.


Shortly after the [[Hellenic Army]] entered [[Thessaloniki]] on 26 October 1912, King [[Constantine I of Greece|Constantine I]] demanded that he be given control of the newly acquired region of [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]],<ref name= "Vima">{{cite news | last = Hekimoglou | first = Achilleas | publisher= [[To Vima]] | url = http://www.tovima.gr/default.asp?pid=2&artid=293267&ct=1&dt=11/10/2009 | script-title=el:Υπουργείο Μακεδονίας - Θράκης: Το τέλος ενός υπουργείου | trans_title = Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace: The end of a ministry | language= Greek | accessdate = 2010-12-29}}</ref> but [[Prime Minister of Greece|Prime Minister]] [[Eleutherios Venizelos]] had already decided that the fate of the region would lie with his Minister of Justice, [[Konstantinos Raktivan]], who arrived in the city on 30 October.<ref name= "Vima"/> His position within the Governorate-General of Macedonia was so powerful that his power matched that of the [[Prime Minister of Greece|Prime Minister]] and caused dismay among the other ministers in [[Athens]].<ref name= "Vima"/> Raktivan was later succeeded by other prominent politicians of Greece, such as [[Stefanos Dragoumis]], Emmanouil Repoulis and [[Themistoklis Sofoulis]].
Shortly after the [[Hellenic Army]] entered [[Thessaloniki]] on 26 October 1912, King [[Constantine I of Greece|Constantine I]] demanded that he be given control of the newly acquired region of [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]],<ref name= "Vima">{{cite news | last = Hekimoglou | first = Achilleas | publisher= [[To Vima]] | url = http://www.tovima.gr/default.asp?pid=2&artid=293267&ct=1&dt=11/10/2009 | script-title=el:Υπουργείο Μακεδονίας - Θράκης: Το τέλος ενός υπουργείου |trans-title=Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace: The end of a ministry | language= Greek | accessdate = 2010-12-29}}</ref> but [[Prime Minister of Greece|Prime Minister]] [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] had already decided that the fate of the region would lie with his minister of justice, [[Konstantinos Raktivan]], who arrived in the city on 30 October.<ref name= "Vima"/> His position within the Governorate-General of Macedonia was so powerful that his power matched that of the [[Prime Minister of Greece|prime minister]] and caused dismay among the other ministers in [[Athens]].<ref name= "Vima"/> Raktivan was later succeeded by other prominent politicians of Greece, such as [[Stefanos Dragoumis]], Emmanouil Repoulis and [[Themistoklis Sofoulis]].


Despite its limited freedom of action in later years, the Governorate-General of Macedonia managed to produce an astonishing amount of work between its founding in 1912 and the creation of the Ministry of Northern Greece in 1955. Following the [[Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917]], the Governorate-General appointed [[Ernest Hébrard]] as the master architect for the redesign of the city. The Governorate-General was also responsible for the complete incorporation of Macedonia into the Greek state despite the difficult circumstances of the [[interwar period]].<ref name= "Vima"/> Other successes of the Governorate-General at the time include the establishment of numerous government agencies, including the creation of Courts of Appeal, Courts of First Instance and District Courts, the creation of an independent archaeological department, a forestry department and public services, and the provision of shelter to hundreds of thousands of refugees after the [[population exchange between Greece and Turkey]] in the 1920s.<ref name= "Vima"/>
Despite its limited freedom of action in later years, the Governorate-General of Macedonia managed to produce an astonishing amount of work between its founding in 1912 and the creation of the Ministry of Northern Greece in 1955. Following the [[Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917]], the Governorate-General appointed [[Ernest Hébrard]] as the master architect for the redesign of the city. The Governorate-General was also responsible for the complete incorporation of Macedonia into the Greek state despite the difficult circumstances of the [[interwar period]].<ref name= "Vima"/> Other successes of the Governorate-General at the time include the establishment of numerous government agencies, including the creation of Courts of Appeal, Courts of First Instance and District Courts, the creation of an independent archaeological department, a forestry department and public services, and the provision of shelter to hundreds of thousands of refugees after the [[population exchange between Greece and Turkey]] in the 1920s.<ref name= "Vima"/>
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===Structure===
===Structure===
According to Presidential Decree no. 167 (2 September 2005),<ref name="mathra.gr">http://www.mathra.gr/files/YMATH_Organismos.pdf</ref> the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace was made up of the following departments:
According to Presidential Decree no. 167 (2 September 2005),<ref name="mathra.gr">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mathra.gr/files/YMATH_Organismos.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-12-23 |archive-date=2011-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601122539/http://www.mathra.gr/files/YMATH_Organismos.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace was made up of the following departments:


*The Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace
*The Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace
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===Political leadership===
===Political leadership===
{{Main|Minister for Macedonia and Thrace}}
{{Main|Minister for Macedonia and Thrace}}
Since the ''[[Metapolitefsi]]'', there have been twenty Ministers for Macedonia and Thrace from two parties, [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]] and [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement|PASOK]]. The first to assume the post following the fall of the [[Greek military junta of 1967–74|military junta]] in 1974 was [[Nikolaos Martis]]. Stavros Kalafatis served as the last minister before the ministry's abolition upon the [[Greek legislative election, 2009|election]] of [[George Papandreou]] in 2009.<ref>http://www.mathra.gr/default_64.aspx</ref>
Since the ''[[Metapolitefsi]]'', there have been twenty Ministers for Macedonia and Thrace from two parties, [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]] and [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement|PASOK]]. The first to assume the post following the fall of the [[Greek military junta of 1967–74|military junta]] in 1974 was [[Nikolaos Martis]]. Stavros Kalafatis served as the last minister before the ministry's abolition upon the [[2009 Greek legislative election|election]] of [[George Papandreou]] in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mathra.gr/default_64.aspx |title=Γενική Γραμματεία Μακεδονίας - Θράκης - ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗ ΗΓΕΣΙΑ ΜΕΧΡΙ ΣΗΜΕΡΑ |access-date=2010-12-23 |archive-date=2011-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217133607/http://www.mathra.gr/default_64.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>


The ministry was re-established on 21 June 2012 after the [[Greek legislative election, June 2012|election]] of [[Antonis Samaras]], and was headed by [[Georgios Orfanos]]. Since 30 January 2015, it is headed by Deputy Minister [[Maria Kollia-Tsaroucha]].
The ministry was re-established on 21 June 2012 after the [[June 2012 Greek legislative election|election]] of [[Antonis Samaras]], but was again absorbed by the Ministry of the Interior on 27 January 2015 after the [[January 2015 Greek legislative election|election]] of [[Alexis Tsipras]].


===Role===
===Role===
The Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace is responsible for "the development of the border regions of Greece, giving Northern Greece the opportunity to acquire a voice and role in the political and economic processes".<ref name="mathra.gr"/><ref>http://www.mathra.gr/default_15.aspx</ref> In particular, the ministry gathers information regarding the communities that fall under its jurisdiction and proceeds to propose and discuss legislation and policies with other government bodies.
The Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace is responsible for "the development of the border regions of Greece, giving Northern Greece the opportunity to acquire a voice and role in the political and economic processes".<ref name="mathra.gr"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mathra.gr/default_15.aspx |title=Υπουργείο Μακεδονίας - Θράκης - Ο ΡΟΛΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟΥ |accessdate=2009-05-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513004551/http://www.mathra.gr/default_15.aspx |archivedate=2009-05-13 }}</ref> In particular, the ministry gathers information regarding the communities that fall under its jurisdiction and proceeds to propose and discuss legislation and policies with other government bodies.


==References==
==References==
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{{Current Cabinet of Greece}}
{{Ottoman monuments of Thessaloniki}}
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{{Greek Macedonia}}


[[Category:Defunct government ministries of Greece|Macedonia-Thrace]]
[[Category:Macedonia (Greece)]]
[[Category:Macedonia (Greece)]]
[[Category:Western Thrace]]
[[Category:Western Thrace]]

Latest revision as of 16:03, 26 August 2024

Not to be confused with the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace.
Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace
Υπουργείο Μακεδονίας και Θράκης
Ypourgeío Makedonías kai Thrákis

The building of the ministry in Thessaloniki
Agency overview
Formed1912 (1912)
Preceding agency
  • Governorate-General of Macedonia
    (1912–1955)[1]
    Ministry of Northern Greece
    (1955–1988)[1]
    Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace
    (1988–7 October 2009)[1]
    General Secretariat of Macedonia and Thrace
    (7 October 2009–21 June 2012)
Headquarters32 Kassandrou Street
54633 Thessaloniki
Greece
40°38′N 22°56′E / 40.633°N 22.933°E / 40.633; 22.933
Annual budget€ 12.35 million (2010)[2]
€ 21.23 million (2009)[2]
Minister responsible
Websitewww.mathra.gr
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The Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace (Greek: Υπουργείο Μακεδονίας και Θράκης, ΥΜΑΘ) is a former ministry of Greece. Responsible for the regions of Macedonia and Thrace, since 2015 it has been demoted to the level of a sub-ministry within the Ministry of the Interior. The incumbent Deputy Minister for Macedonia and Thrace is Stavros Kalafatis [el] of New Democracy.

The ministry had been known as the Ministry of Northern Greece until it was renamed on 19 August 1988. It was demoted to a general secretariat in 2009, but was re-established as a ministry in 2012, and again demoted to a sub-ministry within the Ministry of the Interior on 27 January 2015. It is housed in Government House in Thessaloniki.

History

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The ministry was founded in 1912 as the Governorate-General of Macedonia (Γενικὴ Διοίκησις Μακεδονίας) following the acquisition of Macedonia during the Balkan Wars.[1] It was promoted to cabinet level in the late 1920s and renamed the Governorate-General of Northern Greece (Γενικὴ Διοίκησις Βορείου Ἑλλάδος) in 1945, after being merged with the Governorate-General of Thrace (Γενικὴ Διοίκησις Θράκης).

It was renamed the Ministry of Northern Greece (Ὑπουργεῖον Βορείου Ἑλλάδος) in 1955.[1] The third name change occurred in 1988, when it was renamed the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace.[3] In 2009, the ministry was downgraded to a General Secretariat within the Ministry of the Interior, until it was re-established as a separate ministry in 2012. With the legislative election of SYRIZA in January 2015, the ministry was once more subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction, headed by a deputy minister.

Shortly after the Hellenic Army entered Thessaloniki on 26 October 1912, King Constantine I demanded that he be given control of the newly acquired region of Macedonia,[4] but Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos had already decided that the fate of the region would lie with his minister of justice, Konstantinos Raktivan, who arrived in the city on 30 October.[4] His position within the Governorate-General of Macedonia was so powerful that his power matched that of the prime minister and caused dismay among the other ministers in Athens.[4] Raktivan was later succeeded by other prominent politicians of Greece, such as Stefanos Dragoumis, Emmanouil Repoulis and Themistoklis Sofoulis.

Despite its limited freedom of action in later years, the Governorate-General of Macedonia managed to produce an astonishing amount of work between its founding in 1912 and the creation of the Ministry of Northern Greece in 1955. Following the Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917, the Governorate-General appointed Ernest Hébrard as the master architect for the redesign of the city. The Governorate-General was also responsible for the complete incorporation of Macedonia into the Greek state despite the difficult circumstances of the interwar period.[4] Other successes of the Governorate-General at the time include the establishment of numerous government agencies, including the creation of Courts of Appeal, Courts of First Instance and District Courts, the creation of an independent archaeological department, a forestry department and public services, and the provision of shelter to hundreds of thousands of refugees after the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in the 1920s.[4]

The Ministry

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Structure

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According to Presidential Decree no. 167 (2 September 2005),[5] the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace was made up of the following departments:

  • The Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace
    • The Office of Solicitor of the State
    • The Office of Financial Control
    • The Office of the Borderland
    • The Office of the Assessor of the Audit Office
    • The Office of the Deputy Minister
      • The Office of Defence and Political Planning in Case of Emergency
      • The Office of Public Relations, of the Press and of Etiquette
    • The Office of the Secretary-General
      • The Secretariat
        • The Office of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Policing and Justice
  • Department of Cooperation with the countries of south-eastern Europe
  • Department of European Affairs
  • Department of the Diaspora
  • Department of Defence and the Aegean
  • Department of Policing and Justice
  • The Office of Education, Culture and Citizen Protection
  • The Office of the Economy and Tourism
  • The Office of Infrastructure and the Environment
  • The Office of Administrative Development and e-Governance
  • The Office of the Media
  • The Office of Quality and Efficiency
  • The Office of Facilitation of People with Disabilities
  • The Department of Inspection and Coordination of Services

Political leadership

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Main article: Minister for Macedonia and Thrace

Since the Metapolitefsi, there have been twenty Ministers for Macedonia and Thrace from two parties, New Democracy and PASOK. The first to assume the post following the fall of the military junta in 1974 was Nikolaos Martis. Stavros Kalafatis served as the last minister before the ministry's abolition upon the election of George Papandreou in 2009.[6]

The ministry was re-established on 21 June 2012 after the election of Antonis Samaras, but was again absorbed by the Ministry of the Interior on 27 January 2015 after the election of Alexis Tsipras.

Role

[edit]

The Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace is responsible for "the development of the border regions of Greece, giving Northern Greece the opportunity to acquire a voice and role in the political and economic processes".[5][7] In particular, the ministry gathers information regarding the communities that fall under its jurisdiction and proceeds to propose and discuss legislation and policies with other government bodies.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑΣ – ΘΡΑΚΗΣ: 50 ΧΡΟΝΙΑ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ – ΝΕΕΣ ΠΡΟΟΠΤΙΚΕΣ [Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace: 50 years of history - new perspectives] (in Greek). Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace. 2005-12-05. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  2. ^ a b "Budget 2010". Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
  3. ^ Government Gazette (Greece) (ΦEK)B 575 - 19.08.1988 [1]
  4. ^ a b c d e Hekimoglou, Achilleas. Υπουργείο Μακεδονίας - Θράκης: Το τέλος ενός υπουργείου [Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace: The end of a ministry] (in Greek). To Vima. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  5. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2010-12-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Γενική Γραμματεία Μακεδονίας - Θράκης - ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗ ΗΓΕΣΙΑ ΜΕΧΡΙ ΣΗΜΕΡΑ". Archived from the original on 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
  7. ^ "Υπουργείο Μακεδονίας - Θράκης - Ο ΡΟΛΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟΥ". Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
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