Ministry of the Environment and Energy (Greece)


Ministry of the Environment and Energy
Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας
Agency overview
FormedSeptember 2015
Preceding agency
  • Ministry of Productive Reconstruction, the Environment and Energy (Jan. - Sept. 2015)
TypeMinistry
JurisdictionGreek government
HeadquartersAthens
Employees3.348 (2024)
815 (2016)
Annual budget2.341.227.000 € (2025)
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
  • Nikos Tagaras
  • Nikos Tsafos
Child agencies
  • General Secretariat for the Environment
  • General Secretariat for Spatial Planning and Urban Environment
  • General Secretariat for Energy and Mineral Resources
  • Special Secretariat for Water
Key document
  • Εstablishment of the Μinistry of the environment and energy
Websiteypen.gov.gr

The Ministry of the Environment and Energy (Greek: Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας) is a government department of Greece responsible for environmental and energy policy. It was created on 7 October 2009 as the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate Change to succeed the Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works. The incumbent minister is Theodoros Skylakakis of New Democracy.