Newly elected Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras appointed Theodoros Karaoglou, as the new Minister to Macedonia-Thrace on June 21, 2012.
Samaras is maintaining his promise to re-establish the Macedonia-Thrace Ministry in Greece, after the ministry was closed in October 2009 and became the General Secretariat for Macedonia and Thrace. The General Secretariat for Macedonia and Thrace was administered by the Ministry of the Interior.