It was initially formed on 27 June 2011 as the Ministry of Administrative Reform and Electronic Governance (Υπουργείο Διοικητικής Μεταρρύθμισης και Ηλεκτρονικής Διακυβέρνησης).

The incumbent minister in the Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis is Demetrius Papastergiou, who also served as Mayor of Trilala.

The ministry was formed on 27 June 2011 by Presidential Decree 65/2011, following a proposal by Prime Minister George Papandreou.

The Ministry also included the Corps of Inspectors-Controllers of Public Administration and the General Inspector of Public Administration, the National Printing Office and independent authorities of the Ombudsman and the Supreme Council for Civil Personnel Selection (ASEP).

Finally it supervised the National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government (EKDDA) and the "Information Society" limited company.