Cabinet of Greece

Cabinet before the 2009 election

The cabinet of Greece comprises the heads of the major ministries. Ministers are appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister. There is also an advisory council of the Republic, which includes former prime ministers and the heads of all parliamentary parties.

Greece

Politics and government of Greece
Office Incumbent Since Party
Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis 19 September 2007 ND
Minister for Culture Michael Liapis 19 September 2007 ND
Minister for Development Christos Folias 19 September 2007 ND
Minister for Economy and Finance Georgios Alogoskoufis 19 September 2007 ND
Minister for Employment and Social Protection Vasilios Magginas 19 September 2007 ND
replaced by Fani Palli-Petralia 18 December 2007 ND
Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works Georgios Souflias 19 September 2007 ND
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dora Bakoyannis 19 September 2007 ND
Minister for Health and Social Solidarity Dimitris Avramopoulos 19 September 2007 ND
Minister for the Interior and Public Order Prokopis Pavlopoulos 19 September 2007 ND
Minister for Justice Sotirios Hatzigakis 19 September 2007 ND
Minister for Macedonia–Thrace Margaritis Tzimas 19 September 2007 ND
Minister for Mercantile Marine and Island Policy Georgios Voulgarakis 19 September 2007 ND
Minister for National Defence Vangelis Meimarakis 19 September 2007 ND
Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs Evripidis Stilianidis 19 September 2007 ND
Minister for Rural Development and Food Alexandros Kontos 19 September 2007 ND
Minister for State Theodoros Roussopoulos 19 September 2007 ND
Minister for Tourism Aris Spiliotopoulos 19 September 2007 ND
Minister for Transport and Communications Kostas Hatzidakis 19 September 2007 ND

Second Karamanlis cabinet, 2007–

On September 18, 2007, Kostas Karamanlis announced his second cabinet, the members of which assumed office on September 19, 2007.

As part of a reorganisation of the ministries, the incoming government announced that:

* the merger of the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation and the Ministry of Public Order to form the Ministry of the Interior and Public Order;

* the merger of the Ministry of Mercantile Marine and the Ministry of the Aegean and Island Policy to form the Ministry of Mercantile Marine and Island Policy.

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