Cabinet of Greece

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The cabinet of Greece, officially called the Ministerial Council (Greek: Yπουργικό Συμβούλιο) comprises the heads of the ministries. Ministers are appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister. There is also an extraordinary advisory council of the Republic, which includes former prime ministers and the heads of all parliamentary parties.

First Papandreou cabinet, 2009–

The Papandreou Cabinet.

Following the 4 October 2009 general elections, George Papandreou, the leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, formed a government, which was sworn in on 7 October.

Changes in government structure

The new cabinet features less ministries than usual in the past, and significant changes in several of them:

• the post of a Vice-President of the Government has been re-introduced and given a coordinating role over the Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) and the committee on Economic and Social Policy.
• the united Ministry for Economy and Finance has been split up again, with the Ministry for Economy also taking over the role of the Ministry for Development and most functions of the Ministry for Mercantile Marine.
• the regional ministries, namely the Ministry for Macedonia–Thrace and the Ministry for the Aegean and Island Policy, are abolished. Instead, a Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Finance, Competitiveness and Mercantile Marine will reside in Macedonia.
• the Ministry for Transport and Communications is merged with the Public Works sector of the Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works, while a dedicated Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change is created.
• the General Secretariats of Public Order (supervising the Hellenic Police and Hellenic Fire Service) and of Civil Defence of the Ministry for the Interior, together with the Hellenic Coast Guard (previously under the purview of the Ministry for Mercantile Marine) are joined into the new Ministry for the Protection of the Citizen. In essence, it forms a revival, in a revised form, of the old Ministry for Public Order.
• the ministries of Culture and Tourism are merged.

Ministers

See also

• Former cabinets of Greece

References

• "New PASOK government Cabinet announced". ANA-MPA (ana-mpa.gr). 2009-10-06. http://www.ana-mpa.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=8023855&service=142. Retrieved 2009-10-09. 

v • d • e Current Cabinet of Greece Prime Minister George Papandreou Deputy Prime Minister Theodoros Pangalos Ministers Interior, Decentralization and e-Governance: Giannis Ragousis  · Finance: Giorgos Papakonstantinou  · Economy, Competitiveness and Mercantile Marine: Louka Katseli  · Foreign Affairs: George Papandreou  · Foreign Affairs (Alternate): Dimitris Droutsas  · National Defence: Evangelos Venizelos  · Education & Religious Affairs: Anna Diamantopoulou  · Labour and Social Security: Andreas Loverdos  · Health and Social Solidarity: Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou  · Agricultural Development and Food: Aikaterini Batzeli  · Justice, Transparency and Human Rights: Haris Kastanidis  · Citizen's Protection: Mihalis Chrysohoidis  · Culture and Tourism: Pavlos Geroulanos  · Infrastructure, Transport and Networks: Dimitris Reppas  · Environment, Energy and Climate Change: Tina Birbili  · Minister of State: Haris Pamboukis Government spokesman: Giorgos Petalotis

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