Coalition Cabinet of Lucas Papademos

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The Cabinet of Lucas Papademos succeeded the cabinet of George Papandreou, as an interim three-party coalition cabinet, leading a coalition government formed by the PASOK party, New Democracy party and Popular Orthodox Rally party,^[1] after Papandreou's decision to step down, and allow a provisional coalition government to form with the task to take Greece out of a major political crisis caused by the country's debt crisis.^[2][3] It is the first coalition cabinet in Greece since the 1989–1990 Ecumenical Cabinet of Xenophon Zolotas.

The Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and the Cabinet were formally sworn in on 11 November 2011.^[4]

Government formation process

On November 6, Prime Minister George Papandreou met with opposition leaders to try to reach an agreement on the formation of an interim government, after a narrow confidence vote win in parliament.^[5] A day earlier, the leader of the opposition New Democracy party Antonis Samaras had rejected the proposal and called for an immediate election. After Papandreou agreed to step aside, however, the two leaders announced their intention to form a national unity government that would allow the EU bailout to proceed and pave the way for elections on 19 February 2012.^[6][7] The Communist Party and the Coalition of the Radical Left Party, refused Papandreou's invitation to join talks on a new unity government.^[8] After several days of intense negotiations, the two major parties along with the Popular Orthodox Rally agreed to form a grand coalition headed by former European Central Bank vice-president Lucas Papademos.^[2][3]

On November 10, George Papandreou formally resigned as Prime Minister of Greece,^[9] and the new coalition cabinet and Prime Minister Lucas Papademos formally sworn in on 11 November 2011.^[10]

The national unity government's main task is to allow the EU bailout to proceed and to pave the way for elections on 19 February 2012. Papademos, who is not an elected MP, has said his priority will be to keep Greece in the eurozone.^[11]

The Cabinet

In total, 48 people including the prime minister make up the government, seven more than its immediate predecessor. There are 12 new ministers in its ranks, of which nine have been sworn into government office for the first time, including the new premier. Broadly, most Cabinet members served in the previous government of George Papandreou. Nevertheless, the new coalition government also includes six members hailing from the main opposition New Democracy party and four from the Popular Orthodox Rally (LA.O.S) party.

Office	Incumbent		Party	Since
Prime Minister	Lucas Papademos		Independent	11 November 2011
Deputy Prime Minister	Theodoros Pangalos		PASOK	7 October 2009
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance	Evangelos Venizelos		PASOK	17 June 2011
Minister for the Interior	Tassos Yiannitsis		PASOK	11 November 2011
Minister for Administrative Reform and e-Governance	Dimitris Reppas		PASOK	17 June 2011
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Stavros Dimas		New Democracy	11 November 2011
Minister for National Defence	Dimitris Avramopoulos		New Democracy	11 November 2011
Minister for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping	Michalis Chrisochoidis		PASOK	7 September 2010
Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change	Giorgos Papakonstantinou		PASOK	17 June 2011
Minister for Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs	Anna Diamantopoulou		PASOK	7 October 2009
Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks	Makis Voridis		LAOS	11 November 2011
Minister for Labour and Social Security	Giorgos Koutroumanis		PASOK	17 June 2011
Minister for Health and Social Solidarity	Andreas Loverdos		PASOK	7 September 2010
Minister for Rural Development and Food	Kostas Skandalidis		PASOK	7 September 2010
Minister for Justice, Transparency and Human Rights	Miltiadis Papaioannou		PASOK	17 June 2011
Minister for Citizen Protection	Christos Papoutsis		PASOK	7 September 2010
Minister for Culture and Tourism	Pavlos Geroulanos		PASOK	7 October 2009
Minister of State	Giorgos Stavropoulos		Independent	11 November 2011
Government Spokesman	Vacant (TBD)

See also

• Cabinet of Greece
• List of cabinets of Greece

References

General

• "New transitional gov't under PM Papademos sworn in". ANA-MPA (ana-mpa.gr). 2011-11-11. http://web.amna.gr/anaenglish/articleview1.php?id=1320. Retrieved 2011-11-12. 

Specific

1. ^ "Lucas Papademos sworn in as Greece's prime minister". Guardian. 2011-11-11. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/11/lucas-papademos-greece-prime-minister. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Lucas Papademos named as new Greek prime minister". BBC News. 10 November 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15671354. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Lucas Papademos to lead Greece's interim coalition government". Guardian (UK). 10 November 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/10/lucas-papademos-greece-interim-coalition. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
4. ^ "New Greek govt takes over, former banker at helm". Associated Press. 11 November 2011. http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Article_2011-11-11-EU-Greece-Financial-Crisis/id-98805fa6da654460a141ba38be2d63e7. Retrieved 11 November 2011. 
5. ^ "Greek PM Papandreou faces unity challenge over bailout" at bbc.co.uk
6. ^ Kington, Tom; Smith, Helena (2011-11-06). "Papandreou out as Greek leaders agree unity government deal". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/06/papandreou-greek-leaders-unity-deal. Retrieved 2011-11-06. 
7. ^ "Greek PM George Papandreou resigns; polls set for February". Business Today. http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/greek-pm-george-papandreou-resigns;-polls-set-for-february/1/19851.html. Retrieved 7 November 2011. 
8. ^ "Political opposition divided over unity government". e.kathemerini.com. 7 November 2011. http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_07/11/2011_413717. Retrieved 11 November 2011. 
9. ^ "George Papandreou resigns as Greece's prime minister". The Telegraph. 9 November 2011. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8879647/George-Papandreou-resigns-as-Greeces-prime-minister.html. Retrieved 11 November 2011. 
10. ^ "Papademos sworn in, heads Greek cabinet of stalwarts". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/11/us-greece-f-idUSTRE7AA2H720111111. Retrieved 11 November 2011. 
11. ^ "Greece swears in unity cabinet and PM Lucas Papademos". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15691697. Retrieved 11 November 2011.