Cabinet of Greece

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The cabinet of Greece (Greek: Κυβέρνηση της Ελλάδας), officially called the Ministerial Council (Greek: Yπουργικό Συμβούλιο), constitutes the Government of Greece. It is the collective decision-making body of the Hellenic Republic, composed of the Prime Minister and the Ministers. One or more Ministers may be appointed Vice President of the Government (Αντιπρόεδρος της Κυβερνήσεως, Deputy prime Minister), by decree initiated by the Prime Minister. Ministers are appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister.

The Council defines and directs the general policy of the Country, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and the laws. It is regulated by the Constitution of Greece.

The Council meets at the building of the Hellenic Parliament. The meetings are chaired by the Prime Minister.

Formation of government

After the elections, the President appoints the Prime Minister and hands him the mandate to form a government. He suggests the new Ministers and Deputy Ministers and the new government gets appointed by the President in a swearing-in ceremony with the Archbishop of Athens at the Presidential Mansion in Athens.

Current cabinet

Main article: Coalition Cabinet of Lucas Papademos

The cabinet of interim prime minister Lucas Papademos's national unity government was sworn in on Friday, 11 November 2011.

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

• Former cabinets of Greece

References

• "THE CONSTITUTION OF GREECE - As revised by the parliamentary resolution of May 27th 2008 of the VIIIth Revisionary Parliament". Hellenic Parliament. http://www.parliament.gr/english/pdf/001-156%20aggliko.pdf. Retrieved 2010-06-04. 

External links

• Greek Government official website
• General Secretariat on the Greek Government website
• Vice President on the Greek Government Website (Greek)