Key Ministers Keep Positions in Greek Cabinet Reshuffle
Key Ministers Keep Positions in Greek Cabinet Reshuffle
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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced a reshuffle of his government on Tuesday, keeping key ministers in place while bringing in some new faces. Tsipras' new cabinet contains only minor changes, including new ministers for the interior, public order, justice and culture.
Key members of the Greek government, including those involved in the country's creditor-mandated bailout program such as Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, have retained their positions in a cabinet reshuffle. As expected, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, Tsipras's coalition partner, also kept their posts.
The reshuffle included 13 new faces. The key changes were the shift of deputy defence minister Fotis Kouvelis to Shipping Minister and the inclusion of independent MP and former conservative party cadre Katerina Papakosta as deputy citizens' protection minister under Olga Gerovassili.
Gerovassili was replaced as Administrative Reform Minister by former socialist minister Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou.
Among the new names included Michalis Kalogirou as Justice Minister, replacing Stavros Kontonis, and Alexis Haritsis as interior minister.
The next general election has to take place by September 2019. Tsipras's governing Syriza party is trailing New Democracy in opinion polls.
Prime Minister: Alexis Tsipras
Deputy Prime Minister: Yiannis Dragasakis
Ministry of Interior
Minister: Alexis Haritsis
Deputy Minister: Marina Chrysoveloni
Deputy Minister for Macedonia-Thrace: Katerina Notopoulou
Ministry of Citizens Protection
Minister: Olga Gerovassili
Deputy Minister: Katerina Papakosta
Ministry of Economy & Development
Minister: Yiannis Dragasakis
Alternate Minister of Industry: Stergios Pitsiorlas
Deputy Minister: Stathis Giannakidis
Ministry of Digital Policy, Telecommunications & Media
Minister: Nikos Pappas
Ministry of National Defense
Minister: Panos Kammenos
Alternate Minister: Panagiotis Rigas
Deputy Minister: Maria Kollia Tsarouha
Ministry of Education, Research & Religion
Minister: Costas Gavroglou
Alternate Minister for Research: Costas Fotakis
Deputy Minister: Meropi Tzoufi
Ministry of Labor, Social Security & Social Solidarity
Minister: Effie Achtsioglou
Alternate Minister for Social Solidarity: Theano Fotiou
Deputy Labor Minister: Tasos Petropoulos
Deputy Minister for Social Security: Thanassis Iliopoulos
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister: Nikos Kotzias
Alternate Minister for European Affairs: Giorgos Katrougalos
Deputy Minister for Religious Issues: Markos Bolaris
Deputy Minister for Diaspora Greeks: Terence Quick
Ministry of Justice, Transparency & Human Rights
Minister: Mihalis Kalogirou
Alternate Minister for Corruption Issues: Dimitris Papangelopoulos
Ministry of Finance
Minister: Euclid Tsakalotos
Alternate Minister: Giorgos Houliarakis
Deputy Minister: Katerina Papanatsiou
Ministry of Health
Minister: Andreas Xanthos
Alternate Minister: Pavlos Polakis
Ministry of Administrative Reform
Minister: Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou
Ministry of Culture & Sports
Minister: Myrsini Zorba
Deputy Minister for Sports: Giorgos Vassiliadis
Deputy Minister: Konstantinos Stratis
Ministry of Environment and Energy
Minister: George Stathakis
Alternate Minister for Environment: Sokratis Famelos
Deputy Minister: Giorgos Dimaras
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport
Minister: Christos Spirtzis
Deputy Minister: Nikos Mavraganis
Ministry of Immigration Policy
Minister: Dimitris Vitsas
Ministry of Maritime and Insular Policy
Minister: Fotis Kouvelis
Alternate Minister for Insular Policy Nektarios Santorinios
