Cabinet of Antonis Samaras

Cabinet of Antonis Samaras
Cabinet of Antonis Samaras
; Cabinet of Greece
	Prime minister Samaras (r.) and his deputy Venizelos (l.)
Date formed	21 June 2012
Date dissolved	26 January 2015
People and organisations
Head of state	Karolos Papoulias
Head of government	Antonis Samaras
Member parties	New Democracy,; PASOK,; Democratic Left (DIMAR, until 21 June 2013
Status in legislature	New Democracy led coalition government; 179 / 300 (60%) (until 21/06/13); 163 / 300 (54%) (from 21/06/13)
Opposition parties	Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA); Independent Greeks (ANEL); Golden Dawn; Democratic Left (DIMAR) (from 21 June 2013); Communist Party of Greece (KKE)
Opposition leader	Alexis Tsipras
History
Election	June 2012 Greek legislative election
Legislature term	15th (2012–2015)
Predecessor	Pikrammenos Caretaker Cabinet
Successor	Tsipras Cabinet

The Cabinet of Antonis Samaras succeeded the Caretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos after the repeated legislative elections in May and June 2012. It was sworn in on Thursday, 21 June 2012.^[1] The former ministries of Shipping, Tourism and Macedonia and Thrace were re-established.^[2] The junior coalition partners, PASOK and DIMAR, chose to take a limited role in the cabinet, preferring to be represented by party officials and independent technocrats instead of MPs.^[3] Vassilis Rapanos, the prime minister's first choice for finance minister, fell ill before being sworn in, and tendered his resignation on 25 June. Yannis Stournaras was then chosen as the new finance minister on 26 June, and sworn in on 5 July.^[4]^[5]

DIMAR left the coalition on 21 June 2013 in protest at the closure of the nation's public broadcaster ERT, leaving Samaras with a slim majority of 153 ND and PASOK MPs combined.^[6] The two remaining parties proceeded to negotiate a cabinet reshuffle that resulted in a significantly expanded role for PASOK in the new coalition government.^[7]^[8] A further reshuffle followed the 2014 European Parliament election.^[9]

Office	Officeholder	Party	Dates
Prime Minister	Antonis Samaras	New Democracy	20 June 2012 – 26 January 2015
Deputy Prime Minister	Vacant until 25 June 2013
Deputy Prime Minister	Evangelos Venizelos	Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)	25 June 2013 – 27 January 2015
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Dimitris Avramopoulos	New Democracy	21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Evangelos Venizelos	PASOK	25 June 2013 – 27 January 2015
Minister for Finance	Yannis Stournaras	Independent	5 July 2012 – 10 June 2014
Minister for Finance	Gikas Hardouvelis	Independent	10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015
Minister for National Defence	Panos Panagiotopoulos	New Democracy	21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013
	Dimitris Avramopoulos	New Democracy	25 June 2013 – 1 November 2014
	Nikos Dendias	New Democracy	1 November 2014 – 27 January 2015
Minister for the Interior	Evripidis Stylianidis	New Democracy	21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013
	Giannis Michelakis [el]	New Democracy	25 June 2013 – 10 June 2014
	Argyris Dinopoulos [el]	New Democracy	10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015
Minister for Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks	Kostis Chatzidakis	New Democracy	21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013
	Post abolished 25 June 2013
Minister for Development and Competitiveness	Kostis Chatzidakis	New Democracy	25 June 2013 – 10 June 2014
	Nikos Dendias	New Democracy	10 June 2014 – 3 November 2014
	Konstantinos Skrekas	New Democracy	3 November 2014 – 27 January 2015
Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks	Michalis Chrisochoidis	PASOK	25 June 2013 – 27 January 2015
Minister for Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sport	Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos [el]	New Democracy	21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013
	Post abolished 25 June 2013
Minister for Education and Religious Affairs	Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos [el]	New Democracy	25 June 2013 – 10 June 2014
Minister for Education and Religious Affairs	Andreas Loverdos	PASOK	10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015
Minister for Culture and Sport	Panos Panagiotopoulos	New Democracy	25 June 2013 – 10 June 2014
Minister for Culture and Sport	Konstantinos Tasoulas	New Democracy	10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015
Minister for Administrative Reform and e-Governance	Antonis Manitakis	Independent	21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013
Minister for Administrative Reform and e-Governance	Kyriakos Mitsotakis	New Democracy	25 June 2013 – 27 January 2015
Minister for Health	Andreas Lykourentzos [el]	New Democracy	21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013
	Adonis Georgiades	New Democracy	25 June 2013 – 10 June 2014
	Makis Voridis	New Democracy	10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015
Minister for Labour, Social Security and Welfare	Giannis Vroutsis	New Democracy	21 June 2012 – 27 January 2015
Minister for Rural Development and Food	Athanasios Tsaftaris [el]	PASOK	21 June 2012 – 10 June 2014
Minister for Rural Development and Food	Giorgos Karasmanis [el]	New Democracy	10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015
Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change	Evangelos Livieratos	Independent	21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013
Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change	Giannis Maniatis [el]	PASOK	25 June 2013 – 27 January 2015
Minister for Justice, Transparency and Human Rights	Antonios Roupakiotis	Independent	21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013
Minister for Justice, Transparency and Human Rights	Charalampos Athanasiou [el]	New Democracy	25 June 2013 – 28 January 2015
Minister for Public Order and Citizen Protection	Nikos Dendias	New Democracy	21 June 2012 – 10 June 2014
Minister for Public Order and Citizen Protection	Vassilis Kikilias	New Democracy	10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015
Minister for Tourism	Olga Kefalogianni	New Democracy	21 June 2012 – 27 January 2015
Minister for Shipping and the Aegean	Konstantinos Mousouroulis [el]	New Democracy	21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013
Minister for Shipping and the Aegean	Miltiadis Varvitsiotis	New Democracy	25 June 2013 – 27 January 2015
Minister for Macedonia and Thrace	Theodoros Karaoglou [el]	New Democracy	21 June 2012 – 10 June 2014
Minister for Macedonia and Thrace	Georgios Orfanos	New Democracy	10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015
Minister of State	Dimitrios I. Stamatis [el]	New Democracy	21 June 2012 – 27 January 2015
Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and government spokesperson	Simos Kedikoglou [el]	New Democracy	21 June 2012 – 10 June 2014
	Sofia Voultepsi	New Democracy	10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015

References

^ The new cabinet Archived 16 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Athens News, 21 June 2012.
^ "Με 39 μέλη η κυβέρνηση του Αντώνη Σαμαρά [infographic]" (in Greek). IN. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
^ "PM Antonis Samaras announces cabinet". BBC. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
^ Ο Γ. Στουρνάρας νέος υπουργός Οικονομικών. Kathimerini (in Greek). 26 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
^ "Greece names Yannis Stournaras as new finance minister". BBC. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
^ "Greece coalition partner pulls out ministers in wake of ERT debacle [update]". Kathimerini. Piraeus. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
^ Η σύνθεση της νέας κυβέρνησης (in Greek). Athens: ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΑ ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΣΗΣ & ΕΠΙΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑΣ - ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΑ ΜΕΣΩΝ ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΣΗΣ. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "New government is ushered in". Kathimerini. Piraeus. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
^ Σαρωτικός ανασχηματισμός: Η σύνθεση της νέας κυβέρνησης - τα βιογραφικά. Kathimerini (in Greek). 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

[1] The new cabinet Archived 16 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Athens News, 21 June 2012.

[IN-2] "Με 39 μέλη η κυβέρνηση του Αντώνη Σαμαρά [infographic]" (in Greek). IN. Retrieved 21 June 2012.

[3] "PM Antonis Samaras announces cabinet". BBC. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.

[4] Ο Γ. Στουρνάρας νέος υπουργός Οικονομικών. Kathimerini (in Greek). 26 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.

[5] "Greece names Yannis Stournaras as new finance minister". BBC. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.

[6] "Greece coalition partner pulls out ministers in wake of ERT debacle [update]". Kathimerini. Piraeus. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.

[7] Η σύνθεση της νέας κυβέρνησης (in Greek). Athens: ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΑ ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΣΗΣ & ΕΠΙΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑΣ - ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΑ ΜΕΣΩΝ ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΣΗΣ. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}

[8] "New government is ushered in". Kathimerini. Piraeus. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.

[9] Σαρωτικός ανασχηματισμός: Η σύνθεση της νέας κυβέρνησης - τα βιογραφικά. Kathimerini (in Greek). 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

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