Following the 4 October 2009 general elections in

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George Papandreou George Andreas Papandreou ( el, Γεώργιος Ανδρέας Παπανδρέου, , shortened to ''Giorgos'' () to distinguish him from his grandfather; born 16 June 1952) is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from ...

, the leader of the PA.SO.K., formed a

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, which was sworn in on 7 October. A major

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was made in September 2010. The cabinet was succeeded by the Lucas Papademos's Coalition Cabinet.

The 2009 cabinet

The cabinet has 36 members, 14 ministers and 22 deputy ministers, a reduction in the size of government as promised by the PA.SO.K. leader during his campaign for the country’s parliamentary elections. Twenty-four of the new members of the government had no previous ministerial experience. Nine of the members were women, a very large proportion by Greek standards, while five of them were named to head ministries among the 14 portfolios. Papandreou appointed himself

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, a portfolio he held in a previous Pasok government.

Changes in government structure

The new cabinet features less ministries than usual in the past (four less than the previous cabinet), 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 The National Security Governmental Council ( el, Κυβερνητικό Συμβούλιο Εθνικής Ασφαλείας) (ex. Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence), usually known by its acronym KYSEA (ΚΥΣΕΑ), is the supreme d ...

(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 Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian mi ...

. * the regional ministries, namely the Ministry for Macedonia–Thrace and the Ministry for the Aegean and Island Policy, were abolished. Instead, a Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Finance, Competitiveness and Mercantile Marine resided in Macedonia. * the Ministry for Transport and Communications was merged with the Public Works sector of the

Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works The Ministry of the Environment, Urban Planning and Public Works of Greece ( el, Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος, Χωροταξίας και Δημοσίων Έργων, commonly abbreviated as ΥΠΕΧΩΔΕ). Following the electoral ...

, while a dedicated Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change is created. * the General Secretariats of Public Order (supervising the

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and

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) and of Civil Defence of the Ministry for the Interior, together with the

Hellenic Coast Guard The Hellenic Coast Guard ( el, Λιμενικό Σώμα-Ελληνική Ακτοφυλακή, Limeniko Soma-Elliniki Aktofylaki, Port Corps-Hellenic Coast Guard) is the national coast guard of Greece. Like many other coast guards, it is a par ...

(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 were merged.

Ministers

The 2010 cabinet

Prime Minister

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's second cabinet was sworn in on 7 September 2010, after a major cabinet reshuffle with 48 cabinet members comprising the new government, of which seven members were alternate ministers – up from two in the previous Cabinet – and 24 deputy ministers. The majority of Cabinet members are M.P.s from the ruling PA.SO.K. party. The Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries - essentially the re-established Merchant Marine ministry - was established.

Ministers

The 2011 cabinet

Cabinet Papandreou - 8 November 2011 (3)

Prime Minister George A. Papandreou announced a

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on 15 June 2011 amidst the worsening

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and mounting

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. The new cabinet was announced and sworn in on 17 June. It features 41 members, seven down from the 2010 cabinet, and a new ministry, that of Administrative Reform, split off from the Interior Ministry. The Ministry for Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries, established in 2010, was dissolved and merged with the Ministry for Regional Development and Competitiveness. The new cabinet received a

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on 21 June 2011, with 155 (51.7%) votes in favour (all from PA.SO.K. members), 143 (47.7%) against, and two (0.7%) abstentions.

Ministers

Prime Minister George A. Papandreou also announced the formation of a Government Committee (Κυβερνητική Επιτροπή) composed of leading ministers: *

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Haris Kastanidis Haris Kastanidis ( el, Χάρης Καστανίδης, born 11 March 1956 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a Greek politician who served as Minister for Justice, Transparency and Human Rights and Minister for the Interior under George Papandreou. A ...

Evangelos Venizelos Evangelos Venizelos (, ; born 1 January 1957) is a Greek academic and politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Greece and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 25 June 2013 to 27 January 2015. Previously, he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister ...

* Michalis Chrysohoidis *

Giorgos Papakonstantinou Giórgos Papakonstantínou ( el, Γιώργος Παπακωνσταντίνου; born 30 October 1961) in Athens, Greece, is a Greek economist and politician and former Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change of Greece and former ...

Anna Diamantopoulou Anna Diamantopoulou ( el, Άννα Διαμαντοπούλου; born 26 February 1959 in Kozani, Greece)Giannis Ragousis Giannis Ragousis (; born 11 December 1965) is a Greek economist and politician of SYRIZA who had previously served in the government of Panhellenic Socialist Movement. Education Giannis Ragousis graduated from the Department of Financial Studies ...

Andreas Loverdos Andreas Loverdos ( el, Ανδρέας Λοβέρδος ; born 15 May 1956) is a Greek politician who was Minister for Education and Religious Affairs from 2014 to 2015. Early life Loverdos was born in Patras. He graduated from the law school of ...

Kostas Skandalidis Kostas Skandalidis ( el, Κώστας Σκανδαλίδης; born 11 January 1953) is a Greek politician and member of the Greek Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) for the Athens A constituency. Life M.P. Kostas Skandalid ...

Christos Papoutsis Christos Papoutsis ( el, Χρήστος Παπουτσής) (born April 11, 1953) is a Greek socialist politician who has served as Minister for Citizen Protection (2010–12), Mercantile Marine Minister (2000–01) Member of the European Parlia ...

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The 2009 cabinet

Changes in government structure

Ministers

The 2010 cabinet

Ministers

The 2011 cabinet

Ministers

See also

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