Kostas Karamanlis Konstantinos A. Karamanlis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Αλεξάνδρου Καραμανλής; born 14 September 1956), commonly known as Kostas Karamanlis ( el, Κώστας Καραμανλής, ), is a Greek politician who served as the ...

served as a Prime Minister of Greece for two consecutive terms. During his incumbency, the period 2004-2009, he formed two cabinets. The second Kostas Karamanlis cabinet was formed after the

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and was succeeded by the George Papandreou Cabinet.

Second Karamanlis cabinet, 2007–2009

On September 18, 2007, after the

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of his government, Prime Minister

announced his second cabinet, the members of which assumed office on 19 September 2007. As part of a reorganisation of the ministries, the incoming government announced: * the merger of the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation and the

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to form the Ministry of the Interior and Public Order; * the merger of the Ministry of the Mercantile Marine and the Ministry of the Aegean and Island Policy to form the Ministry of Mercantile Marine and Island Policy. On 7 January 2009, Karamanlis announced another major cabinet reshuffle.

Defunct cabinet positions

* Minister for Industry, Energy and Technology * Minister for Trade * Minister for the Press and the Media {{Cabinets of Greece Karamanlis, Kostas 2 2007 in Greek politics 2008 in Greek politics 2009 in Greek politics 2007 establishments in Greece 2009 disestablishments in Greece Cabinets established in 2007 Cabinets disestablished in 2009 New Democracy (Greece)