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]
Cabinet of Antonis Samaras | |
|---|---|
 Cabinet of Greece | |
.jpg) 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 |
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 | |||
| 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 | |
| Evangelos Venizelos | PASOK | 25 June 2013 – 27 January 2015 | ||
| Minister for Finance | Yannis Stournaras | Independent | 5 July 2012 – 10 June 2014 | |
| 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 | New Democracy | 25 June 2013 – 10 June 2014 | ||
| Argyris Dinopoulos | 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 | New Democracy | 21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013 | |
| Post abolished 25 June 2013 | ||||
| Minister for Education and Religious Affairs | Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos | New Democracy | 25 June 2013 – 10 June 2014 | |
| Andreas Loverdos | PASOK | 10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015 | ||
| Minister for Culture and Sport | Panos Panagiotopoulos | New Democracy | 25 June 2013 – 10 June 2014 | |
| 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 | |
| Kyriakos Mitsotakis | New Democracy | 25 June 2013 – 27 January 2015 | ||
| Minister for Health | Andreas Lykourentzos | 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 | PASOK | 21 June 2012 – 10 June 2014 | |
| Giorgos Karasmanis | 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 | |
| Giannis Maniatis | PASOK | 25 June 2013 – 27 January 2015 | ||
| Minister for Justice, Transparency and Human Rights | Antonios Roupakiotis | Independent | 21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013 | |
| Charalampos Athanasiou | 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 | |
| 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 | New Democracy | 21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013 | |
| Miltiadis Varvitsiotis | New Democracy | 25 June 2013 – 27 January 2015 | ||
| Minister for Macedonia and Thrace | Theodoros Karaoglou | New Democracy | 21 June 2012 – 10 June 2014 | |
| Georgios Orfanos | New Democracy | 10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015 | ||
| Minister of State | Dimitrios I. Stamatis | New Democracy | 21 June 2012 – 27 January 2015 | |
| Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and government spokesperson |
Simos Kedikoglou | New Democracy | 21 June 2012 – 10 June 2014 | |
| Sofia Voultepsi | New Democracy | 10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015 | ||
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