Kostas Karamanlis served as a Prime Minister of Greece

Prime Minister of Greece

The Prime Minister of Greece , officially the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic , is the head of government of the Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Greek cabinet. The current interim Prime Minister is Lucas Papademos, a former Vice President of the European Central Bank, following...

 for two consecutive terms. Durind his incumbency, the period 2004-2009, he formed two cabinets

Cabinet of Greece

The cabinet of Greece , officially called the Ministerial Council , constitutes the Government of Greece. It is the collective decision-making body of the Hellenic Republic, composed of the Prime Minister and the Ministers...

. The first Karamanlis Cabinet succeeded the PASOK cabinet of Costas Simitis

Costas Simitis

Konstantinos Simitis , usually referred to as Costas Simitis or Kostas Simitis, was Prime Minister of Greece and leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement from 1996 to 2004.- Biography :...

 after the 2004 elections

Greek legislative election, 2004

Legislative elections were held in Greece on March 7, 2004. At stake were 300 seats in the Greek Parliament, the Vouli . The New Democracy Party of Kostas Karamanlis won a decisive victory in the elections, ending eleven years of rule by the Panhellenic Socialist Movement .PASOK was led into the...

, and was followed by Karamanlis' Second Cabinet

Second Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis

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

 after the 2007 elections.

The Cabinet

After his party's victory in the 2004 election

Greek legislative election, 2004

Legislative elections were held in Greece on March 7, 2004. At stake were 300 seats in the Greek Parliament, the Vouli . The New Democracy Party of Kostas Karamanlis won a decisive victory in the elections, ending eleven years of rule by the Panhellenic Socialist Movement .PASOK was led into the...

, the new cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis was sworn in on 10 March.

In February 2006, Karamanlis announced his first major cabinet reshuffle.

Office	Incumbent	Since
Prime Minister Prime Minister of Greece The Prime Minister of Greece , officially the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic , is the head of government of the Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Greek cabinet. The current interim Prime Minister is Lucas Papademos, a former Vice President of the European Central Bank, following...	Kostas Karamanlis	March 10, 2004
Minister for the Aegean and Island Policy Minister for the Aegean and Island Policy (Greece) The Ministry for the Aegean was a government department of Greece. It was founded in 1985 , with Mytilene as its seat, and tasked with supervising the development of the long-neglected Aegean Islands....	Aristotelis Pavlidis Aristotelis Pavlidis Aristotelis Pavlidis is a Greek politician. He was Minister for the Aegean and Island Policy from 2004 until 2007.Born on Kos, Pavlidis studied physics and mathematics at the University of Athens and business administration in London...	March 10, 2004
Minister for Culture and Athletics Minister for Culture (Greece) The Ministry of Culture and Tourism is a government department of Greece entrusted with the preservation of the country's cultural heritage, the arts, as well as sports, through the subordinate General Secretariat for Sport...	Kostas Karamanlis	March 10, 2004
	Georgios Voulgarakis Georgios Voulgarakis Georgios Voulgarakis is a Greek politician and the former Minister for Mercantile Marine, Aegean Sea and Island Policy.Voulgarakis was born in Crete and holds a PhD in economics from the University of Athens. He is a member of the New Democracy party...	February 15, 2006
Minister for Development Minister for Development (Greece) The Ministry of Development of Greece was created in January 1996 by then Prime Minister Costas Simitis through the merger of three former ministries: the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Technology, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Tourism)...	Dimitris Sioufas Dimitris Sioufas Dimitris Sioufas is a Greek lawyer and New Democracy politician.Born in Ellinopyrgos, Karditsa, Sioufas has a degree in political science and public administration at the Panteion University of Athens as well as in law from the University of Thessaloniki.He was first elected to the Greek...	March 10, 2004
Minister for Economy and Finance Minister for Economy and Finance (Greece) The Ministry of Finance is a government department responsible for the running of the public finance of the Greek state. The current minister is Evangelos Venizelos, who also holds the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Greece....	Georgios Alogoskoufis Georgios Alogoskoufis George Alogoskoufis is a Professor of Economics at the Athens University of Economics and Business since 1990. He was a member of the Hellenic Parliament from September 1996 till October 2009 and served as Greece's Minister of Economy and Finance from March 2004 till January 2009. During...	March 10, 2004
Minister for Employment and Social Protection Minister for Employment and Social Protection (Greece) The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is a government department of Greece. The incumbent minister is Giorgos Koutroumanis.-List of Ministers of Employment and Social Protection:-List of Ministers of Labour and Social Security:-External links:*...	Panos Panagiotopoulos	March 10, 2004
	Savvas Tsitouridis Savvas Tsitouridis Savvas Tsitouridis is a Greek politician and member of the New Democracy and former Minister for Employment and Social Protection. Born in Kilkis, he studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, France and Britain...	February 15, 2006
	Vasilios Magginas Vasilios Magginas Vasilios Magginas is Greek politician, member of the Greek Parliament for the New Democracy for the Aetolia-Acarnania constituency and ex-minister....	April 30, 2007
Minister for the Environment, Spatial Planning and Public Works	Georgios Souflias Georgios Souflias Georgios Ath. Souflias is a Greek politician. He is a member of the New Democracy political party and was Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works for the duration of the Karamanlis administration....	March 10, 2004
Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece) The Minister for Foreign Affairs is the senior minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece, established on 3 April 1833. The current Minister for Foreign Affairs, since 11 November 2011 is the former European Commissioner Stavros Dimas...	Petros Molyviatis Petros Molyviatis Petros G. Molyviatis is a Greek politician, and from 2004 to 2006 was the Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs.Born in Chios, he studied Law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and entered the Greek Foreign Ministry after graduation...	March 10, 2004
	Dora Bakoyannis Dora Bakoyannis Dora Bakoyannis , born Theodora Mitsotaki , is a Greek politician. From 2006 to 2009 she was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, the highest position ever held by a woman in the Cabinet of Greece; she was also Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in...	February 15, 2006
Minister for Health and Social Solidarity Minister for Health and Social Solidarity (Greece) The Ministry for Health and Social Solidarity is a government department of Greece. The incumbent minister is Andreas Loverdos.-List of Ministers for Health, Welfare and Social Insurance :...	Nikitas Kaklamanis Nikitas Kaklamanis Nikitas M. Kaklamanis is a Greek New Democracy politician and former Mayor of Athens. He is also a former Minister for Health and Social Solidarity. In the Greek local elections of 2010 he lost the position of mayor after being defeated by Giorgos Kaminis.-Medical career:Kaklamanis was born in...	March 10, 2004
	Dimitris Avramopoulos Dimitris Avramopoulos Dimitris Avramopoulos is a Greek politician and diplomat. He was Mayor of Athens for eight years.-Personal information:He was born in Athens in 1953. He originated from Ilia, Arkadia. He served his military service in the Greek Air Force , based in Athens and in the NATO Headquarters in Brussels....	February 15, 2006
Minister for the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation Minister for the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation (Greece) The Ministry of the Interior is a government department of Greece. Occasionally the office has been combined with that of the Ministry for Public Order...	Prokopis Pavlopoulos Prokopis Pavlopoulos Prokopis K. Pavlopoulos is a Greek lawyer, university professor and politician. In 2004-2009 he was Minister for the Interior .-Academic career:Pavlopoulos studied at and was an...	March 10, 2004
Minister for Justice Minister for Justice (Greece) The Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights is a government department of Greece entrusted with the supervision of the country's legal and judicial system. It was founded as the State Justice Secretariat in April 1833, and was known as the Ministry of Justice until October 2009...	Anastasios Papaligouras Anastasios Papaligouras Anastasios Papaligouras is a Greek lawyer and New Democracy politician and was Minister for Mercantile Marine and Island Policy....	March 10, 2004
Minister for Macedonia–Thrace Minister for Macedonia–Thrace (Greece) The Minister for Macedonia–Thrace was the government minister in charge of Greece's defunct Ministry of Macedonia–Thrace. The last minister was Stavros Kalafatis...	Nikos Tsiartsionis	March 10, 2004
	Georgios Kalantzis	February 15, 2006
Minister for Mercantile Marine Minister for Mercantile Marine (Greece) The Ministry for Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries of Greece resulted from the merger of the Ministry for Mercantile Marine , founded in 1936, and the Ministry for the Aegean , founded in 1985...	Manolis Kefalogiannis Manolis Kefalogiannis Manolis K. Kefalogiannis is a Greek politician from Heraklion, Crete and former Minister for Mercantile Marine of Greece. Kefalogiannis is the nephew of fellow politician Manolis V. Kefalogiannis.-External links:*...	March 10, 2004
Minister for National Defence	Spilios Spiliotopoulos Spilios Spiliotopoulos Spilios Spiliotopoulos was the Greek Minister of National Defence from May 2004 until February 2006. A graduate of the Hellenic Air Force Academy, Spiliotopoulos also holds degrees in law and philosophy. He is a member of the New Democracy party and has been a member of parliament since 1989. ...	March 10, 2004
	Vangelis Meimarakis Vangelis Meimarakis Evangelos "Vangelis" Meimarakis is a Greek lawyer and politician, former Minister of National Defence of Greece.He was born in Athens, and is a Cretan. Meimarakis joined New Democracy in 1974. He was involved in student union politics while at Panteion University and was a founding member of...	February 15, 2006
Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs (Greece) The Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs , formerly the Ministry for National Education and Religious Affairs , is a government department of Greece...	Marietta Giannakou Marietta Giannakou Marietta Giannakou is a Greek politician, member of New Democracy. She is the former Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs of Greece....	March 10, 2004
Minister for Public Order	Georgios Voulgarakis Georgios Voulgarakis Georgios Voulgarakis is a Greek politician and the former Minister for Mercantile Marine, Aegean Sea and Island Policy.Voulgarakis was born in Crete and holds a PhD in economics from the University of Athens. He is a member of the New Democracy party...	March 10, 2004
	Byron Polydoras	February 15, 2006
Minister for Rural Development and Food Minister for Rural Development and Food (Greece) The Ministry of Rural Development and Food is a government department of Greece responsible for the country's agriculture.The current minister, as of 7 September 2010, is Kostas Skandalidis.-List of Ministers of Agriculture:...	Savvas Tsitouridis Savvas Tsitouridis Savvas Tsitouridis is a Greek politician and member of the New Democracy and former Minister for Employment and Social Protection. Born in Kilkis, he studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, France and Britain...	March 10, 2004
	Evangelos Basiakos	September 23, 2004
Minister for State	Theodoros Roussopoulos Theodoros Roussopoulos Theodoros Roussopoulos is a Greek politician. He was Minister of State and Government Spokesman from 7 March 2004 until 23 October 2008, as well as one of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis's closest aides....	March 10, 2004
Minister for Tourism Minister for Tourism (Greece) The Minister for Touristic Development was a Greek government department in charge of Greek tourism. It was a re-establishment, in 2004, of the former Ministry for Tourism, which had been subsumed in the Ministry for Development in 1996...	Dimitris Avramopoulos Dimitris Avramopoulos Dimitris Avramopoulos is a Greek politician and diplomat. He was Mayor of Athens for eight years.-Personal information:He was born in Athens in 1953. He originated from Ilia, Arkadia. He served his military service in the Greek Air Force , based in Athens and in the NATO Headquarters in Brussels....	March 10, 2004
	Fani Palli-Petralia Fani Palli-Petralia Fani Palli-Petralia is a Greek lawyer, New Democracy politician anda former Minister for Employment and Social Protection...	February 15, 2006
Minister for Transport and Communications	Michael Liapis	March 10, 2004
Alternate Minister for Culture and Athletics	Fani Palli-Petralia Fani Palli-Petralia Fani Palli-Petralia is a Greek lawyer, New Democracy politician anda former Minister for Employment and Social Protection...	March 10, 2004
	post abolished	February 15, 2006