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. During 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 second Kostas Karamanlis cabinet was formed after the 2007 elections and was succeeded by the George Papandreou Cabinet

Cabinet of George Papandreou (junior)

Following the 4 October 2009 general elections, George Papandreou, the leader of the PA.SO.K., formed a government, which was sworn in on 7 October. A major cabinet reshuffle was made in September 2010...

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Second Karamanlis cabinet, 2007–2009

On September 18, 2007, after the re-election of his government, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis 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
  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...
  
   and the Ministry of Public Order to form the Ministry of the Interior and Public Order;
• the merger of the Ministry of the 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...
  
   and the Ministry of 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....
  
   to form the Ministry of Mercantile Marine and Island Policy.

On 7 January 2009, Karamanlis announced another 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	10 March 2004
Minister for the Interior and 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...	10 March 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...	10 March 2004
	Yannis Papathanasiou Yannis Papathanasiou Yannis Papathanasiou is a Greek politician, former Minister for Economy and Finance of Greece. He is a member of the Hellenic Parliament with the conservative New Democracy party since 2002.-Background, business and political career:...	8 January 2009
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...	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...	15 February 2006
Minister for National Defence Minister for National Defence (Greece) The Minister for National Defence of Greece is a government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry of National Defence. The current minister is Dimitris Avramopoulos.-Recent Ministers for National Defence:-External links:*...	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...	15 February 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)...	Christos Folias	19 September 2007
	Kostis Hatzidakis	8 January 2009
Minister for the Environment, Physical 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....	10 March 2004
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...	Evripidis Stylianidis Evripidis Stylianidis Evripidis Stylianidis is a Greek politician with the party of Nea Dimokratia. He served as Minister for Education and Minister for Transport and Communications at the cabinets of Kostas Karamanlis...	19 September 2007
	Aris Spiliotopoulos Aris Spiliotopoulos Aris Spiliotopoulos is a Greek politician of the New Democracy party. He served as Minister for Tourism and Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs from January to October of 2009.He was born in Patras....	8 January 2009
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:*...	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....	30 April 2007
	Fani Palli-Petralia Fani Palli-Petralia Fani Palli-Petralia is a Greek lawyer, New Democracy politician anda former Minister for Employment and Social Protection...	18 December 2007
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 :...	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....	15 February 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:...	Alexandros Kontos	19 September 2007
	Sotirios Hatzigakis Sotirios Hatzigakis Sotirios Hatzigakis is a Greek conservative politician.Born in Athens, Hatzigakis studied Law at the University of Athens where he gained his Bachelor's degree. He obtained a Master's degree from the University College London, United Kingdom in Economics and from the Sorbonne of Paris, France in...	8 January 2009
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...	Sotirios Hatzigakis Sotirios Hatzigakis Sotirios Hatzigakis is a Greek conservative politician.Born in Athens, Hatzigakis studied Law at the University of Athens where he gained his Bachelor's degree. He obtained a Master's degree from the University College London, United Kingdom in Economics and from the Sorbonne of Paris, France in...	19 September 2007
	Nikos Dendias	8 January 2009
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...	Michael Liapis	19 September 2007
	Antonis Samaras Antonis Samaras Antonis Samaras is a Greek economist and politician who has been leader of New Democracy, Greece's major conservative party and main opposition party, since 2009. A Member of Parliament for Messenia, he was Minister of Finance in 1989, then Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1990 and again...	8 January 2009
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...	Aris Spiliotopoulos Aris Spiliotopoulos Aris Spiliotopoulos is a Greek politician of the New Democracy party. He served as Minister for Tourism and Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs from January to October of 2009.He was born in Patras....	19 September 2007
	Kostas Markopoulos	8 January 2009
Minister for Transport and Communications	Kostis Hatzidakis	19 September 2007
	Evripidis Stylianidis Evripidis Stylianidis Evripidis Stylianidis is a Greek politician with the party of Nea Dimokratia. He served as Minister for Education and Minister for Transport and Communications at the cabinets of Kostas Karamanlis...	8 January 2009
Minister for Mercantile Marine and Island Policy	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...	19 September 2007
	Anastasios Papaligouras Anastasios Papaligouras Anastasios Papaligouras is a Greek lawyer and New Democracy politician and was Minister for Mercantile Marine and Island Policy....	12 September 2008
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...	Margaritis Tzimas	19 September 2007
	Stavros Kalafatis	8 January 2009
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....	10 March 2004
	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...  (offices merged)	24 October 2008
Alternate Minister of Interior and Public Order	Christos Markogiannakis	8 January 2009

Defunct cabinet positions

• Minister for Industry, Energy and Technology
  Minister for Industry, Energy and Technology (Greece)
  The Minister for Industry, Energy and Technology of Greece was the government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry for Industry, Energy and Technology....
  
  
• Minister for Trade
  Minister for Trade (Greece)
  The Ministry for Trade was a government department of Greece. From August 8, 1991 until September 15, 1995 the Minister for Trade was also Minister for Industry, Energy and Technology...
  
  
• Minister for the Press and the Media
  Minister for the Press and the Media (Greece)
  The Minister for the Press and the Media of Greece was the government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry of the Press and the Media.The ministry is now defunct.-Ministers for the Press and the Media :...