The new Greek government was announced by spokesperson Olga Gerovasili, Friday at 10pm. Minister of Education Nikos Filis was left out of the new government, paying the price for his open disagreement with the head the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop of Athens Ieronymos. Dimitris Papadimitriou, from the Levy Institute took over the Ministry of Finance and Development, while Kostas Zouaris from the minor coalition party ANEL will assume the post of Deputy Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, while his fellow MP Vasilis took over as Deputy Minister for Agricultural Development and Food. The decision to for a cabinet reshuffle is seen as an attempt by PM Tsipras to expedite the course of the second review and a facelift in the light of slumping popularity in the polls. This is the 3rd cabinet under PM Alexis Tsipras:
Prime Minister: Alexis Tsipras
Government Vice-President: Yiannis Dragasakis
Interior Ministry
Interior Minister: Panos Skourletis
Alternate Minister for Civil Protection: Nikos Toskas
Deputy Minister for Macedonia-Thrace: Maria Kollia-Tsarouha
Economy and Development Ministry
Minister: Dimitris Papadimitriou
Alternate Minister: Alexis Charitsis
Deputy Minister: Stergios Pitsiorlas
Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media Ministry
Minister: Nikos Pappas
National Defence Ministry
Minister: Panos Kammenos
Alternate Minister: Dimitris Vitsas
Education, Research and Religions Ministry
Minister: Kostas Gavroglou
Alternate Minister for Research: Kostas Fotakis
Deputy Minister: Dimitrios Baxevanakis
Deputy Minister: Konstantinos Zouraris
Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity Ministry
Minister: Efi Ahtsioglou
Alternate Minister for Combatting Unemployment: Rania Antonopoulou
Alternate Minister for Social Solidarity: Theano Fotiou
Deputy Minister for Social Insurance: Anastasios Petropoulos
Foreign Ministry
Minister: Nikos Kotzias
Alternate Minister for European Affairs: George Katrougalos
Deputy Foreign Minister: Ioannis Amanatidis
Deputy Foreign Minister for Greek Diaspora: Terens Quick
Justice, Transparency and Human Rights Ministry
Minister: Stavros Kontonis
Alternate Minister: Dimitris Papangelopoulos
Finance Ministry
Minister: Euclid Tsakalotos
Alternate Finance Minister: Giorgos Chouliarakis
Deputy Finance Minister: Katerina Papanatsiou
Health Ministry
Minister: Andreas Xanthos
Alternate Minister: Pavlos Polakis
Administrative Reconstruction Ministry
Minister: Olga Gerovasili
Culture and Sports Ministry
Minister: Lydia Koniordou
Deputy Minister for Sports: Giorgos Vasiliadis
Environment and Energy Ministry
Minister: Giorgos Stathakis
Alternate Minister: Sokratis Famelos
Infrastructure and Transports Ministry
Minister: Christos Spirtzis
Deputy Minister: Nikolaos Mavraganis
Migration Policy Ministry
Minister: Yiannis Mouzalas
Deputy Minister: Ioannis Balafas
Shipping, Transport and Island Policy Ministry
Minister: Panagiotis Kouroumblis
Deputy Minister: Nektarios Sandorinios
Rural Development and Foods Ministry
Minister: Vangelis Apostolou
Alternate Minister: Ioannis Tsironis
Deputy Minister: Vasilis Kokkalis
Tourism Ministry
Minister: Elena Kountoura
Minister of State: Alexandros Flambouraris
Minister of State: Christoforos Vernardakis
Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister: Dimitrios Liakos
Minister of State and Government spokesman: Dimitris Tzanakopoulos
Parliament President: Nikos Voutsis
The members of the new cabinet will be sworn in at 3:00 on Saturday.
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