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Greek new cabinet lineup unveiled after reshuffle

Xinhua, July 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reshuffled his cabinet on Friday following the achievement of a debt deal with international creditors earlier this week to keep Greece afloat and in the eurozone.

The Leftist leader replaced ministers of his Radical Left SYRIZA party who voted on Thursday in the parliament against the agreement on the third bailout for Greece and kept key ministries unchanged.

The new composition of the Greek government is as follows:

Prime Minister: Alexis Tsipras

Deputy Prime Minister: Yannis Dragasakis

Interior and Administration Reconstruction Minister: Nikos Voutsis

Alternate Minister for Administrative Reform: Christoforos Bernardakis

Alternate Minister for Civil Protection: Yannis Panoussis

Alternate Minister for Migration Policy: Tassia Christodoulopoulou

Deputy Minister for Administrative Reform: Pavlos Polakis

Deputy Minister for Macedonia-Thrace: Maria Kollia-Tsaroucha

Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism Minister: George Stathakis

Alternate Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks: Christos Spirtzis

Alternate Shipping Minister: Thodoris Dritsas

Alternate Tourism Minister: Elena Kountoura

Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy Minister: Panos Skourletis

Alternate Minister for the Environment: Yannis Tsironis

Alternate Minister for Rural Development: Vangelis Apostolou

Deputy Minister for Rural Development: Panagiotis Sgouridis

Finance Minister: Euclid Tsakalotos

Alternate Minister: Costas Mardas

Alternate Minister for Revenues: Tryfon Alexiadis

Education, Culture and Religious Affairs Minister: Aristidis Baltas

Alternate Minister for Culture: Nikos Xydakis

Alternate Minister for Education: Tasos Kourakis

Alternate Minister for Research and Innovation: Costas Fotakis

Deputy Minister for Sports: Stavros Kontonis

Labor Minister: George Katrougalos

Alternate Minister for Social Solidarity: Theano Fotiou

Alternate Minister for Social Insurance: Pavlos Haikalis

Deputy Minister for Combatting Unemployment: Rania Antonopoulou

Health and Social Insurance Minister: Panagiotis Kouroumblis

Alternate Minister for Health: Andreas Xanthos

Foreign Minister: Nikos Kotzias

Alternate Minister for European Affairs: Yannis Amanatidis

Alternate Minister for International Economic Relations: Sia Anagnostopoulou

National Defense Minister: Panos Kammenos

Alternate Minister: Dimitris Vitsas

Deputy Minister: Nikos Toskas

Justice Minister: Nikos Paraskevopoulos

Minister of State for Combatting Corruption: Panagiotis Nikoloudis

Minister of State for Coordinating Government Operations: Alekos Flambouraris

Deputy Minister: Terens Quick

Minister of State: Nikos Pappas

Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and Government spokesman: Olga Gerovassili

Parliament spokesmen: Gavriil Sakellaridis, Nikos Fylis and Alexandros Triantafyllidis.

The sworn-in ceremony of the new ministers was scheduled for Saturday. Endit