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