Cabinet of George Papandreou
| Cabinet of George Papandreou | |
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 cabinet of Greece |
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Initial cabinet of George Papandreou outside the Hellenic Parliament on October 7, 2009
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| Date formed | 7 October 2009 |
| Date dissolved | 11 November 2010 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | George Papandreou |
| Deputy head of government | Theodoros Pangalos |
| Head of state | Karolos Papoulias |
| Member parties | Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) |
| Status in legislature | Majority government |
| Opposition parties |
New Democracy Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) |
| Opposition leader | Antonis Samaras |
| History | |
| Election(s) | Greek legislative election, 2009 |
| Legislature term(s) | 13th (2009–2012) |
| Predecessor | Kostas Karamanlis II cabinet |
| Successor | Lucas Papademos cabinet |
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. The cabinet was succeeded by the Lucas Papademos's Coalition Cabinet.
The cabinet has 36 members, 14 ministers and 22 deputy ministers, a reduction in the size of government as promised by the PA.SO.K. leader during his campaign for the country’s parliamentary elections. Twenty-four of the new members of the government had no previous ministerial experience. Nine of the members were women, a very large proportion by Greek standards, while five of them were named to head ministries among the 14 portfolios. Papandreou appointed himself foreign minister, a portfolio he held in a previous Pasok government.
The new cabinet features less ministries than usual in the past (four less than the previous cabinet), and significant changes in several of them:
Prime Minister Papandreou's second cabinet was sworn in on 7 September 2010, after a major cabinet reshuffle with 48 cabinet members comprising the new government, of which seven members were alternate ministers – up from two in the previous Cabinet – and 24 deputy ministers. The majority of Cabinet members are M.P.s from the ruling PA.SO.K. party.The Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries - essentially the re-established Merchant Marine ministry - was established.
Prime Minister George A. Papandreou announced a Cabinet reshuffle on 15 June 2011 amidst the worsening Greek debt crisis and mounting protests. The new cabinet was announced and sworn in on 17 June. It features 41 members, seven down from the 2010 cabinet, and a new ministry, that of Administrative Reform, split off from the Interior Ministry. The Ministry for Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries, established in 2010, was dissolved and merged with the Ministry for Regional Development and Competitiveness.
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