First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras
| First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras | |
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 cabinet of Greece |
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Alexis Tsipras in 2015
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| Date formed | 26 January 2015 |
| Date dissolved | 27 August 2015 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | Alexis Tsipras |
| Deputy head of government | Yannis Dragasakis |
| Head of state | Prokopis Pavlopoulos |
| Number of ministers | 13 |
| Member parties |
Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), Independent Greeks (ANEL) (with participation from Ecologist Greens and independents) |
| Status in legislature | SYRIZA-led coalition government |
| Opposition parties |
New Democracy Golden Dawn To Potami Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) |
| Opposition leader | Antonis Samaras |
| History | |
| Election(s) | Greek legislative election, January 2015 |
| Predecessor | Samaras Cabinet |
| Successor | Thanou-Christophilou Caretaker Cabinet |
Following his victory in legislative elections held on 25 January 2015, the newly elected Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appointed a new cabinet to succeed the cabinet of Antonis Samaras, his predecessor. A significant reshuffle took place on 17 July 2015.
Tsipras resigned as Prime Minister on 20 August 2015, and after opposition parties failed to form their own government, on 27 August Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou was appointed as an interim Prime Minister, and her caretaker cabinet was sworn in on 28 August. Following the subsequent September legislative election, Tsipras was re-appointed as Prime Minister on 21 September and appointed a second cabinet that was sworn in on 23 September.
The cabinet is composed of 35 members, alongside 6 deputy ministers. Including the deputy ministers the cabinet comprises 6 females and 35 males. It reflects the majority coalition in Parliament. It is composed of the winning Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) with the support of the right-wing anti-austerity party, Independent Greeks (ANEL). The Ecologist Greens (OP), which had withdrawn from the election in support of SYRIZA, were given the office of Alternate Minister of Environment and Energy. Finally, some ministers do not belong to any party.
Most members of the cabinet were sworn in on 27 January 2015, with the exception of the new Minister of Justice Nikos Paraskevopoulos , who was sworn in a day later, and the Alternate Ministers Christodoulopoulou, Spirtzis and Fotakis who were sworn in almost two months later.
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