Greece Reshuffles Government, Tourism Ministry Unaffected
Olga Kefalogianni was among the few untouched ministers and remained at her post as Tourism Minister on Monday, 24 June, following the cabinet reshuffle of Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.
The reshuffle came two days after the smallest party (Dimokratiki Aristera) in Samaras’ ruling coalition pulled out from the government.
The new cabinet will be sworn in at 12.30pm on Tuesday, 25 June, in a ceremony to be presided over by President Karolos Papoulias.
The composition of the new Greek Government is as follows:
Prime Minister
Antonis Samaras
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister
Evangelos Venizelos
Finance Minister
Yiannis Stournaras
Administrative Reform Minister
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Interior Minister
Yiannis Michelakis
Defense Minister
Dimitris Avramopoulos
Development Minister
Kostis Hatzidakis
Transport Minister
Michael Chrysochoides
Environment Minister
Yiannis Maniatis
Education Minister
Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos
Culture and Sport Minister
Panos Panagiotopoulos
Deputy Minister of Sports: Yiannis Adrianos
Labor Minister
Yiannis Vroutsis
Health Minister
Adonis Georgiadis
Agricultural Development Minister
Athanasios Tsaftaris
Justice Minister
Charalambos Athanassiou
Public Order Minister
Nikos Dendias
Tourism Minister
Olga Kefalogianni
Shipping Minister
Miltiadis Varvitsiotis
Macedonia-Thrace Minister
Theodore Karaoglou
Minister of State
Dimitris Stamatis
Deputy Minister for State Broadcaster
Pantelis Kapsis
Government Spokesman
Simos Kedikoglou