Prime Minister Tsipras announces new cabinet: Nikos Filis is out




Government spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili announced on Friday evening the composition of the new cabinet in a television address on public broadcaster ERT. It numbers 48 ministers, of whom 15 new, while 11 ministers from the old cabinet have been replaced.

The new cabinet  is as follows:
Prime Minister: Alexis Tsipras
Government Vice-President: Yiannis Dragasakis

Interior Ministry
Interior Minister: Panos Skourletis
Alternate Minister for Civil Protection: Nikos Toskas
Deputy Minister for Macedonia-Thrace: Maria Kollia-Tsarouha

Economy and Development Ministry
Minister: Dimitris Papadimitriou
Alternate Minister: Alexis Charitsis
Deputy Minister: Stergios Pitsiorlas

Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media Ministry
Minister: Nikos Pappas

National Defence Ministry
Minister: Panos Kammenos
Alternate Minister: Dimitris Vitsas

Education, Research and Religions Ministry
Minister: Kostas Gavroglu
Alternate Minister for Research: Kostas Fotakis
Deputy Minister: Dimitrios Baxevanakis
Deputy Minister: Konstantinos Zouraris

Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity Ministry
Minister: Efi Ahtsioglou
Alternate Minister for Combatting Unemployment: Rania Antonopoulou
Alternate Minister for Social Solidarity: Theano Fotiou
Deputy Minister for Social Insurance: Anastasios Petropoulos

Foreign Ministry
Minister: Nikos Kotzias
Alternate Minister for European Affairs: George Katrougalos
Deputy Foreign Minister: Ioannis Amanatidis
Deputy Foreign Minister for Greek Diaspora: Terens Quick

Justice, Transparency and Human Rights Ministry
Minister: Stavros Kontonis
Alternate Minister: Dimitris Papangelopoulos

Finance Ministry
Minister: Euclid Tsakalotos
Alternate Finance Minister: Giorgos Chouliarakis
Deputy Finance Minister: Katerina Papanatsiou

Health Ministry
Minister: Andreas Xanthos
Alternate Minister: Pavlos Polakis

Administrative Reconstruction Ministry
Minister: Olga Gerovasili

Culture and Sports Ministry
Minister: Lydia Koniordou
Deputy Minister for Sports: Giorgos Vasiliadis

Environment and Energy Ministry
Minister: Giorgos Stathakis
Alternate Minister: Sokratis Famelos

Infrastructure and Transports Ministry
Minister: Christos Spirtzis
Deputy Minister: Nikolaos Mavraganis

Migration Policy Ministry
Minister: Yiannis Mouzalas
Deputy Minister: Ioannis Balafas

Shipping, Transport and Island Policy Ministry
Minister: Panagiotis Kouroumblis
Deputy Minister: Nektarios Sandorinios

Rural Development and Foods Ministry
Minister: Vangelis Apostolou
Alternate Minister: Ioannis Tsironis
Deputy Minister: Vasilis Kokkalis

Tourism Ministry
Minister: Elena Kountoura

Minister of State: Alexandros Flambouraris
Minister of State: Christoforos Vernardakis
Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister: Dimitrios Liakos
Minister of State and Government spokesman: Dimitris Tzanakopoulos

Parliament President: Nikos Voutsis
The members of the new cabinet will be sworn in at 13:00 on Saturday.

 

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