CABINET OF GREECE

The 'cabinet of Greece' comprises the heads of the major ministries. Ministers are appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister. There is also an advisory council of the Republic, which includes former prime ministers and the heads of all parliamentary parties.

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Current cabinet ministers

Defunct cabinet positions

Current cabinet ministers

Office	Incumbent	Since	Party
Prime Minister	Kostas Karamanlis	March 10, 2004	ND
Minister for the Aegean and Island Policy	Aristotelis Pavlidis	March 10, 2004	ND
Minister for Culture	Georgios Voulgarakis	February 15, 2006	ND
Minister for Development	Dimitris Sioufas	March 10, 2004	ND
Minister for Economy and Finance	Georgios Alogoskoufis	March 10, 2004	ND
Minister for Employment and Social Protection	Vassilios Magginas	April 30, 2007	ND
Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works	Georgios Souflias	March 10, 2004	ND
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Dora Bakoyannis	February 15, 2006	ND
Minister for Health and Social Solidarity	Dimitris Avramopoulos	February 15, 2006	ND
Minister for the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation	Prokopis Pavlopoulos	March 10, 2004	ND
Minister for Justice	Anastasios Papaligouras	March 10, 2004	ND
Minister for Macedonia–Thrace	Georgios Kalantzis	February 15, 2006	ND
Minister for Mercantile Marine	Manolis Kefalogiannis	March 10, 2004	ND
Minister for National Defence	Vangelis Meimarakis	February 15, 2006	ND
Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs	Marietta Giannakou	March 10, 2004	ND
Minister for Public Order	Byron Polydoras	February 15, 2006	ND
Minister for Rural Development and Food	Evangelos Basiakos	September 23, 2004	ND
Minister for Tourism	Fani Palli-Petralia	February 15, 2006	ND
Minister for Transport and Communications	Michael Liapis	March 10, 2004	ND

Defunct cabinet positions

★ Minister for Trade

★ Minister for the Press and the Media