Second Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis

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Kostas Karamanlis served as a Prime Minister of Greece for two consecutive terms. During his incumbency, the period 2004-2009, he formed two cabinets. The second Kostas Karamanlis cabinet was formed after the 2007 elections and was succeeded by the George Papandreou Cabinet.

Second Karamanlis cabinet, 2007–2009

On September 18, 2007, after the re-election of his government, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis announced his second cabinet, the members of which assumed office on 19 September 2007.

As part of a reorganisation of the ministries, the incoming government announced:

the merger of the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation and the Ministry of Public Order to form the Ministry of the Interior and Public Order;
the merger of the Ministry of the Mercantile Marine and the Ministry of the Aegean and Island Policy to form the Ministry of Mercantile Marine and Island Policy.

On 7 January 2009, Karamanlis announced another major cabinet reshuffle.

Office	Incumbent	Since
Prime Minister	Kostas Karamanlis	10 March 2004
Minister for the Interior and Public Order	Prokopis Pavlopoulos	10 March 2004
Minister for Economy and Finance	Georgios Alogoskoufis	10 March 2004
replaced by	Yannis Papathanasiou	8 January 2009
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Dora Bakoyannis	15 February 2006
Minister for National Defence	Vangelis Meimarakis	15 February 2006
Minister for Development	Christos Folias	19 September 2007
replaced by	Kostis Hatzidakis	8 January 2009
Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works	Georgios Souflias	10 March 2004
Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs	Evripidis Stylianidis	19 September 2007
replaced by	Aris Spiliotopoulos	8 January 2009
Minister for Employment and Social Protection	Vasilios Magginas	30 April 2007
replaced by	Fani Palli-Petralia	18 December 2007
Minister for Health and Social Solidarity	Dimitris Avramopoulos	15 February 2006
Minister for Rural Development and Food	Alexandros Kontos	19 September 2007
replaced by	Sotirios Hatzigakis	8 January 2009
Minister for Justice	Sotirios Hatzigakis	19 September 2007
replaced by	Nikos Dendias	8 January 2009
Minister for Culture and Athletics	Michalis Liapis	19 September 2007
replaced by	Antonis Samaras	8 January 2009
Minister for Tourism	Aris Spiliotopoulos	19 September 2007
replaced by	Kostas Markopoulos	8 January 2009
Minister for Transport and Communications	Kostis Hatzidakis	19 September 2007
replaced by	Evripidis Stylianidis	8 January 2009
Minister for Mercantile Marine and Island Policy	Georgios Voulgarakis	19 September 2007
replaced by	Anastasios Papaligouras	12 September 2008
Minister for Macedonia–Thrace	Margaritis Tzimas	19 September 2007
replaced by	Stavros Kalafatis	8 January 2009
Minister for State	Theodoros Roussopoulos	10 March 2004
replaced by	Prokopis Pavlopoulos (offices merged)	24 October 2008
Alternate Minister of Interior and Public Order	Christos Markogiannakis	8 January 2009

Defunct cabinet positions

Cabinets of Greece

First Republic (War of Independence) (1822–1832)	I Mavrokordatos P. Mavromichalis Kountouriotis And. Zaimis

Wittelsbach monarchy (1833–1862)	S. Trikoupis II Mavrokordatos Kolettis Armansperg Rundhart I Otto III Mavrokordatos II Otto A. Metaxas I Kanaris IV Mavrokordatos Kolettis Tzavelas Kountouriotis II Kanaris Kriezis V Mavrokordatos I D. Voulgaris Miaoulis Kolokotronis

Glücksburg monarchy (1863–1924)	Provisional Government (II D. Voulgaris) Moraitinis I Z. Valvis Kyriakos I Roufos II Roufos III D. Voulgaris III Kanaris II Z. Valvis IV Kanaris I Koumoundouros I Deligiorgis IV D. Voulgaris II Koumoundouros II Deligiorgis III Roufos V D. Voulgaris III Koumoundouros Moraitinis VI D. Voulgaris I Th. Zaimis III Deligiorgis IV Koumoundouros II Th. Zaimis VII D. Voulgaris IV Deligiorgis VIII D. Voulgaris I Ch. Trikoupis V Koumoundouros V Deligiorgis VI Koumoundouros VI Deligiorgis VII Koumoundouros V Kanaris VIII Koumoundouros II Ch. Trikoupis IX Koumoundouros III Ch. Trikoupis X Koumoundouros IV Ch. Trikoupis I Th. Deligiannis D. Valvis V Ch. Trikoupis II Th. Deligiannis Konstantopoulos VI Ch. Trikoupis Sotiropoulos VII Ch. Trikoupis N. Deligiannis III Th. Deligiannis I D. Rallis I Alex. Zaimis I G. Theotokis II Alex. Zaimis IV Th. Deligiannis II G. Theotokis II D. Rallis III G. Theotokis V Th. Deligiannis III D. Rallis IV G. Theotokis IV D. Rallis Mavromichalis Dragoumis I E. Venizelos I Gounaris II E. Venizelos III Alex. Zaimis Skouloudis IV Alex. Zaimis Kalogeropoulos Lambros V Alex. Zaimis III E. Venizelos V D. Rallis Kalogeropoulos II Gounaris Stratos Protopapadakis Triantaphyllakos Charalambis Krokidas Gonatas IV E. Venizelos Kafantaris

Second Republic (1924–1935)	Papanastasiou I Sofoulis Michalakopoulos Pangalos Eftaxias Kondylis VI Alex. Zaimis V E. Venizelos Papanastasiou VI E. Venizelos Tsaldaris VII E. Venizelos Othonaios Tsaldaris

Glücksburg monarchy (1935–1967)	Kondylis Demertzis I. Metaxas Koryzis Tsouderos I S. Venizelos I Georgios Papandreou I Plastiras P. Voulgaris Archbishop Damaskinos Kanellopoulos II Sofoulis Poulitsas I Tsaldaris Maximos II Tsaldaris III Sofoulis Diomidis I. Theotokis II S. Venizelos II Plastiras III S. Venizelos III Plastiras Kiousopoulos Papagos I Kon. Karamanlis Georgakopoulos II Kon. Karamanlis Dovas III Kon. Karamanlis Pipinelis Mavromichalis I Georgios Papandreou Paraskevopoulos II Georgios Papandreou Athanasiadis-Novas Tsirimokos Stefanopoulos Paraskevopoulos Kanellopoulos

Military dictatorship (1967–1974)	Kollias Papadopoulos Markezinis Androutsopoulos

Third Republic (since 1974)	IV Kon. Karamanlis V Kon. Karamanlis VI Kon. Karamanlis G. Rallis I A. Papandreou II A. Papandreou Tzannetakis Grivas Zolotas Mitsotakis III A. Papandreou I Simitis II Simitis III Simitis I Kos. Karamanlis II Kos. Karamanlis G. Papandreou Papademos Pikrammenos Samaras I Tsipras Thanou-Christophilou II Tsipras

Parallel administrations	"National Defence": E. Venizelos Collaborationist government during Axis Occupation: Tsolakoglou Logothetopoulos I. Rallis "Mountain Government" (PEEA): Bakirtzis Svolos Communist government during Greek Civil War: Vafeiadis Zachariadis Partsalidis

Formations	May 2012 Jan 2015

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