New Cabinet to be sworn in on Tuesday at 15:30

13:06 10/6/2014 - Πηγή: Matrix24

A wide government reshuffle was announced on Monday evening, bringing change in many major ministries.

The "hot seat" of Finance Minister finally goes to Professor Gikas Hardouvelis, following extensive rumours about a multitude of potential

candidates for this key government position. According to widely circulated unverified Press reports, former Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras may become next (central) Bank of Greece Governor.

The last reshuffle of the incumbent New Democracy (ND) - PASOK coalition government had taken place about a year ago, in late June 2013, after the withdrawal of second junior government coalition partner Democratic Left (DIMAR).

Evangelos Venizelos, the leader of the junior government coalition partner PASOK, retains his major role as Government Vice-President and Foreign Minister.

Dimitris Avramopoulos (Defence Minister), Miltiadis Varvitsiotis (Shipping & Aegean Minister) and Olga Kefalogianni (Tourism Minister) are among the ministers who retain their portfolios.

On the other hand, Adonis Georgiadis (former Health Minister), Constantinos Arvanitopoulos (former Education and Religious Affairs Minister), Yiannis Michelakis (former Interior Minister), Costis Hatzidakis (former Development & Competitiveness Minister), Panos Panayiotopoulos (former Culture and Sports Minister), Athanassios Tsaftaris (former Rural Development and Food Minister) and Simos Kedikoglou (former Government Spokesman and Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister), are some of the prominent members of the government who lose their portfolios.

The new Cabinet, as announced by the new government spokesman, Sofia Voultepsi, will be the following:

Prime Minister: Antonis Samaras

Government Vice-President and Foreign Minister: Evangelos Venizelos

Deputy: Dimitris Kourkoulas

Deputy: Akis Gerontopoulos

Finance Minister: Gikas Hardouvelis

Alternate: Christos Staikouras

Deputy: Giorgos Mavraganis

Administrative Reform and E-Governance Minister: Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Deputy: Evi Christophilopoulou

Interior Minister: Argyris Dinopoulos

Alternate: Theofilos Leontaridis

Deputy: Giorgos Dolios

National Defence Minister: Dimitris Avramopoulos

Alternate: Fofi Genimata

Deputy: Giannis Lambropoulos

Development and Competitiveness Minister: Nikos Dendias

Deputy: Odysseas Constantinopoulos

Deputy: Gerasimos Giakoumatos

Deputy: Notis Mitarachi

Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Minister: Michalis Chryssohoidis

Deputy: Michalis Papadopoulos

Environment, Energy & Climate Change Minister: Yiannis Maniatis

Alternate: Nikolaos Tagaras

Deputy: Asimakis Papageorgiou

Education and Religious Affairs Minister: Andreas Loverdos

Deputy: Alexandros Dermetzopoulos

Deputy: Constantinos Koukodimos

Culture and Sports Minister: Constantinos Tassoulas

Deputy: Angela Gerekou

Deputy Minister for Sports: Yiannis Andrianos

Labour, Social Security and Welfare Minister: Yiannis Vroutsis

Deputy: Vassilis Kegeroglou

Deputy: Antonios Bezas

Deputy: Yiannis Plakiotakis

Health Minister: Makis Voridis

Alternate: Leonidas Grigorakos

Deputy: Katerina Papakosta

Rural Development and Food Minister: Giorgos Karasmanis

Alternate: Paris Koukoulopoulos

Justice, Transparency and Human Rights Minister: Charalambos Athanassiou

Public Order and Citizen Protection Minister: Vassilios Kikilias

Tourism Minister: Olga Kefalogianni

Shippping and Aegean Minister: Miltiadis Varvitsiotis

Macedonia-Thrace Minister: Giorgos Orfanos

State Minister: Dimitris Stamatis

Government Spokesman and Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister: Sofia Voultepsi

source: ΑΜΝΑ