Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras II

Alexis Tsipras, 2015

The cabinet of Alexis Tsipras II formed the government of Greece from September 23, 2015 . It follows the interim government of Vasiliki Thanou-Christofilou and was replaced in 2019 by the Kyriakos Mitsotakis cabinet .

history

Alexis Tsipras was given the task of forming a government by President Prokopis Pavlopoulos after his coalition of the radical left (SYRIZA) received the most votes (35.5%) in the parliamentary elections on September 20, 2015 . He was sworn in as the new Prime Minister on September 21, 2015 and again agreed a coalition between his party and the Independent Greeks (ANEL), which received 3.69% of the vote. The governing coalition has a majority of 155 of the 300 seats in the Greek parliament (145 SYRIZA and 10 ANEL). Opposite them are seven parties in opposition.

As in his first cabinet , Tsipras appointed Giannis Tsironis from the green party Ikologi Prasini , which had run on the SYRIZA list, as deputy environment minister.

In the roll-call initial vote of confidence on October 8, 2015, all 155 members of the Tsipras government coalition expressed their confidence.

On November 4, 2016, Tsipras presented the new composition of his government and tweeted: "Government reshuffle with a clear goal perspective: growth and the improvement of the everyday life of the citizen". The government reshuffle took place on November 5, 2016 with the swearing-in of the new ministers. Instead of 14 there are now 18 ministries; there are now four new or independent ministries for migration and refugees, reconstruction, tourism and for digital politics and telecommunications.

In mid-January 2019, Defense Minister Kammenos resigned in the dispute over the compromise on the Macedonia question and announced the withdrawal of his ANEL party from the ruling coalition. A vote of confidence in Parliament was scheduled for January 16. Tsipras narrowly survived them with 151 out of 300 votes.

Cabinet members from September 23, 2015 to November 4, 2016

Ministry	Official	Greek spelling	Political party
Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras	Αλέξης Τσίπρας	SYRIZA
Deputy Prime Minister	Giannis Dragasakis	Γιάννης Δραγασάκης	SYRIZA
Finances	Efklidis Tsakalotos	Ευκλείδης Τσακαλώτος	SYRIZA
Exterior	Nikos Kotzias	Νίκος Κοτζιάς	independent
Interior	Panagiotis Kouroumblis	Παναγιώτης Κουρουμπλής	SYRIZA
defense	Panos Kammenos	Πάνος Καμμένος	ANEL
Economy, growth and tourism	Giorgos Stathakis	Γιώργος Σταθάκης	SYRIZA
Education, research and religious affairs	Nikos Filis	Νίκος Φίλης	SYRIZA
Justice, Transparency and Human Rights	Nikos Paraskevopoulos	Νίκος Παρασκευόπουλος	independent
Work, social security and solidarity	Giorgos Katroungalos	Γιώργος Κατρούγκαλος	SYRIZA
health	Andreas Xanthos	Ανδρέας Ξανθός	SYRIZA
Culture and sport	Aristidis Baltas	Αριστείδης Μπαλτάς	SYRIZA
Environment and energy	Panos Skourletis	Πάνος Σκουρλέτης	SYRIZA
Infrastructure, traffic and networks	Christos Spirtzis	Χρήστος Σπίρτζης	SYRIZA
Shipping and Islands	Thodoris Dritsas	Θοδωρής Δρίτσας	SYRIZA
Agriculture and food	Vangelis Apostolou	Βαγγέλης Αποστόλου	SYRIZA
Minister of State	Nikos Pappas	Νίκος Παππάς	SYRIZA
Minister of State for Government Coordination	Alekos Flambouraris	Αλέκος Φλαμπουράρης	SYRIZA
Government spokeswoman	Olga Gerovasili	Όλγα Γεροβασίλη	SYRIZA

Cabinet members since November 5, 2016 (government reshuffle)

Ministry	Official	Greek spelling	Political party
Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras	Αλέξης Τσίπρας	SYRIZA
Deputy Prime Minister	Giannis Dragasakis	Γιάννης Δραγασάκης	SYRIZA
Finances	Efklidis Tsakalotos	Ευκλείδης Τσακαλώτος	SYRIZA
Exterior	Nikos Kotzias (resigned)	Νίκος Κοτζιάς	independent
	Alexis Tsipras from October 17th, 2018	Αλέξης Τσίπρας	SYRIZA
	Giorgos Katroungalos from February 15, 2019	Γιώργος Κατρούγκαλος	SYRIZA
Interior	Panos Skourletis	Παναγιώτης Σκουρλέτης	SYRIZA
defense	Panos Kammenos (resigned)	Πάνος Καμμένος	ANEL
	Evangelos Apostolakis from January 14, 2019	Ευάγγελος Αποστολάκης	independent
Economy and growth	Dimitris Papadimitriou	Δημήτρης Παπαδημητρίου	independent
Education, research and religious affairs	Konstantinos Gavrouglou	Κωνσταντίνος Γαβρόγλου	SYRIZA
Justice, Transparency and Human Rights	Stavros Kondonis	Σταύρος Κοντονής	SYRIZA
Work, social security and solidarity	Efi Achtsioglou	Έφη Αχτσιόγλου	SYRIZA
health	Andreas Xanthos	Ανδρέας Ξανθός	SYRIZA
Culture and sport	Lydia Koniordou	Λυδία Κονιόρδου	SYRIZA
Environment and energy	Giorgos Stathakis	Γιώργος Σταθάκης	SYRIZA
Infrastructure, traffic and networks	Christos Spirtzis	Χρήστος Σπίρτζης	SYRIZA
Shipping and Islands	Panagiotis Kouroumblis	Παναγιώτης Κουρουμπλής	SYRIZA
Agriculture and food	Vangelis Apostolou	Βαγγέλης Αποστόλου	SYRIZA
Migration and Refugees	Ioannis Mouzalas	Ιωάννης Μουζάλας	independent
tourism	Elena Kountoura	Έλενα Κουντουρά	ANEL
Digital politics, telecommunications and information	Nikos Pappas	Νίκος Παππάς	SYRIZA
reconstruction	Olga Gerovasili	Όλγα Γεροβασίλη	SYRIZA
Minister of State for Government Coordination	Alekos Flambouraris	Αλέκος Φλαμπουράρης	SYRIZA
Minister of State	Christophoros Vernadakis	Χριστόφορος Βερναρδάκης	SYRIZA
Minister of State and Government Spokesman	Dimitrios Tzanakopoulos	Δημήτριος Τζανακόπουλος	SYRIZA

See also

• Tsipras I cabinet
• List of heads of government of Greece
• Political system of Greece
• Greek sovereign debt crisis

Web links

• handelsblatt.com / Gerd Höhler : Tsipras missed chance (Comment, 23 September 2015)
• Government reshuffle November 5, 2016 (Greek)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tsipras relies on the old horses. In: FAZ.net . September 22, 2015, accessed September 23, 2015 . 
2. ↑ FAZ.net October 8, 2015: Tsipras wants to grit his teeth .
3. ↑ Tweet
4. ↑ FEK 209A and FEK 210A / 5. November 2016
5. ↑ official page of the premier, November 4, 2016: [1]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ^ Greek Poker, Part One