Cabinet of Georgios A. Papandreou

The Georgios A. Papandreou cabinet ruled Greece from October 7, 2009 to November 11, 2011, succeeding the Kostas Karamanlis II cabinet .

Georgios A. Papandreou

Papandreou with cabinet on October 7, 2009

minister

Ministry	Official	Greek spelling
Prime Minister	Georgios A. Papandreou	Γεώργιος Α. Παπανδρέου
Deputy Prime Minister	Theodoros Pangalos	Θεόδωρος Πάγκαλος
	Evangelos Venizelos from June 17th 2011	Ευάγγελος Βενιζέλος
Foreign minister	Georgios A. Papandreou	Γεώργιος Α. Παπανδρέου
	Dimitris Droutsas from September 7, 2010	Δημήτρης Δρούτσας
	Stavros Lambrinidis from June 17th 2011	Σταύρος Λαμπρινίδης
Minister of the Interior, Decentralization and E-Government ¹ until June 17, 2011 Minister of the Interior Minister for Decentralization and E-Government	Giannis Ragousis	Γιάννης Ραγκούσης
	Charis Kastanidis from June 17, 2011	Χάρης Καστανίδης
	Dimitris Reppas from June 17, 2011	Δημήτρης Ρέππας
Finance minister	Giorgos Papakonstantinou	Γιώργος Παπακωνσταντίνου
	Evangelos Venizelos from June 17th 2011	Ευάγγελος Βενιζέλος
Defense Minister	Evangelos Venizelos	Ευάγγελος Βενιζέλος
	Panos Beglitis from June 17, 2011	Πάνος Μπεγλίτης
Minister of Justice	Charis Kastanidis	Χάρης Καστανίδης
	Miltiadis Papaioannou from June 17th 2011	Μιλτιάδης Παπαϊωάννου
Minister of Labor	Andreas Loverdos	Ανδρέας Λοβέρδος
	Louka Katseli from September 7, 2010	Λούκα Κατσέλη
	Giorgos Koutroumanis from June 17th 2011	Γιώργος Κουτρουμάνης
Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change	Tina Birbili	Τίνα Μπιρμπίλη
	Giorgos Papakonstantinou from June 17, 2011	Γιώργος Παπακωνσταντίνου
Minister for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping	Louka Katseli	Λούκα Κατσέλη
	Michalis Chrysochoidis from September 7, 2010	Μιχάλης Χρυσοχοΐδης
Minister for Health and Social Solidarity	Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou	Μαριλίζα Ξενογιαννακοπούλου
	Andreas Loverdos from September 7, 2010	Ανδρέας Λοβέρδος
Minister of Agriculture	Katerina Batzeli	Κατερίνα Μπατζελή
	Kostas Skandalidis from September 7, 2010	Κώστας Σκανδαλίδης
Minister for Education, Lifelong Learning and Religion	Anna Diamantopoulou	Άννα Διαμαντοπούλου
Minister of Culture and Tourism	Pavlos Geroulanos	Παύλος Γερουλάνος
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport	Dimitris Reppas	Δημήτρης Ρέππας
	Giannis Ragousis from June 17, 2011	Γιάννης Ραγκούσης
Minister for Civil Protection	Michalis Chrysochoidis	Μιχάλης Χρυσοχοΐδης
	Christos Papoutsis from September 7, 2010	Χρήστος Παπουτσής
Minister of State²	Charis Pamboukis	Χάρης Παμπούκης
	Ilias Mosialos from June 17, 2011	Ηλίας Μόσιαλος

Changes in June 2011

¹ The area of ​​responsibility (decentralization and e-government) was separated from the Ministry of the Interior and changed into an independent ministry

² The new Minister of State also took on the role of government spokesman

All members of this government belonged to the PASOK party

Reign

In the parliamentary election on October 4, 2009 , PASOK won the absolute majority of the parliamentary seats with a 43.9 percent share of the vote. Two days later, Papandreou was sworn in as the new Prime Minister. He also took over the Foreign Ministry in his government until September 7, 2010.

The beginning of his term of office was overshadowed by the emerging Greek financial crisis . In a televised address in early February 2010, Papandreou announced further austerity measures to avoid national bankruptcy . Since then, the Papandreou government had raised taxes in several steps and adopted drastic austerity measures. On the part of the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the European Central Bank, Greece received the prospect of a more than 110 billion loan package. In mid-June 2011, Papandreou reshuffled his government under the pressure of massive protests. He replaced his finance minister Giorgos Papakonstantinou with the previous defense minister, Evangelos Venizelos , after he was unable to win Loukas Papadimos - economist and vice-president of the European Central Bank (ECB) from 2002 to 2010 - for this office.

On June 19, 2011, Papandreou put the vote of confidence in parliament and announced a referendum for the autumn in which the Greek citizens should decide on reforms to “modernize the state” . The vote on the vote of confidence on the night of June 22nd was won by Papandreou's government and the majority of MPs signaled their agreement to new austerity targets from the EU and the IMF . All 155 members of his party, the ruling PASOK , voted for the government . 143 MPs voted against, while two independent MPs were absent.

A referendum surprisingly announced by Papandreou at the beginning of November 2011 on the austerity requirements, which were based on the resolutions of the previous Euro Summit in Brussels on aid to Greece (see EFSF ), said Papandreou after massive domestic and foreign policy criticism and then successfully faced another Vote of confidence.

sequence

On November 6, 2011, Papandreou and opposition leader Samaras agreed on a transitional government with the participation of the parties Nea Dimokratia and LAOS , which should ensure the implementation of the required goals of the Troika (EU, ECB and IMF) to lead the country out of the crisis.

For this he also made his office available, which he officially resigned on November 9th.

On November 11, the Papandreou cabinet was replaced by the Loukas Papadimos cabinet .

Web links

Commons : Cabinet Georgios A. Papandreou  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Giorgos Andrea Papandreou, General Secretariat of the Government (Greek)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Papandreou sworn in as the new Prime Minister , in: Der Standard , October 6, 2009 (accessed October 6, 2009).
2. ^ Prime Minister Papandreou also Foreign Minister , in: Der Standard , October 7, 2009
3. ↑ zeit.de November 7, 2011 (Gerd Höhler): A banker should lead Greece
4. ↑ Athens: Papandreou government survives vote of confidence , on: focus.de , June 22, 2011 (accessed June 22, 2011)
5. ↑ Greek Prime Minister resigns from office. SPIEGEL ONLINE, November 6, 2011, accessed November 6, 2011 .