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 .
minister
Ministry | Official | Greek spelling |
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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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Papandreou sworn in as the new Prime Minister , in: Der Standard , October 6, 2009 (accessed October 6, 2009).
- ^ Prime Minister Papandreou also Foreign Minister , in: Der Standard , October 7, 2009
- ↑ zeit.de November 7, 2011 (Gerd Höhler): A banker should lead Greece
- ↑ Athens: Papandreou government survives vote of confidence , on: focus.de , June 22, 2011 (accessed June 22, 2011)
- ↑ Greek Prime Minister resigns from office. SPIEGEL ONLINE, November 6, 2011, accessed November 6, 2011 .