Cabinet Kostas Karamanlis II

Kostas Karamanlis

The Kostas Karamanlis II cabinet ruled Greece from September 19, 2007 to October 7, 2009, succeeding the Kostas Karamanlis I cabinet .

minister

Ministry	Official	Greek spelling
Prime Minister	Kostas Karamanlis	Κώστας Καραμανλής
Foreign Minister	Dora Bakogianni	Ντόρα Μπακογιάννη
Interior minister	Prokopis Pavlopoulos	Προκόπης Παυλόπουλος
	Spyridon Flogaitis from September 11, 2009	Σπυριδων Φλογαιτης
Minister of Economy and Finance	Georgios Alogoskoufis	Γεώργιος Αλογοσκούφης
	Giannis Papathanasiou from January 8, 2009	Γιάννης Παπαθανασίου
Defense Minister	Evangelos Meimarakis	Ευάγγελος Μεϊμαράκης
Minister of Justice	Sotiris Chatzigakis	Σωτήρης Χατζηγάκης
	Nikos Dendias from January 8, 2009	Νικόλαος Δένδιας
Minister for Labor and Social Security	Vasilis Manginas	Βασίλης Μαγγίνας
	Fani Palli-Petralia from December 17, 2007	Φάνη Πάλλη - Πετραλιά
Minister for Merchant Shipping, Aegean and Island Policy	Giorgos Voulgarakis	Γιώργος Βουλγαράκης
	Anastasios Papaligouras from September 13, 2008	Αναστάσιος Παπαληγούρας
Minister for the Environment, Regional Planning and Public Works	Georgios Souflias	Γεώργιος Σουφλιάς
Development Minister	Christos Folias	Χρήστος Φώλιας
	Kostis Chatzidakis from January 8, 2009	Κωστής Χατζηδάκης
Minister for Health and Social Solidarity	Dimitris Avramopoulos	Δημήτρης Αβραμόπουλος
Minister for Agricultural Development and Food	Alexandros Kondos	Αλέξανδρος Κοντός
	Sotirios Chatzigakis from January 8, 2009	Σωτήρης Χατζηγάκης
Minister for Education and Religious Affairs	Evripidis Stylianidis	Ευριπίδης Στυλιανίδης
	Aris Spiliotopoulos from January 8th, 2009	Άρης Σπηλιωτόπουλος
Minister of Culture	Michalis Liapis	Μιχάλης Λιάπης
	Andonis Samaras from January 8, 2009	Αντώνης Σαμαράς
Minister for Tourism Development	Aris Spiliotopoulos	Άρης Σπηλιωτόπουλος
	Konstantinos Markopoulos from January 8, 2009	Κωνσταντίνος Μαρκόπουλος
Minister for Transport and Communication	Kostis Chatzidakis	Κωστής Χατζηδάκης
	Evripidis Stylianidis from January 8, 2009	Ευριπίδης Στυλιανίδης
Minister for Macedonia and Thrace	Margaritis Tzimas	Μαργαρίτης Τζίμας
	Stavros Kalafatis from January 8, 2009	Σταύρος Καλαφάτης
Minister of State and Government Spokesman (until October 24, 2008)	Theodoros Rousopoulos	Θεόδωρος Ρουσόπουλος

All members of this government belonged to the Nea Dimokratia party .

Reign

After the parliamentary elections in Greece in 2007 , which the Nea Dimokratia only narrowly won, Karamanlis got the opportunity to continue his government work with the completion of the Egnatia Odos and the Acropolis Museum . However, as a result of the global financial crisis , five member states of the Eurozone violated the Stability and Growth Pact in December 2008, one of them was Greece. The country's economy collapsed as the crisis increasingly affected the shipping and tourism industries. The Karamanlis government was unable to cope with the situation and the pressure on the Prime Minister continued to increase, both domestically and internationally. In spring 2009 the EU Commission initiated an excessive deficit procedure against Greece, which Karamanlis wanted to counteract with an austerity package. However, the measures were not sufficient to defuse the financial crisis and save the country from an impending recession ; So Karamanlis decided to let the people decide whether they would like to express their confidence in him and his government, and at the beginning of September 2009 asked President Karolos Papoulias to dissolve the parliament, which should lead the country to new elections.

sequence

In the early parliamentary elections in Greece in 2009 , the conservative Nea Dimokratia was only the second strongest force behind the social democratic PASOK .

The Karamanlis II cabinet was replaced by the Giorgos Andrea Papandreou cabinet .

Web links

• Kostas Karamanlis, General Secretariat of the Government (Greek)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Athens turns the tax screw
2. ↑ New election should lead Greece out of misery