Cabinet Alexis Tsipras I

Alexis Tsipras, 2015

The Alexis Tsipras I cabinet formed the government of Greece between January 27, 2015 and August 28, 2015, and succeeded the Samara cabinet .

history

Alexis Tsipras was commissioned to form a government by President Karolos Papoulias after his coalition of the radical left (SYRIZA) received the most votes in the general election in Greece on January 25, 2015 . On January 26, he agreed a coalition between his party and the right-wing populist Independent Greeks (ANEL) and was sworn in as the new Prime Minister. Two days after the election he named his ministers; these were sworn in on the same day.

The Greek cabinet only had ten ministers, half as many as the previous government. Some departments have been combined into super ministries.

Tsipras appointed Giannis Tsironis of the green party Ikologi Prasini , which had run on the SYRIZA list, as deputy environment minister.

Following the July 5, 2015 referendum , Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis resigned and was replaced by Efklidis Tsakalotos .

On July 16, 2015, 32 SYRIZA MPs voted against an austerity package that was being voted on in parliament. The next day, Tsipras announced a reshuffle of his cabinet: he dismissed, among others, the energy and environment minister Panagiotis Lafazanis , the deputy minister for social issues, Dimitris Stratoulis, and the deputy minister of defense Costas Isychos. Panos Skourletis became the new Minister for Energy and the Environment and Giorgos Katroungalos took over the Ministry of Labor . The new ministers were sworn in on July 18, 2015.

Cabinet members

Ministry	Official	Greek spelling	Political party
Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras	Αλέξης Τσίπρας	SYRIZA
Deputy Prime Minister	Giannis Dragasakis	Γιάννης Δραγασάκης	SYRIZA
Finances	Yanis Varoufakis until July 6, 2015	Γιάνης Βαρουφάκης	independent
Finances	Efklidis Tsakalotos since July 6, 2015	Ευκλείδης Τσακαλώτος	SYRIZA
Exterior	Nikos Kotzias	Νίκος Κοτζιάς	independent
Interior	Nikos Voutsis	Νίκος Βούτσης	SYRIZA
defense	Panos Kammenos	Πάνος Καμμένος	ANEL
Economy, infrastructure, shipping and tourism	Giorgos Stathakis	Γιώργος Σταθάκης	SYRIZA
Culture, education and religious affairs	Aristidis Baltas	Αριστείδης Μπαλτάς	SYRIZA
Health and social security	Panagiotis Kouroumblis	Παναγιώτης Κουρουμπλής	SYRIZA
job	Panos Skourletis until July 18, 2015	Πάνος Σκουρλέτης	SYRIZA
job	Giorgos Katroungalos since July 18, 2015	Γιώργος Κατρούγκαλος	SYRIZA
Judiciary	Nikos Paraskevopoulos	Νίκος Παρασκευόπουλος	independent
Production recovery, environment and energy	Panagiotis Lafazanis until July 18, 2015	Παναγιώτης Λαφαζάνης	SYRIZA
Production recovery, environment and energy	Panos Skourletis since July 18, 2015	Πάνος Σκουρλέτης	SYRIZA
Minister of State	Nikos Pappas	Νίκος Παππάς	SYRIZA
Minister of State for Anti-Corruption	Panagiotis Nikoloudis	Παναγιώτης Νικολούδης	independent
Minister of State for Government Coordination	Alekos Flambouraris	Αλέκος Φλαμπουράρης	SYRIZA

sequence

On August 20, 2015, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced in a televised address the resignation of his government and the associated resignation from the office of Prime Minister, thus initiating an early election after no new viable government majority could be formed within parliament. The Tsipras cabinet was initially replaced by the Vasiliki Thanou-Christofilou cabinet .

Web links

Cabinet Alexis Tsipras General Secretariat of the Government (Greek)

Individual evidence

↑ FAZ.net: Tsipras is the new Greek Prime Minister
↑ FAZ.net: Resolute opponent of savings becomes finance minister in Athens
↑ sueddeutsche.de: Government of Beginners (January 27, 2015) , accessed on January 27, 2015
↑ tagesschau.de ( Memento from January 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Green Party congratulates Greek Greens as they head for government , January 5, 2015 "joining the Syriza list for the Greek General Election to be held on January 25th"
↑ FAZ.net July 17, 2015: Tsipras dismisses left dissenters
↑ Greece: Tsipras dismisses representatives of the left wing. In: zeit.de . July 17, 2015, accessed July 18, 2015 .
↑ Tsipras gathers "yes" people around him. In: tagesschau.de . July 18, 2015, accessed July 18, 2015 .

[1] FAZ.net: Tsipras is the new Greek Prime Minister

[2] FAZ.net: Resolute opponent of savings becomes finance minister in Athens

[3] sueddeutsche.de: Government of Beginners (January 27, 2015) , accessed on January 27, 2015

[4] tagesschau.de ( Memento from January 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

[5] Green Party congratulates Greek Greens as they head for government , January 5, 2015 "joining the Syriza list for the Greek General Election to be held on January 25th"

[6] FAZ.net July 17, 2015: Tsipras dismisses left dissenters

[zeit-2015-07-17-7] Greece: Tsipras dismisses representatives of the left wing. In: zeit.de . July 17, 2015, accessed July 18, 2015 .

[8] Tsipras gathers "yes" people around him. In: tagesschau.de . July 18, 2015, accessed July 18, 2015 .