| Cabinet Name: | Cabinet of Antonis Samaras |
| Jurisdiction: | Greece |
| Flag: | Flag_of_Greece.svg |
| Government Head: | Antonis Samaras |
| Deputy Government Head: | Evangelos Venizelos (since 25 June 2013) |
| State Head: | Karolos Papoulias |
| Political Parties: | New Democracy, PASOK, Democratic Left (DIMAR, until 21 June 2013 |
| Legislature Status: | New Democracy led coalition government (until 21/06/13) (from 21/06/13) |
| Opposition Parties: | Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) Independent Greeks (ANEL) Golden Dawn Democratic Left (DIMAR) (from 21 June 2013) Communist Party of Greece (KKE) |
| Opposition Leader: | Alexis Tsipras |
| Election: | June 2012 Greek legislative election |
| Legislature Term: | 15th (2012–2015) |
| Previous: | Pikrammenos Caretaker Cabinet |
| Successor: | Tsipras Cabinet |
The Cabinet of Antonis Samaras succeeded the Caretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos after the repeated legislative elections in May and June 2012. It was sworn in on Thursday, 21 June 2012.[1] The former ministries of Shipping, Tourism and Macedonia and Thrace were re-established.[2] The junior coalition partners, PASOK and DIMAR, chose to take a limited role in the cabinet, preferring to be represented by party officials and independent technocrats instead of MPs.[3] Vassilis Rapanos, the prime minister's first choice for finance minister, fell ill before being sworn in, and tendered his resignation on 25 June. Yannis Stournaras was then chosen as the new finance minister on 26 June, and sworn in on 5 July.[4] [5]
DIMAR left the coalition on 21 June 2013 in protest at the closure of the nation's public broadcaster ERT, leaving Samaras with a slim majority of 153 ND and PASOK MPs combined.[6] The two remaining parties proceeded to negotiate a cabinet reshuffle that resulted in a significantly expanded role for PASOK in the new coalition government.[7] [8] A further reshuffle followed the 2014 European Parliament election.[9]
| Office | Officeholder | Party | Dates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Antonis Samaras | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 20 June 2012 – 26 January 2015 | ||
| Deputy Prime Minister | Vacant until 25 June 2013 | |||||
| Evangelos Venizelos | width=5px style="background-color: " | Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) | 25 June 2013 – 27 January 2015 | |||
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Dimitris Avramopoulos | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013 | ||
| Evangelos Venizelos | width=5px style="background-color: " | PASOK | 25 June 2013 – 27 January 2015 | |||
| Minister for Finance | Yannis Stournaras | width=5px style="background-color: " | Independent | 5 July 2012 – 10 June 2014 | ||
| Gikas Hardouvelis | width=5px style="background-color: " | Independent | 10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015 | |||
| Minister for National Defence | Panos Panagiotopoulos | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013 | ||
| Dimitris Avramopoulos | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 25 June 2013 – 1 November 2014 | |||
| Nikos Dendias | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 1 November 2014 – 27 January 2015 | |||
| Minister for the Interior | Evripidis Stylianidis | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013 | ||
| width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 25 June 2013 – 10 June 2014 | ||||
| width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015 | ||||
| Minister for Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks | Kostis Chatzidakis | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013 | ||
| Post abolished 25 June 2013 | ||||||
| Minister for Development and Competitiveness | Kostis Chatzidakis | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 25 June 2013 – 10 June 2014 | ||
| Nikos Dendias | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 10 June 2014 – 3 November 2014 | |||
| Konstantinos Skrekas | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 3 November 2014 – 27 January 2015 | |||
| Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks | Michalis Chrisochoidis | width=5px style="background-color: " | PASOK | 25 June 2013 – 27 January 2015 | ||
| Minister for Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sport | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013 | |||
| Post abolished 25 June 2013 | ||||||
| Minister for Education and Religious Affairs | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 25 June 2013 – 10 June 2014 | |||
| Andreas Loverdos | width=5px style="background-color: " | PASOK | 10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015 | |||
| Minister for Culture and Sport | Panos Panagiotopoulos | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 25 June 2013 – 10 June 2014 | ||
| Konstantinos Tasoulas | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015 | |||
| Minister for Administrative Reform and e-Governance | Antonis Manitakis | width=5px style="background-color: " | Independent | 21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013 | ||
| Kyriakos Mitsotakis | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 25 June 2013 – 27 January 2015 | |||
| Minister for Health | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013 | |||
| Adonis Georgiades | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 25 June 2013 – 10 June 2014 | |||
| Makis Voridis | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015 | |||
| Minister for Labour, Social Security and Welfare | Giannis Vroutsis | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 21 June 2012 – 27 January 2015 | ||
| Minister for Rural Development and Food | width=5px style="background-color: " | PASOK | 21 June 2012 – 10 June 2014 | |||
| width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015 | ||||
| Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change | Evangelos Livieratos | width=5px style="background-color: " | Independent | 21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013 | ||
| width=5px style="background-color: " | PASOK | 25 June 2013 – 27 January 2015 | ||||
| Minister for Justice, Transparency and Human Rights | Antonios Roupakiotis | width=5px style="background-color: " | Independent | 21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013 | ||
| width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 25 June 2013 – 28 January 2015 | ||||
| Minister for Public Order and Citizen Protection | Nikos Dendias | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 21 June 2012 – 10 June 2014 | ||
| Vassilis Kikilias | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015 | |||
| Minister for Tourism | Olga Kefalogianni | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 21 June 2012 – 27 January 2015 | ||
| Minister for Shipping and the Aegean | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013 | |||
| Miltiadis Varvitsiotis | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 25 June 2013 – 27 January 2015 | |||
| Minister for Macedonia and Thrace | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 21 June 2012 – 10 June 2014 | |||
| Georgios Orfanos | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015 | |||
| Minister of State | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 21 June 2012 – 27 January 2015 | |||
| Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and government spokesperson | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 21 June 2012 – 10 June 2014 | |||
| Sofia Voultepsi | width=5px style="background-color: " | New Democracy | 10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015 |