Cabinet of George Papandreou

Cabinet of George Papandreou

Cabinet of Greece
Initial cabinet of George Papandreou outside the Hellenic Parliament on October 7, 2009
Date formed7 October 2009 (2009-10-07)
Date dissolved11 November 2011 (2011-11-11)
People and organisations
Head of stateKarolos Papoulias
Head of governmentGeorge Papandreou
Deputy head of governmentTheodoros Pangalos (until 17/06/11)
Evangelos Venizelos (from 17/06/11)
Member partiesPanhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)
Status in legislaturePASOK Majority government
160 / 300 (53%)
Opposition partiesNew Democracy
Communist Party of Greece (KKE)
Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS)
Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA)
Opposition leaderKostas Karamanlis (until 30/11/09)
Antonis Samaras (from 30/11/09)
History
Election2009 Greek legislative election
Legislature term13th (2009–2012)
PredecessorKostas Karamanlis II cabinet
SuccessorLucas Papademos cabinet

Following the 4 October 2009 general elections in Greece, George Papandreou, the leader of PASOK, formed a government, which was sworn in on 7 October.[1] A major cabinet reshuffle was made in September 2010.[2] The cabinet was succeeded by the Lucas Papademos's Coalition Cabinet.

  1. ^ HK Tzanis (7 October 2009). "Greece gets new government". Southeast European Times. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ana-mpa 2010 swearing-in was invoked but never defined (see the help page).