Cabinet of Lucas Papademos

Cabinet of Lucas Papademos

Cabinet of Greece
Prime minister Papademos (c.) and party leaders George A. Papandreou (PASOK) (r.), Antonis Samaras (ND) (l.), Giorgos Karatzaferis (LAOS) (fl.)
Date formed11 November 2011 (2011-11-11)
Date dissolved17 May 2012 (2012-05-17)
People and organisations
Head of stateKarolos Papoulias
Head of governmentLucas Papademos
Deputy head of governmentTheodoros Pangalos
Evangelos Venizelos (until 21 March 2012)
Member partiesNew Democracy,
PASOK,
LAOS (until 10/02/12)
Status in legislatureEcumenical government
255 / 300 (85%)
(until 10/02/12)
239 / 300 (80%)
(from 10/02/12)
Opposition partiesCommunist Party of Greece (KKE)
Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS)
(from 10/02/12)

Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA)
Democratic Left (DIMAR)
(from 22/03/12)

Independent Greeks (ANEL)
(from 03/04/12)
History
ElectionWithout election
Legislature term13th (2009–2012)
PredecessorCabinet of George Papandreou
SuccessorPikrammenos Caretaker Cabinet

The Cabinet of Lucas Papademos succeeded the cabinet of George Papandreou, as an interim three-party coalition cabinet, leading a coalition government formed by the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) party, New Democracy party and Popular Orthodox Rally party,[1] after Papandreou's decision to step down, and allow a provisional coalition government to form with the task to take Greece out of a major political crisis caused by the country's debt crisis.[2][3] It was the first coalition cabinet in Greece since the 1989–1990 Ecumenical Cabinet of Xenophon Zolotas.

The Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and the Cabinet were formally sworn in on 11 November 2011.[4]

  1. ^ "Lucas Papademos sworn in as Greece's prime minister". Guardian. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Lucas Papademos to lead Greece's interim coalition government". Guardian (UK). 10 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  4. ^ "New Greek govt takes over, former banker at helm". Associated Press. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.