First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras

First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras

Cabinet of Greece
Alexis Tsipras in 2015
Date formed26 January 2015 (2015-01-26)
Date dissolved27 August 2015 (2015-08-27)
People and organisations
Head of stateProkopis Pavlopoulos
Head of governmentAlexis Tsipras
Deputy head of governmentYannis Dragasakis
No. of ministers13
Total no. of members46
Member partiesCoalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA),
Independent Greeks (ANEL)
(with participation from Ecologist Greens and independents)
Status in legislatureSYRIZA-led coalition government
162/300 (54%)




Opposition partiesNew Democracy
LAE (from 21/08/15)
Golden Dawn
To Potami
Communist Party of Greece (KKE)
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)
Opposition leaderAntonis Samaras (Until 05/07/15)
Vangelis Meimarakis (From 05/07/15)
History
ElectionJanuary 2015 Greek legislative election
Legislature term16th (2015–2015)
PredecessorSamaras Cabinet
SuccessorThanou-Christophilou Caretaker Cabinet

Following his victory in legislative elections held on 25 January 2015, the newly elected prime minister Alexis Tsipras appointed a new cabinet to succeed the cabinet of Antonis Samaras, his predecessor.[1] A significant reshuffle took place on 17 July 2015.

Tsipras resigned as prime minister on 20 August 2015, and after opposition parties failed to form their own government, on 27 August Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou was appointed as an interim prime minister, and her caretaker cabinet was sworn in on 28 August. Following the subsequent September legislative election, Tsipras was re-appointed as prime minister on 21 September and appointed a second cabinet that was sworn in on 23 September.

  1. ^ "Government announces the new ministerial cabinet". To Vima. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.