First Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis

First Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis

Cabinet of Greece
Karamanlis during the 14 December 2006 EPP summit.
Date formed10 March 2004 (2004-03-10)
Date dissolved18 September 2007 (2007-09-18)
People and organisations
Head of stateKonstantinos Stephanopoulos (until 12/03/05)
Karolos Papoulias (from 12/03/05)
Head of governmentKostas Karamanlis
Member partiesNew Democracy (ND)
Status in legislatureND Majority government
165 / 300 (55%)
Opposition partiesPanhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)
Communist Party of Greece (KKE)
Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA)
Opposition leaderGeorge Papandreou
History
Election2004 Greek legislative election
Legislature term11th (2004–2007)
PredecessorCostas Simitis III cabinet
SuccessorKostas Karamanlis II cabinet

Kostas Karamanlis served as a Prime Minister of Greece for two consecutive terms. During his incumbency, the period 2004-2009, he formed two cabinets. The first Karamanlis Cabinet succeeded the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) cabinet of Costas Simitis after the 2004 elections, and was followed by Karamanlis' Second Cabinet after the 2007 elections.