Third Cabinet of Costas Simitis

Third Cabinet of Costas Simitis

Cabinet of Greece
Simitis during Bill Clinton's visit to Athens.
Date formed13 April 2000 (2000-04-13)
Date dissolved10 March 2004 (2004-03-10)
People and organisations
Head of stateKonstantinos Stephanopoulos
Head of governmentCostas Simitis
Member partiesPanhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)
Status in legislaturePASOK Majority government
158 / 300 (53%)
Opposition partiesNew Democracy (ND)
Communist Party of Greece (KKE)
Synaspismos (SYN)
Opposition leaderKostas Karamanlis
History
Election2000 Greek legislative election
Legislature term10th (2000–2004)
PredecessorCostas Simitis II cabinet
SuccessorKostas Karamanlis I cabinet

Costas Simitis served as a Prime Minister of Greece for three consecutive terms (1996-2004), at the head of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). His third cabinet was formed after the 2000 elections and was succeeded by the first cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis (New Democracy).