Greece Reshuffles Government, Tourism Ministry Unaffected

Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni

Olga Kefalogianni was among the few untouched ministers and remained at her post as Tourism Minister on Monday, 24 June, following the cabinet reshuffle of Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.

The reshuffle came two days after the smallest party (Dimokratiki Aristera) in Samaras’ ruling coalition pulled out from the government.

The new cabinet will be sworn in at 12.30pm on Tuesday, 25 June, in a ceremony to be presided over by President Karolos Papoulias.

The composition of the new Greek Government is as follows:

Prime Minister
Antonis Samaras

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister
Evangelos Venizelos

Finance Minister
Yiannis Stournaras

Administrative Reform Minister
Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Interior Minister
Yiannis Michelakis

Defense Minister
Dimitris Avramopoulos

Development Minister
Kostis Hatzidakis

Transport Minister
Michael Chrysochoides

Environment Minister
Yiannis Maniatis

Education Minister
Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos

Culture and Sport Minister
Panos Panagiotopoulos
Deputy Minister of Sports: Yiannis Adrianos

Labor Minister
Yiannis Vroutsis

Health Minister
Adonis Georgiadis

Agricultural Development Minister
Athanasios Tsaftaris

Justice Minister
Charalambos Athanassiou

Public Order Minister
Nikos Dendias

Tourism Minister
Olga Kefalogianni

Shipping Minister
Miltiadis Varvitsiotis

Macedonia-Thrace Minister
Theodore Karaoglou

Minister of State
Dimitris Stamatis

Deputy Minister for State Broadcaster
Pantelis Kapsis

Government Spokesman
Simos Kedikoglou