Cabinet of Greece

The cabinet of Greece comprises the heads of the major ministries. Ministers are appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister. There is also an advisory council of the Republic, which includes former prime ministers and the heads of all parliamentary parties.

Current cabinet ministers

Office	Incumbent	Since	Party
Prime Minister	Giorgos Papandreou	October 6, 2009	PASOK
Minister for Culture and Tourism	Pavlos Geroulanos	October 7, 2009	PASOK
Minister for Development	Kostas Hadjidakis	January 8, 2009	ND
Minister for Economy, Competition and Merchant Marine	Louka Katseli	October 7, 2009	PASOK
Minister for Employment and Social Protection	Andreas Laverdos	October 7, 2009	PASOK
Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works	Georgios Souflias	March 10, 2004	ND
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Giorgos Papandreou	October 7, 2009	PASOK
Minister for Health and Social Solidarity	Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou	October 7, 2009	PASOK
Minister for the Interior, Decentralisation and Electronic Governance	Yiannis Raggousis	October 7, 2009	PASOK
Minister for Justice, Transparency and Human Rights	Charis Kastanidis	October 7, 2009	PASOK
Minister for Finance	Giorgos Papakonstantinou	October 7, 2009	PASOK
Minister for Mercantile Marine and Island Policy	Anastasios Papaligouras	January 8, 2009	ND
Minister for National Defence	Evangelos Venizelos	October 7, 2009	PASOK
Minister for National Education, Lifelong Education and Religious Affairs	Anna Diamatopoulou	October 7, 2009	PASOK
Minister for Rural Development	Katerina Batzeli	October 7, 2009	PASOK
Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change	Tina Birbili	October 7, 2009	PASOK
Minister for Transport and Communications	Evripidis Stylianidis	January 8, 2009	ND

Defunct cabinet positions

• Minister for the Military
• Minister for Trade
• Minister for the Press and the Media
• Minister for Tourism