First cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis


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 cabinet of Costas Simitis after the 2004 elections, and was followed by Karamanlis' Second Cabinet after the 2007 elections.

The cabinet

After his party's victory in the 2004 election, the new cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis was sworn in on 10 March.
In February 2006, Karamanlis announced his first major cabinet reshuffle.
OfficeIncumbentSince
Prime MinisterKostas KaramanlisMarch 10, 2004
Minister for the Aegean and Island PolicyAristotelis PavlidisMarch 10, 2004
Minister for Culture and AthleticsKostas KaramanlisMarch 10, 2004
Georgios VoulgarakisFebruary 15, 2006
Minister for DevelopmentDimitris SioufasMarch 10, 2004
Minister for Economy and FinanceGeorgios AlogoskoufisMarch 10, 2004
Minister for Employment and Social ProtectionPanos PanagiotopoulosMarch 10, 2004
Savvas TsitouridisFebruary 15, 2006
Vasilios MagginasApril 30, 2007
Minister for the Environment, Spatial Planning and Public WorksGeorgios SoufliasMarch 10, 2004
Minister for Foreign AffairsPetros MolyviatisMarch 10, 2004
Dora BakoyannisFebruary 15, 2006
Minister for Health and Social SolidarityNikitas KaklamanisMarch 10, 2004
Dimitris AvramopoulosFebruary 15, 2006
Minister for the Interior, Public Administration and DecentralisationProkopis PavlopoulosMarch 10, 2004
Minister for JusticeAnastasios PapaligourasMarch 10, 2004
Minister for Macedonia–ThraceNikos TsiartsionisMarch 10, 2004
Georgios KalantzisFebruary 15, 2006
Minister for Mercantile MarineManolis KefalogiannisMarch 10, 2004
Minister for National DefenceSpilios SpiliotopoulosMarch 10, 2004
Vangelis MeimarakisFebruary 15, 2006
Minister for National Education and Religious AffairsMarietta GiannakouMarch 10, 2004
Minister for Public OrderGeorgios VoulgarakisMarch 10, 2004
Byron PolydorasFebruary 15, 2006
Minister for Rural Development and FoodSavvas TsitouridisMarch 10, 2004
Evangelos BasiakosSeptember 23, 2004
Minister for StateTheodoros RoussopoulosMarch 10, 2004
Minister for TourismDimitris AvramopoulosMarch 10, 2004
Fani Palli-PetraliaFebruary 15, 2006
Minister for Transport and CommunicationsMichalis LiapisMarch 10, 2004
Alternate Minister for Culture and AthleticsFani Palli-PetraliaMarch 10, 2004
post abolishedFebruary 15, 2006