Second Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis

Second Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis
Cabinet of Greece
Karamanlis during the 14 December 2006 EPP summit.
Date formed	18 September 2007 (2007-09-18)
Date dissolved	7 October 2009 (2009-10-07)
People and organisations
Head of state	Karolos Papoulias
Head of government	Kostas Karamanlis
Member parties	New Democracy (ND)
Status in legislature	ND Majority government 152 / 300 (51%)
Opposition parties	Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS)
Opposition leader	George Papandreou
History
Election(s)	2007 Greek legislative election
Legislature term(s)	12th (2007–2009)
Predecessor	Kostas Karamanlis I cabinet
Successor	George Papandreou Cabinet

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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 second Kostas Karamanlis cabinet was formed after the 2007 elections and was succeeded by the George Papandreou Cabinet.

Second Karamanlis cabinet, 2007–2009

On September 18, 2007, after the re-election of his government, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis announced his second cabinet, the members of which assumed office on 19 September 2007.

As part of a reorganisation of the ministries, the incoming government announced:

• the merger of the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation and the Ministry of Public Order to form the Ministry of the Interior and Public Order;
• the merger of the Ministry of the Mercantile Marine and the Ministry of the Aegean and Island Policy to form the Ministry of Mercantile Marine and Island Policy.

On 7 January 2009, Karamanlis announced another major cabinet reshuffle.

Defunct cabinet positions

• Minister for Industry, Energy and Technology
• Minister for Trade
• Minister for the Press and the Media