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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-11-11Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] New transitional gov't under PM Papademos sworn inAMNA / A new transitional 'unity' government that will serve under new Prime Minister Lucas Papademos was sworn in during a ceremony at the presidential mansion in central Athens on Friday afternoon. Broadly, most Cabinet members served in the previous government of George Papandreou. Nevertheless, the new coalition government also includes six members hailing from the main opposition New Democracy party and four from the right-of-centre Popular Orthodox Rally (LA.O.S) party.In total, 48 people including the prime minister make up the new government, seven more than its immediate predecessor. There are 12 new ministers in its ranks, of which nine have been sworn into government office for the first time, including the new premier. (www.amna.gr) Ministries that changed hands include that of the interior, which has gone to Tassos Yiannitsis of PASOK, the foreign ministry that has gone to ND's Stavros Dimas, a former EU Commissioner, while the national defence portfolio was given to ND's Dimitris Avramopoulos, with PASOK's Yiannis Ragoussis and LAOS' George Georgiou as alternate ministers. In place of Ragoussis at the infrastructure ministry is LAOS's Makis Voridis, whereas Minister of State Elias Mossialos has been replaced by George Stavropoulos with a second individual due to be announced for the post of government spokesman in the next few days. Avramopoulos resigned his Parliament seat to assume the post, fulfilling a pledge by New Democracy that no members of its Parliament group will serve in the transitional government. Other changes include the removal of Fofi Gennimata from the education ministry to the post of Alternate Interior Minister, with ND's Constantine Arvanitopoulos taking her place as alternate education minister. ND's Yiannis Mourmouras, until now economic advisor to ND leader Antonis Samaras, has been added as deputy minister to the finance ministry team, which remains in the hands of Evangelos Venizelos as minister. LAOS's Adonis Georgiadis has been made deputy minister at the development ministry, while ND's Dimitris Vartzopoulos has been appointed deputy minister at the health ministry, ND's Petros Alevizatos is now deputy minister at the culture ministry and LAOS' Asterios Rodoulis is deputy agriculture minister. Six members of the previous government have not been included in the new cabinet, including Haris Kastanidis (former interior minister), Stavros Lambrinidis (foreign ministry), Panos Beglitis (defence), Ilias Mossialos (minister of state), and the former deputy minister Christos Aidonis and Angelos Tolkas. The composition of the new government, as compiled by the Athens News Agency (AMNA), is as follows: Prime Minister: Lucas Papademos First Government Vice President: Theodoros Pangalos Government Vice President and Finance Minister: Evangelos Venizelos Administrative Reform and Electronic Governance Minister: Dimitris Reppas Deputy Ministers: Dinos Rovlias, Pantelis Tzortzakis Interior Minister: Anastasios Yiannitsis Alternate Minister: Fofi Gennimata Deputy Minister: Paris Koukoulopoulos Finance Minister: Evangelos Venizelos Alternate minister: Filippos Sahinidis Alternate minister: Pantelis Economou Deputy Minister: Yiannis Mourmouras www.amna.gr Foreign Minister: Stavros Dimas Alternate Minister: Mariliza Xenoyiannakopoulou Deputy Minister: Dimitris Dollis National Defence Minister: Dimitris Avramopoulos Alternate Minister: Yiannis Ragoussis Alternate Minister: George Georgiou Deputy Minister: Costas Spiliopoulos Development Minister: Michalis Chryssohoidis Alternate Minister: Socrates Xynidis Deputy Minister: Thanos Moraitis Deputy Minister: Adonis Georgiadis Environment, Energy & Climate Change Minister: George Papaconstantinou Alternate Minister: Nikos Sifounakis Deputy Minister: Yiannis Maniatis Education, Life-long Learning and Religions Affairs Minister: Anna Diamantopoulou Alternate Minister: Constantine Arvanitopoulos Deputy Minister: Evi Christofilopoulou Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Minister: Maroudis Voridis Deputy Minister: Yiannis Magriotis Labor and Social Security Minister: George Koutroumanis Deputy Minister: Yiannis Koutsoukos Health and Social Solidarity Minister: Andreas Loverdos Deputy Ministers: Dimitris Vartzopoulos, Markos Bolaris, Mihalis Timosidis Agricultural Development and Food Minister: Costas Skandalidis Deputy Ministers: Yiannis Drivelegas Deputy Minister: Asterios Rodoulis Justice Minister: Miltiadis Papaioannou Deputy Minister: George Petalotis Citizen Protection Minister: Christos Papoutsis Deputy Minister: Emmanuel Othonas Culture Minister: Pavlos Geroulanos Deputy Minister: George Nikitiadis (for Tourism) Deputy Minister: Petros Alevizatos State Minister: George Stavropoulos AMNA Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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