Third Cabinet of Costas Simitis

Costas Simitis served as a Prime Minister of Greece for three consecutive terms (1996-2004), at the head of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). His third cabinet was formed after the 2000 elections and was succeeded by the first cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis (New Democracy).

Third Cabinet of Costas Simitis

Cabinet of Greece
Simitis during Bill Clinton's visit to Athens.
Date formed13 April 2000 (2000-04-13)
Date dissolved10 March 2004 (2004-03-10)
People and organisations
Head of stateKonstantinos Stephanopoulos
Head of governmentCostas Simitis
Member partiesPanhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)
Status in legislaturePASOK Majority government
158 / 300 (53%)
Opposition partiesNew Democracy (ND)
Communist Party of Greece (KKE)
Synaspismos (SYN)
Opposition leaderKostas Karamanlis
History
Election2000 Greek legislative election
Legislature term10th (2000–2004)
PredecessorCostas Simitis II cabinet
SuccessorKostas Karamanlis I cabinet

Third Simitis cabinet, 2000–2004

OfficeIncumbentSince
Prime MinisterCostas Simitis13 April 2000
Minister for Foreign AffairsGeorge Papandreou13 April 2000
replaced by
Tasos Giannitsis13 February 2004 (interim)
Minister for National DefenceAkis Tsochatzopoulos13 April 2000
replaced by
Yiannos Papantoniou24 October 2001
Minister for the Interior, Public Administration and DecentralizationVasso Papandreou13 April 2000
replaced by
Kostas Skandalidis24 October 2001
replaced by
Nikos Alivizatos13 February 2004 (interim)
Minister of Economy and FinanceYiannos Papantoniou13 April 2001
replaced by
Nikos Christodoulakis24 October 2001
Minister for JusticeMichalis Stathopoulos [el]13 April 2000
replaced by
Filippos Petsalnikos24 October 2001
Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public WorksKostas Laliotis [el]13 April 2000
replaced by
Vasso Papandreou24 October 2001
Minister for National Education and Religious AffairsPetros Efthymiou13 April 2000
Minister for Transport and CommunicationsChristos Verelis13 April 2000
Minister of Labour and Social SolidarityTasos Giannitsis13 April 2000
replaced by
Dimitris Reppas24 October 2001
Minister for Health and Social SecurityAlekos Papadopoulos13 April 2000
replaced by
Konstantinos Stefanis [el]13 June 2002
Minister for AgricultureGiorgos Anomeritis [el]13 April 2000
replaced by
Georgios Drys24 October 2001
Minister for Public OrderMichalis Chrisochoidis13 April 2000
replaced by
Giorgos Floridis [de]7 July 2003
Minister for CultureTheodoros Pangalos13 April 2000
replaced by
Evangelos Venizelos20 November 2000
Minister for CultureChristos Papoutsis13 April 2000
replaced by
Evangelos Venizelos20 November 2000
Minister for DevelopmentNikos Christodoulakis13 April 2000
replaced by
Akis Tsochatzopoulos24 October 2001
Minister for Mercantile MarineChristos Papoutsis13 April 2000
replaced by
Giorgos Anomeritis [el]24 October 2001
replaced by
Georgios Paschalidis7 July 2003
Minister for the Press and the MediaDimitris Reppas13 April 2000
replaced by
Christos Protopapas [el]24 October 2001
replaced by
Georgios Romaios [el]13 February 2004 (interim)
Minister for Macedonia and ThraceGeorgios Paschalidis13 April 2000
replaced by
Haris Kastanidis7 July 2003
Minister for the AegeanNikolaos Sifounakis13 April 2000
Minister of StateMiltiadis Papaioannou13 April 2000
replaced by
Stefanos Manikas24 October 2001
replaced by
Alexandros Akrivakis [el]7 July 2003


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