Monday, July 20, 2015

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras conducted a mini-reshuffle of his cabinet on July 17, and now the government will turn its attention to the next vote on measures demanded by Greece’s lenders which is due to take place on Wednesday (22.07). The new ministers of the Greek government were sworn in on July 18 before the President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos.

The new list of ministers includes Panos Skourletis, until now minister of Labour, who will become Productive Reconstruction, Energy and Environment Minister in the place of Panagiotis Lafazanis, who is leaving the government. The Labour ministry, which will also now incorporate the social insurance portfolio, will be transferred to George Katrougalos, until now the Alternate Minister for Administrative Reform. In total, there are 8 new faces in government. The full list of cabinet members is available here.