Second Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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.
