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 Simitis cabinet, 2000–2004

Office	Incumbent	Since
Prime Minister	Costas Simitis	13 April 2000
Minister for Foreign Affairs	George Papandreou	13 April 2000
replaced by	de	13 February 2004 (interim)
Minister for National Defence	Akis Tsochatzopoulos	13 April 2000
replaced by	Yiannos Papantoniou	24 October 2001
Minister for the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization	de	13 April 2000
replaced by	Kostas Skandalidis	24 October 2001
replaced by	Nikos Alivizatos	13 February 2004 (interim)
Minister of Economy and Finance	Yiannos Papantoniou	13 April 2001
replaced by	Nikos Christodoulakis	24 October 2001
Minister for Justice	el	13 April 2000
replaced by	Filippos Petsalnikos	24 October 2001
Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works	el	13 April 2000
replaced by	de	24 October 2001
Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs	Petros Efthymiou	13 April 2000
Minister for Transport and Communications	Christos Verelis	13 April 2000
Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity	de	13 April 2000
replaced by	Dimitris Reppas	24 October 2001
Minister for Health and Social Security	el	13 April 2000
replaced by	el	13 June 2002
Minister for Agriculture	el	13 April 2000
replaced by	el	24 October 2001
Minister for Public Order	Michalis Chrisochoidis	13 April 2000
replaced by	de	7 July 2003
Minister for Culture	Theodoros Pangalos	13 April 2000
replaced by	Evangelos Venizelos	20 November 2000
Minister for Culture	Christos Papoutsis	13 April 2000
replaced by	Evangelos Venizelos	20 November 2000
Minister for Development	Nikos Christodoulakis	13 April 2000
replaced by	Akis Tsochatzopoulos	24 October 2001
Minister for Mercantile Marine	Christos Papoutsis	13 April 2000
replaced by	el	24 October 2001
replaced by	Georgios Paschalidis	7 July 2003
Minister for the Press and the Media	Dimitris Reppas	13 April 2000
replaced by	el	24 October 2001
replaced by	el	13 February 2004 (interim)
Minister for Macedonia and Thrace	Georgios Paschalidis	13 April 2000
replaced by	Haris Kastanidis	7 July 2003
Minister for the Aegean	Nikolaos Sifounakis	13 April 2000
Minister of State	Miltiadis Papaioannou	13 April 2000
replaced by	Stefanos Manikas	24 October 2001
replaced by	el	7 July 2003