Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas

The Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas was sworn in on 26 May 2023 and dissolved on 27 June 2023. After an inconclusive election held on 21 May 2023 resulted in a hung parliament, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou appointed Sarmas, the president of the Court of Audit, as caretaker Prime Minister. This was done according to provisions of the Greek Constitution after none of the major parties were able to form a government.[1]

Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas

Cabinet of Greece
Date formed26 May 2023 (2023-05-26)
Date dissolved27 June 2023 (2023-06-27)
People and organisations
Head of stateKaterina Sakellaropoulou
Head of governmentIoannis Sarmas
No. of ministers20
Total no. of members22
Member partiesIndependents
Status in legislatureTechnocratic caretaker government
Opposition partiesNone (caretaker cabinets in Greece have no formal opposition)
History
Legislature term19th (2023)
PredecessorFirst Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis
SuccessorSecond Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Following a second election held on 25 June 2023, the cabinet was dissolved when the second Mitsotakis cabinet was sworn in two days later.

Cabinet list

Prime Minister

OfficeIncumbentParty
Prime MinisterIoannis SarmasIndependent

Ministers

MinistryOfficeIncumbentParty
1.
Ministry of Finance
Minister for FinanceTheodore PelagidisIndependent
2.
Ministry of Development and Investment
Minister for Development and InvestmentEleni Louri-DendrinouIndependent
3.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister for Foreign AffairsVassilis Kaskarelis [el]Independent
4.
Ministry of Citizen Protection
Minister for Citizen ProtectionCharalambos LalousisIndependent
5.
Ministry of the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection [el]
Minister for the Climate Crisis and Civil ProtectionEvangelos Tournas [el]Independent
6.
Ministry of National Defence
Minister for National DefenceAlkiviadis StefanisIndependent
7.
Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
Minister for Education and Religious AffairsChristos Kittas [el]Independent
8.
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Minister for Labour and Social AffairsPatrina PaparrigopoulouIndependent
9.
Ministry of Health
Minister for HealthAnastasia Kotanidou [el]Independent
10.
Ministry of the Environment and Energy
Minister for the Environment and EnergyPantelis KaprosIndependent
11.
Ministry of Culture and Sports
Minister for Culture and SportsGeorge Koumendakis [el]Independent
12.
Ministry of Justice
Minister for JusticeFilippos SpyropoulosIndependent
13.
Ministry of the Interior
Minister for the InteriorCalliope SpanouIndependent
14.
Ministry of Digital Governance
Minister for Digital GovernanceSokratis Katsikas [el]Independent
15.
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport
Minister for Infrastructure and TransportYiannis Golias [el]Independent
16.
Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy
Minister for Shipping and Island PolicyTheodoros KliarisIndependent
17.
Ministry of Rural Development and Food
Minister for Rural Development and FoodGeorgios TsakirisIndependent
18.
Ministry of Tourism
Minister for TourismIoanna DrettaIndependent
19.
Ministry of Immigration and Asylum [el]
Minister for Immigration and AsylumDaniil EsdrasIndependent

Ministers of State

OfficeIncumbentParty
Minister of StateVassilis Skouris [el]Independent
Government spokesman [el]Ilias SiakantarisIndependent



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