Second cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Greece's New Democracy party government since June 2023
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The Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in on 27 June 2023, following the parliamentary election held two days earlier.[1] Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of New Democracy, was sworn in for a second term as Prime Minister of Greece on 26 June.[2]
Konstantinos Tasoulas (since 13 March 2025)
Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis | |
|---|---|
Cabinet of Greece | |
Kyriakos Mitsotakis in 2020 | |
| Date established | 27 June 2023 |
| Leadership and composition | |
Head of state | Katerina Sakellaropoulou (until 13 March 2025) Konstantinos Tasoulas (since 13 March 2025) |
Head of government | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
No. of ministers | 22 |
Total no. of members | 61 |
Member parties | New Democracy |
Status in legislature | Majority |
Opposition parties | |
Opposition leader | Alexis Tsipras (until 29 June 2023) Sokratis Famellos (3 July 2023 – 27 August 2024) Nikos Pappas (27 August 2024 – 21 November 2024) Nikos Androulakis (since 21 November 2024) |
| Formation and history | |
| Election | June 2023 Greek parliamentary election |
| Legislature term | 20th (2023–2027) |
| Predecessor | Sarmas (caretaker) |
The government consists of a total of 61 members, including 22 ministers, 4 alternate ministers and 34 deputy ministers.[3] Of these, 19 are not elected members of the Hellenic Parliament, but rather selected based on their political, scientific or technocratic experience.[4] Thirteen members of the government are women.
Cabinet composition
Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister
| Office | Incumbent | Party[a] | In office since | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Kyriakos Mitsotakis | * |
New Democracy | 26 June 2023 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Kostis Hatzidakis | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025[5] | |
Ministers
Full ministers (in bold in the table below) are responsible for:
- the identification of ministerial policy in the cabinet
- the representation in bodies of the European Union
- the appointment of administrative agencies, public services and personnel
Alternate Ministers are directly assigned special responsibilities and powers by the prime minister, including:
- full parliamentary powers and, in conjunction with the minister, the right of (legislative) initiative
- the right to issue individual and normative acts, and to propose individual and normative decrees
Deputy ministers are assigned with responsibilities and powers by the prime minister and the full minister they report to. Deputy ministers may attend cabinet meetings.
| Ministry[b] | Office | Incumbent | Party[a] | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Ministry of the National Economy and Finance |
Minister for the National Economy and Finance | Kyriakos Pierrakakis | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – present[5] |
| Kostis Hatzidakis | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 15 March 2025[5] | ||
| Alternate Minister | Nikos Papathanasis | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – present | |
| Deputy Minister | Dimitris Markopoulos | * |
New Democracy | 12 June 2026 – present[7][8] | |
| Giorgos Kotsiras | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – 12 June 2026[3][7][8] | ||
| Christos Dimas | * |
New Democracy | 14 June 2024 – 15 March 2025[9][5] | ||
| Haris Theoharis | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 14 June 2024 | ||
| Athanasios Petralias | New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – present | |||
| 2. Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | Giorgos Gerapetritis | New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – present | |
| Deputy Minister | Giorgos Kotsiras | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 15 March 2025 | |
| Alexandra Papadopoulou | 27 June 2023 – present[c] | ||||
| Haris Theoharis | * |
New Democracy | 30 June 2025 – present[12] | ||
| Tasos Chatzivasileiou | * |
New Democracy | 12 June 2026 – present[7][8] 20 January 2025 – 27 June 2025[13][12] | ||
| Kostas Frangogiannis | 27 June 2023 – 17 January 2025[13] | ||||
| Deputy Minister for Greeks abroad | Giannis Loverdos | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – present[3] | |
| 3. Ministry of National Defence |
Minister for National Defence | Nikos Dendias | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – present |
| Deputy Minister | Thanasis Davakis | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – present[3] | |
| Giannis Kefalogiannis | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 15 March 2025[5] | ||
| Nikos Hardalias | New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 28 August 2023[14] | |||
| 4. Ministry of the Interior |
Minister for the Interior | Thodoris Livanios | New Democracy | 14 June 2024 – present[9] | |
| Niki Kerameus | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 14 June 2024 | ||
| Alternate Minister for local government | Thodoris Livanios | New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 14 June 2024 | ||
| Deputy Minister for local government | Vassilis Spanakis | * |
New Democracy | 14 June 2024 – present[9] | |
| Deputy Minister for Macedonia and Thrace | Kostas Gioulekas | * |
New Democracy | 14 June 2024 – present[9] | |
| Stathis Konstantinidis | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 14 June 2024 | ||
| Deputy Minister | Vivi Charalampogianni | 27 June 2023 – present | |||
| 5. Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports |
Minister for Education, Religious Affairs and Sports | Sofia Zacharaki | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – present[5] |
| Kyriakos Pierrakakis | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 15 March 2025[5] | ||
| Alternate Minister for Sport | Giannis Vroutsis | * |
New Democracy | 28 July 2023 – present[15] | |
| Giannis Oikonomou | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 28 July 2023[15] | ||
| Deputy Minister for tertiary education | Nikos Papaioannou | New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – present[3] | ||
| Deputy Minister | Zetta Makri | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 15 March 2025 | |
| Kostas Vlasis | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – present[3] | ||
| Ioanna Lytrivi | * |
New Democracy | 4 January 2024 – 15 March 2025[16] | ||
| Domna Michailidou | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 4 January 2024 | ||
| 6. Ministry of Health |
Minister for Health | Adonis Georgiadis | * |
New Democracy | 4 January 2024 – present[16] |
| Michalis Chrisochoidis | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 4 January 2024 | ||
| Alternate Minister | Ireni Agapidaki | * |
New Democracy | 4 July 2023 – present[17] | |
| Deputy Minister | Dimitris Vartzopoulos | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 3 April 2026[18] | |
| Marios Themistokleous | New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – present | |||
| 7. Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport |
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport | Christos Dimas | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – present[5] |
| Christos Staikouras | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 15 March 2025[5] | ||
| Alternate Minister for Transport | Giorgos Kotsiras | * |
New Democracy | 12 June 2026 – present[7][8] | |
| Konstantinos Kyranakis | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – 12 June 2026[5][3][7][8] | ||
| Deputy Minister | Vasilis Oikonomou | * |
New Democracy | 14 June 2024 – 15 March 2025[9] | |
| Christina Alexopoulou | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 14 June 2024 | ||
| Nikos Tachiaos | New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – present | |||
| 8. Ministry of the Environment and Energy |
Minister for the Environment and Energy | Stavros Papastavrou | New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – present[5] | |
| Theodoros Skylakakis | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 15 March 2025[5] | ||
| Deputy Minister | Marilena Soukouli | * |
New Democracy | 12 June 2026 – present[7][8] | |
| Nikos Tagaras | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 29 May 2026[d] | ||
| Alexandra Sdoukou | 27 June 2023 – 15 March 2025 | ||||
| Deputy Minister for energy | Nikos Tsafos | 15 March 2025 – present[3] | |||
| 9. Ministry of Development |
Minister for Development | Takis Theodorikakos | * |
New Democracy | 14 June 2024 – present[9] |
| Kostas Skrekas | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 14 June 2024 | ||
| Deputy Minister for research and innovation | Stavros Kalafatis | * |
New Democracy | 21 March 2025 – present[20] | |
| Aristos Doxiadis | 15 March 2025 – 17 March 2025[3][20] | ||||
| Deputy Minister | Lazaros Tsavdaridis | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – present[3] | |
| Zoe Rapti | * |
New Democracy | 14 June 2024 – 15 March 2025[9] | ||
| Maximos Senetakis | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 14 June 2024 | ||
| Anna Mani-Papadimitriou | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 15 March 2025 | ||
| 10. Ministry of Labour and Social Security |
Minister for Labour and Social Welfare | Niki Kerameus | * |
New Democracy | 14 June 2024 – present[9] |
| Domna Michailidou | * |
New Democracy | 4 January 2024 – 14 June 2024[16] | ||
| Adonis Georgiadis | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 4 January 2024 | ||
| Deputy Minister | Kostas Karagounis | * |
New Democracy | 14 June 2024 – present[9] | |
| Vassilis Spanakis | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 14 June 2024 | ||
| Anna Efthymiou | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – present[3] | ||
| Panagiotis Tsakloglou | 27 June 2023 – 15 March 2025 | ||||
| 11. Ministry of Citizen Protection |
Minister for Citizen Protection | Michalis Chrisochoidis | * |
New Democracy | 4 January 2024 – present[16] |
| Giannis Oikonomou | * |
New Democracy | 28 July 2023 – 4 January 2024[15][16] | ||
| Notis Mitarachi | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 28 July 2023[15] | ||
| Deputy Minister | Giannis Lampropoulos | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – present[3] | |
| Andreas Nikolakopoulos | * |
New Democracy | 4 January 2024 – 15 March 2025[16] | ||
| Kostas Katsafados | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 4 January 2024[16] | ||
| 12. Ministry of Justice |
Minister for Justice | Giorgos Floridis | 27 June 2023 – present | ||
| Deputy Minister | Giannis Bougas | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – present | |
| 13. Ministry of Culture |
Minister for Culture | Lina Mendoni | 27 June 2023 – present | ||
| Deputy Minister | Iason Fotilas | * |
New Democracy | 14 June 2024 – present[9] | |
| Christos Dimas | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 14 June 2024 | ||
| 14. Ministry of Migration and Asylum |
Minister for Migration and Asylum | Thanos Plevris | * |
New Democracy | 30 June 2025 – present[12] |
| Makis Voridis | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – 27 June 2025[5][12] | ||
| Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos | * |
New Democracy | 14 June 2024 – 15 March 2025[9] | ||
| Dimitris Kairidis | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 14 June 2024 | ||
| Deputy Minister | Sevi Voloudaki | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – present[3] | |
| Sofia Voultepsi | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 15 March 2025 | ||
| 15. Ministry of Social Cohesion and the Family |
Minister for Social Cohesion and the Family | Domna Michailidou | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – present[5] |
| Sofia Zacharaki | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 15 March 2025 | ||
| Deputy Minister | Elena Rapti | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – present[3] | |
| Katerina Papakosta | * |
New Democracy | 14 June 2024 – 15 March 2025[9] | ||
| Maria Kefala | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 14 June 2024 | ||
| 16. Ministry of Rural Development and Food |
Minister for Rural Development and Food | Margaritis Schinas | New Democracy | 4 April 2026 – present[18] | |
| Konstantinos Tsiaras | * |
New Democracy | 14 June 2024 – 3 April 2026[9][18] | ||
| Lefteris Avgenakis | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 14 June 2024 | ||
| Deputy Minister | Giannis Andrianos | * |
New Democracy | 30 June 2025 – present[12] | |
| Dionysis Stamenitis | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 27 June 2025[12] | ||
| Athanasios Kavvadas | * |
New Democracy | 21 April 2026 – present[21] | ||
| Makarios Lazaridis | * |
New Democracy | 4 April 2026 – 21 April 2026[18][21] | ||
| Christos Kellas | * |
New Democracy | 14 June 2024 – 3 April 2026[9][18] | ||
| Stavros Keletsis | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 14 June 2024 | ||
| 17. Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy |
Minister for Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy | Vasilis Kikilias | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – present[5] |
| Christos Stylianides | * |
New Democracy | 12 September 2023 – 15 March 2025[22] | ||
| Miltiadis Varvitsiotis | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 11 September 2023[23] | ||
| Deputy Minister | Stefanos Gikas | * |
New Democracy | 14 June 2024 – present[9] | |
| Giannis Pappas | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 14 June 2024 | ||
| 18. Ministry of Tourism |
Minister for Tourism | Olga Kefalogianni | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – present |
| Deputy Minister | Anna Karamanli | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – present[3] | |
| Elena Rapti | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 15 March 2025 | ||
| 19. Ministry of Digital Governance |
Minister for Digital Governance | Dimitris Papastergiou | 27 June 2023 – present | ||
| Deputy Minister | Christos Dermentzopoulos | * |
New Democracy | 30 June 2025 – present[12] | |
| Christos Boukoros | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – 27 June 2025[3][12] | ||
| Konstantinos Kyranakis | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 15 March 2025 | ||
| 20. Ministry of the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection |
Minister for the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection | Evangelos Tournas | 4 April 2026 – present[18] | ||
| Giannis Kefalogiannis | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – 3 April 2026[5][18] | ||
| Vasilis Kikilias | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 15 March 2025[5] | ||
| Deputy Minister | Kostas Katsafados | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – present[3] | |
| Christos Triantopoulos | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 4 March 2025[24] | ||
| Evangelos Tournas | 27 June 2023 – 7 November 2025[25] | ||||
Ministers of State
| Office | Incumbent | Party | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of State | Kostis Hatzidakis | * |
New Democracy | 15 March 2025 – present[26] |
| Makis Voridis | * |
New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 15 March 2025[5] | |
| Stavros Papastavrou | New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 28 March 2024[27] | ||
| Akis Skertsos | New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – present | ||
| Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and Director of the Prime Minister's Office | Giannis Bratakos | New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – 28 March 2024[27] | |
| Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister | Thanasis Kontogeorgis | New Democracy | 27 June 2023 – present | |
| Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister; Government Spokesman |
Pavlos Marinakis | New Democracy | 4 January 2024 – present;[28] 26 June 2023 – present[29] | |
| Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister | Giorgos Mylonakis | New Democracy | 14 June 2024 – present[9] | |
Controversies
Following an investigation into alleged fraud involving European Union agricultural subsidies, two ministers and two deputy ministers resigned from their cabinet positions:[18] rural development minister Kostas Tsiaras and his deputy Christos Kellas, civil protection minister Giannis Kefalogiannis, and deputy health minister Dimitris Vartzopoulos. They denied any wrongdoing, saying their resignations were intended to assist the investigation.[30][31]
Notes
- An asterisk (*) indicates an elected member of the Hellenic Parliament.
- The ministries are listed in descending order of precedence.[6]