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 Cabinet of Costas Simitis
Cabinet of Greece
Simitis during Bill Clinton's visit to Athens.
Date formed	13 April 2000 (2000-04-13)
Date dissolved	10 March 2004 (2004-03-10)
People and organisations
Head of state	Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
Head of government	Costas Simitis
Member parties	Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)
Status in legislature	PASOK Majority government 158 / 300 (53%)
Opposition parties	New Democracy (ND) Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Synaspismos (SYN)
Opposition leader	Kostas Karamanlis
History
Election(s)	2000 Greek legislative election
Legislature term(s)	10th (2000–2004)
Predecessor	Costas Simitis II cabinet
Successor	Kostas Karamanlis I cabinet

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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	Tasos Giannitsis	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	Vasso Papandreou	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	Michalis Stathopoulos	13 April 2000
replaced by	Filippos Petsalnikos	24 October 2001
Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works	Kostas Laliotis	13 April 2000
replaced by	Vasso Papandreou	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	Tasos Giannitsis	13 April 2000
replaced by	Dimitris Reppas	24 October 2001
Minister for Health and Social Security	Alekos Papadopoulos	13 April 2000
replaced by	Konstantinos Stefanis	13 June 2002
Minister for Agriculture	Giorgos Anomeritis	13 April 2000
replaced by	Georgios Drys	24 October 2001
Minister for Public Order	Michalis Chrisochoidis	13 April 2000
replaced by	Giorgos Floridis	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	Giorgos Anomeritis	24 October 2001
replaced by	Georgios Paschalidis	7 July 2003
Minister for the Press and the Media	Dimitris Reppas	13 April 2000
replaced by	Christos Protopapas	24 October 2001
replaced by	Georgios Romaios	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	Alexandros Akrivakis	7 July 2003

Cabinets of Greece
First Republic (War of Independence) (1822–1832)	Executive of 1822 Executive of 1823 Executive of 1824 Executive Commission of 1826 Anti-government committee 1827 Cabinet of Ioannis Kapodistrias Administrative Committee of Greece (1831) Capinte of Augustinos Kapodistrias Administrative Committee of Greece (1832) Cabinet of Spyridon Trikoupis (January 1833)
Wittelsbach monarchy (1833–1862)	Cabinet of Spyridon Trikoupis, (April 1833) Cabinet of Alexandros Mavrokordatos (1833) Cabinet of Ioannis Kolettis (1834) Cabinet of Josef Ludwig von Armansperg (1835) Cabinet of Ignaz von Rundhart (1837) Cabinet of Otto of Greece (1837) Cabinet of Alexandros Mavrokordatos (1841) Cabinet of Otto of Greece (1841) Cabinet of Andreas Metaxas (1843) Cabinet of Konstantinos Kanaris (1844) Cabinet of Alexandros Mavrokordatos (1844) Cabinet of Ioannis Kolettis (1844) Cabinet of Ioannis Kolettis (1847) Cabinet of Kitsos Tzavelas (1847) Cabinet of Georgios Kountouriotis (1848) Cabinet of Konstantinos Kanaris (1848) Cabinet of Antonios Kriezis (1849) Cabinet of Alexandros Mavrokordatos (1854) D. Voulgaris, 1855 Miaoulis, 1857 G. Kolokotronis, 1862
Glücksburg monarchy (1863–1924)	Provisional Government of Greece (1862–63) Moraitinis I Z. Valvis Kyriakos I Roufos III D. Voulgaris III Kanaris II Z. Valvis IV Kanaris I Koumoundouros I Deligiorgis II Roufos Cabinet of Voulgaris = Deligiorgis II Koumoundouros II Deligiorgis III Roufos V D. Voulgaris III Koumoundouros Moraitinis VI D. Voulgaris I Th. Zaimis III Deligiorgis IV Koumoundouros II Th. Zaimis VII D. Voulgaris IV Deligiorgis VIII D. Voulgaris I Ch. Trikoupis V Koumoundouros V Deligiorgis VI Koumoundouros VI Deligiorgis VII Koumoundouros V Kanaris VIII Koumoundouros II Ch. Trikoupis IX Koumoundouros III Ch. Trikoupis X Koumoundouros IV Ch. Trikoupis I Th. Deligiannis D. Valvis V Ch. Trikoupis II Th. Deligiannis Konstantopoulos VI Ch. Trikoupis Sotiropoulos VII Ch. Trikoupis N. Deligiannis III Th. Deligiannis I D. Rallis I Alex. Zaimis I G. Theotokis II Alex. Zaimis IV Th. Deligiannis II G. Theotokis II D. Rallis III G. Theotokis V Th. Deligiannis III D. Rallis IV G. Theotokis IV D. Rallis Mavromichalis Dragoumis I E. Venizelos I Gounaris II E. Venizelos III Alex. Zaimis Skouloudis IV Alex. Zaimis Kalogeropoulos Lambros V Alex. Zaimis III E. Venizelos V D. Rallis Kalogeropoulos II Gounaris Stratos Protopapadakis Triantaphyllakos Charalambis Krokidas Gonatas IV E. Venizelos Kafantaris
Second Republic (1924–1935)	Papanastasiou I Sofoulis Michalakopoulos Pangalos Eftaxias Kondylis VI Alex. Zaimis V E. Venizelos Papanastasiou VI E. Venizelos Tsaldaris VII E. Venizelos Othonaios Tsaldaris
Glücksburg monarchy (1935–1941)	Kondylis Demertzis I. Metaxas Koryzis Tsouderos
Hellenic State (1941–44) during Axis Occupation	Tsolakoglou Logothetopoulos I. Rallis
Glücksburg monarchy (1945–1967)	I S. Venizelos I Georgios Papandreou I Plastiras P. Voulgaris Archbishop Damaskinos Kanellopoulos II Sofoulis Poulitsas I Tsaldaris Maximos II Tsaldaris III Sofoulis Diomidis I. Theotokis II S. Venizelos II Plastiras III S. Venizelos III Plastiras Kiousopoulos Papagos I Kon. Karamanlis Georgakopoulos II Kon. Karamanlis Dovas III Kon. Karamanlis Pipinelis Mavromichalis II Georgios Papandreou Paraskevopoulos III Georgios Papandreou Athanasiadis-Novas Tsirimokos Stefanopoulos Paraskevopoulos Kanellopoulos
Military dictatorship (1967–1974)	Kollias Papadopoulos Markezinis Androutsopoulos
Third Republic (since 1974)	IV Kon. Karamanlis V Kon. Karamanlis VI Kon. Karamanlis G. Rallis I A. Papandreou II A. Papandreou Tzannetakis Grivas Zolotas Kon. Mitsotakis III A. Papandreou I Simitis II Simitis III Simitis I Kos. Karamanlis II Kos. Karamanlis G. Papandreou Papademos Pikrammenos Samaras I Tsipras Thanou-Christophilou II Tsipras I Kyr. Mitsotakis II Kyr. Mitsotakis Sarmas II Kyr. Mitsotakis
Parallel administrations	"National Defence": E. Venizelos "Mountain Government" (PEEA): Bakirtzis Svolos Communist government during Greek Civil War: Vafeiadis Zachariadis Partsalidis
Formations	May 2012 Jan 2015

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