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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 first Karamanlis Cabinet succeeded the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) cabinet of Costas Simitis after the 2004 elections, and was followed by Karamanlis' Second Cabinet after the 2007 elections.
First Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis | |
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![]() Cabinet of Greece | |
![]() Karamanlis during the 14 December 2006 EPP summit. | |
Date formed | 10 March 2004 |
Date dissolved | 18 September 2007 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (until 12/03/05) Karolos Papoulias (from 12/03/05) |
Head of government | Kostas Karamanlis |
Member parties | New Democracy (ND) |
Status in legislature | ND Majority government 165 / 300 (55%) |
Opposition parties | Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) |
Opposition leader | George Papandreou |
History | |
Election | 2004 Greek legislative election |
Legislature term | 11th (2004–2007) |
Predecessor | Costas Simitis III cabinet |
Successor | Kostas Karamanlis II cabinet |
After his party's victory in the 2004 election, the new cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis was sworn in on 10 March.
In February 2006, Karamanlis announced his first major cabinet reshuffle.
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