Panopoulos government

Panopoulos Cabinet
Piraea 11th Cabinet of Piraea
Stamatios Panopoulos, Head of Government of Piraea
Date formed	4 March 2018 (2018-03-04)
People
Presidency of Piraea	Stella Davakis Chairwoman of the Presidency
Premier	Stamatios Panopoulos
Deputy Premier	Sandra Dimitriaki Anastasia Mulleli Alex Puloglou
No. of ministers	18
Member party	Piraese Socialist Workers Union Green Alternative Piraese Section of the Workers' International Independent Regionalist Union Humanist Centre
Status in legislature	Majority coalition 67 out of 125 61 majority in the Piraean Senate
Opposition party	People's Party
Opposition leader	Georgios Konstantinou
History
Predecessor	Theopeftatou government (2014-2018) Vroustis caretaker government (2018-2018)

The Panopoulos government (Piraese: Κυβέρνηση Πανοπουλος) is the eleventh and current government of the Third Piraean Republic. It was formed the 3 March 2018, several months after the general elections and a month after being granted the declared confidence of the Piraean Senate. It is led by Stamatios Panopoulos, from the Piraese Socialist Workers Union, and counts with ministers from Green Alternative, Piraese Section of the Workers' International, Independent Regionalist Union and the Humanist Centre.

It is the cabinet with the highest number of political parties being represented in the Piraese history and is regarded by the media as the government that has exhibited more centre-left and progressive character. The government was formed after the collapse of Maria Theopeftatou's administration with the withdrawal of confidence from the radical centrist Democrats.

Investiture

See also: 2017 Piraean general election

The investiture of Panopoulos happened the 3 February 2017 and counted with the support of all parties being represented in the cabinet, which represented 67 seats in the Senate. The investiture debate was marked by the abstention of the six senate members of Change and the switch of the Democrats to the opposition, after forcing the collapse of the PSEE cabinet led by Maria Theopeftatou.

Investiture Stamatios Panopoulos (PSEE)
Ballot →		3 February 2018
Required majority →		61 out of 125 Y
	Yes • PSEE (36) • PEL (12) • PTED (10) • ΑΚ (5) • APE (4)	67 / 125
	No • LK (25) • DM (20) • PK (4) • NLK/NNS (3)	52 / 125
	Abstentions • AL (6)	6 / 125
	Absentees	0 / 350
Sources: Piraean Senate

Cabinet changes

Since its beginning, the Panopoulos' government has undergone the following changes:

• On 12 June 2021, Kiriakos Palellis (PEL), who was occupying the portfolio of Ecological Transition and Environment, died in a car crash while going back to Alikianos from Voula, region of Foinikas. The position was immediately occupied by the Deputy Premier Giorgos Dimitriakis (PSEE) until two months later, Olympia Moraitiadi (PEL) was appointed Minister of Ecological Transition and Environment. She thanked Palellis' years of work in the ministry and remembered him as a friend in politics and life.
• Stamatia Hondraki (PTED), former Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, resigned to her office on 18 April 2022, after she was elected to join the collective leadership of her party. Her resignation was well received by the Premier Panopoulos, who highlighted her years of work in front of the ministry. Hondraki was replaced by the PSEE member Marieta Nassopoulou.
• Christoforos Argyras, minister of Economy and Public Function, resigned to his office the 12 May to occupy a place in the socialist primaries of June. Argyras, a strong name inside the PSEE, left the cabinet after the Premier and Council of Ministers approved his letter of resignation. During a press conference, Panopoulos highlighted his "enormous work in front of one of the most influential portfolios" and thanked him the work "towards Euclean integration and Piraese dignity". Argyras was replaced in his portfolio by Sandra Dimitriaki (independent).
• Similarly, Stefania Koura, Employment and Social Security, also presented his letter of resignation to the Council of Ministers with the intentions of facing the socialist primaries. She announced her resignation to the press together with Panopoulos and Argyras and thanked the two for trusting her in the process. Panopoulos expressed his admiration for the minister, "especially during the tough process of the Labour Reform". Nikolaos Melakis (independent) replaced Koura in the portfolio.
• On 12 May, deputies positions were also changed with the leaving of two ministers. The independent proposed by PSEE, Sandra Dimitriaki, became the First Deputy Premier, and the position of fourth deputy premier, previously held by Argyras, was eliminated from the cabinet structure.

Cabinet composition

← Panopoulos government → 10 May 2018−...
Political party		Piraese Socialist Workers Union
		Green Alternative
		Piraese Section of the Workers' International
		Humanist Centre
		Independent Regionalist Union
		Independent
Position	Minister
Premier		Stamatios Panopoulos
Minister of the Economy and Public Function First Deputy Premier		Sandra Dimitriaki
Minister of Euclean and Foreign Affairs Second Deputy Premier		Anastasia Mulleli
Minister of the Interior Third Deputy Premier		Alex Puloglou
Minister of Employment and Social Security		Nikolaos Melakis
Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Sustainable Mobility		Antonis Cosmoulis
Minister of Justice		Antonia Arvanitalli
Minister of the Defence		Eleftheria Rodinili
Minister of Health		Eleni Sideraki
Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth		Marieta Nassopoulou
Minister of Education		Vladimiros Rokopoulos
Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation		Ioannis Maragidis
Minister of Welfare		Maria Eleni Chondroli
Minister of Industry, Mining and Energy and Youth		Kostas Pelegrinis
Minister of Agriculture, Stockbreeding, Fishing and Food		Matthaios Christas
Minister of Territorial Cohesion		Giorgos Dimitriakis
Minister of Ecological Transition and Environment		Georgios Rondellis
Minister of Equality, Migration and Diaspora		Demetra Athanalli
Minister of Rite and Church Relations		Lina Voultepsi