Panopoulos government

Panopoulos Cabinet
Panopoulos Cabinet
Piraea; 10th Cabinet of Piraea
	Stamatios Panopoulos, Head of Government of Piraea
Date formed	4 March 2019
People
Presidency of Piraea	Stella Davakis; Chairwoman of the Presidency
Premier	Stamatios Panopoulos
Deputy Premier	Giorgos Dimitriakis; Anastasia Mulleli;
No. of ministers	17
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

The Panopoulos government (Piraese: Κυβέρνηση Πανοπουλος) is the tenth and current government of the Third Piraean Republic. It was formed the 3 March 2019, 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 and succeedes the second national unity technocrat government of the Third Piraese Republic.

Investiture

The investiture of Panopoulos happened the 3 February 2018 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.

Ballot →		3 February 2019
Investiture Stamatios Panopoulos (PSEE)
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.

Cabinet composition

Position	Minister
← Panopoulos government → 10 May 2019−...
Political party		Piraese Socialist Workers Union
		Green Alternative
		Piraese Section of the Workers' International
		Humanist Centre
		Independent Regionalist Union
		Independent
Premier		Stamatios Panopoulos
Minister of Employment and Social Security First Deputy Premier		Giorgos Dimitriakis
Minister of Euclean and Foreign Affairs Second Deputy Premier		Anastasia Mulleli
Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Sustainable Mobility Third Deputy Premier		Alex Puloglou
Minister of the Economy and Public Function Fourth Deputy Premier		Christoforos Argyras
Minister of Territorial Cohesion		Stefania Koura
Minister of the Interior		Antonis Cosmoulis
Minister of Agriculture and Food		Matthaios Christas
Minister of Welfare		Maria Eleni Chondroli
Minister of the Defence		Eleftheria Rodinili
Minister of Health		Eleni Sideraki
Minister of Ecological Transition and Environment		Georgios Rondellis
Minister of Justice		Antonia Arvanitalli ^[1]
Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth		Stamatia Hondraki
Minister of Education		Vladimiros Rokopoulos
Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation		Ioannis Maragidis
Minister of Equality, Migration and Diaspora		Demetra Athanalli
Minister of Rite and Church Relations		Lina Voultepsi