Backgrounder: Greek government's new line-up after reshuffle

ATHENS, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his socialist coalition partner PASOK party chief Evangelos Venizelos reshuffled the cabinet late Monday, following the withdrawal of a third smaller party.

The list of the new cabinet ministers who are sworn in on Tuesday, has as follows:

Prime Minister: Antonis Samaras

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister: Evangelos Venizelos

Deputy: Dimitris Kourkoulas

Deputy: Akis Gerontopoulos

Finance Minister: Yannis Stournaras

Alternate: Christos Staikouras

Deputy: Yorgos Mavraganis

Administrative Reform and E-Governance Minister: Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Deputy: Evi Christophilopoulou

Interior Minister: Yannis Michelakis

Alternate: Leonidas Grigorakos

National Defence Minister: Dimitris Avramopoulos

Alternate: Fofi Genimata

Deputy: Athanasios Davakis

Development and Competitiveness Minister: Costis Hatzidakis

Deputy: Athanasios Skordas

Deputy: Notis Mitarakis

Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Minister: Michalis Chrysochoidis

Deputy: Michalis Papadopoulos

Environment, Energy and Climate Change Minister: Yannis Maniatis

Alternate: Stavros Kalafatis

Deputy: Asimakis Papageorgiou

Education and Religious Affairs Minister: Constantinos Arvanitopoulos

Deputy: Kostas Gioulekas

Deputy: Symeon Kedikoglou

Culture and Sports Minister: Panos Panayiotopoulos

Deputy Minister for Sports: Yannis Adrianos

Labor, Social Security and Welfare Minister: Yannis Vroutsis

Deputy: Vassilis Kegeroglou

Health Minister: Adonis Georgiadis

Deputy: Antonis Bezas

Deputy: Zeta Makri

Rural Development and Food Minister: Athanasios Tsaftaris

Deputy: Maximos Charakopoulos

Justice, Transparency and Human Rights Minister: Charalambos Athanasiou

Public Order and Citizen Protection Minister: Nikos Dendias

Tourism Minister: Olga Kefalogianni

Merchant Marine Minister: Miltiadis Varvitsiotis

Macedonia-Thrace Minister: Theodoros Karaoglou

State Minister: Dimitris Stamatis

Deputy Minister for Public Radio and Television: Pantelis Kapsis

Government spokesman and Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister: Simos Kedikoglou.

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