First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras

First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras
Cabinet of Greece
Alexis Tsipras in 2015
Date formed	26 January 2015 (2015-01-26)
Date dissolved	27 August 2015 (2015-08-27)
People and organisations
Head of state	Prokopis Pavlopoulos
Head of government	Alexis Tsipras
Deputy head of government	Yannis Dragasakis
No. of ministers	13
Total no. of members	46
Member parties	Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), Independent Greeks (ANEL) (with participation from Ecologist Greens and independents)
Status in legislature	SYRIZA-led coalition government 162/300 (54%)
Opposition parties	New Democracy LAE (from 21/08/15) Golden Dawn To Potami Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)
Opposition leader	Antonis Samaras (Until 05/07/15) Vangelis Meimarakis (From 05/07/15)
History
Election	January 2015 Greek legislative election
Legislature term	16th (2015–2015)
Predecessor	Samaras Cabinet
Successor	Thanou-Christophilou Caretaker Cabinet

This article is part of a series about Alexis Tsipras
Political offices President of Syriza (2008–2023) Leader of the Opposition (2012–15; 2019–2023) Prime Minister of Greece (2015; 2015–19) Leader of the Opposition First term First Shadow Cabinet Thessaloniki Programme 2014–15 presidential election Second term Second Shadow Cabinet 2020 presidential election 2021 Greek protests 2022 Syriza leadership election Prime Minister of Greece First term Government formation First cabinet 2014–2015 presidential election Relaunch of ERT 2015 bailout referendum Tenth austerity package Eleventh austerity package Third Memorandum Second term Second cabinet 2015 European migrant crisis Twelfth austerity package Cohabitation Agreement Thirteenth austerity package Turkish military asylum incident Prespa agreement Kleisthenis I 2018 Attica wildfires Elections 2015 (January) 2015 (September)
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Following his victory in legislative elections held on 25 January 2015, the newly elected prime minister Alexis Tsipras appointed a new cabinet to succeed the cabinet of Antonis Samaras, his predecessor.^[1] A significant reshuffle took place on 17 July 2015.

Tsipras resigned as prime minister on 20 August 2015, and after opposition parties failed to form their own government, on 27 August Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou was appointed as an interim prime minister, and her caretaker cabinet was sworn in on 28 August. Following the subsequent September legislative election, Tsipras was re-appointed as prime minister on 21 September and appointed a second cabinet that was sworn in on 23 September.