Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras

Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras

Cabinet of Greece
Alexis Tsipras in 2015
Date formed21 September 2015 (2015-09-21)
Date dissolved8 July 2019
People and organisations
Head of stateProkopis Pavlopoulos
Head of governmentAlexis Tsipras
Deputy head of governmentYannis Dragasakis
No. of ministers15
Total no. of members45
Member partiesSyriza
ANEL
with participation from the Ecologist Greens (Until 14/01/19)
Syriza
with participation from the Ecologist Greens and Independents (from 14/01/19)
Status in legislatureSyriza-led coalition government (until 14/01/19)
155 / 300 (52%)

Syriza-led minority government (from 14/01/19)
151 / 300 (50%)
Opposition partiesNew Democracy
Democratic Alignment
Golden Dawn
Communist Party of Greece (KKE)
Union of Centrists (until 30/05/2019)
The River
Independent Greeks (until 08/02/19)
Opposition leaderVangelis Meimarakis (until 24/11/15)
Ioannis Plakiotakis (24/11/15 - 10/01/16)
Kyriakos Mitsotakis (from 10/01/16)
History
ElectionSeptember 2015 Greek legislative election
Legislature term17th (2015–2019)
PredecessorThanou-Christophilou Caretaker Cabinet
SuccessorKyriakos Mitsotakis Cabinet

The Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras was sworn in on 23 September 2015, following the Greek legislative election in September 2015. Alexis Tsipras, leader of Syriza, was sworn in as Prime Minister of Greece on 21 September, having agreed to re-form the coalition with Panos Kammenos and the Independent Greeks.

On 16 June 2018 the Hellenic Parliament rejected motion of no confidence against the government with a 127-153 vote.[1]

  1. ^ "Greek gov't survives vote of no confidence but loses an MP | Kathimerini". Retrieved 2018-09-24.

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