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Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras | |
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Cabinet of Greece | |
Date formed | 21 September 2015 |
Date dissolved | 8 July 2019 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Prokopis Pavlopoulos |
Head of government | Alexis Tsipras |
Deputy head of government | Yannis Dragasakis |
No. of ministers | 15 |
Total no. of members | 45 |
Member parties | Syriza 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 legislature | Syriza-led coalition government (until 14/01/19) 155 / 300 (52%) Syriza-led minority government (from 14/01/19) 151 / 300 (50%) |
Opposition parties | New 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 leader | Vangelis Meimarakis (until 24/11/15) Ioannis Plakiotakis (24/11/15 - 10/01/16) Kyriakos Mitsotakis (from 10/01/16) |
History | |
Election | September 2015 Greek legislative election |
Legislature term | 17th (2015–2019) |
Predecessor | Thanou-Christophilou Caretaker Cabinet |
Successor | Kyriakos Mitsotakis Cabinet |
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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]