Greece’s departing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday handed over his seat to interim Prime Minister Vassiliki Thanou as the country goes to elections on September 20.
Alexis Tsipras welcomed newly sworn-in Prime Minister Vassiliki Thanou in his office at Maximos Mansion on Thursday evening in a handover ceremony. Tsipras stated that he will do everything he can so that elections are held in a “civilized” environment.
“I’m delighted to welcome you because I welcome the first female prime minister in the history of Greek democracy. I am sure that both you and the caretaker government you will appoint tomorrow will do your best. I wanted to wish you the best. I will do everything possible to hold elections in a civilized environment,” Tsipras told Thanou in their first face-to-face meeting.
On her side, Thanou said that although the main role of a caretaker government is to hold elections, it may need to take action on ongoing crises such as migration. “The caretaker government, as everyone knows, has as its main role to conduct fair elections. But I believe that this government will be called to address crucial issues, such as migration,” Thanou replied, adding that her government will do all they can to carry out their responsibilities in the best possible way.
The names of interim ministers of the caretaker government
Foreign Minister: Petros Molyviatis
Alternate Minister of European Affairs: Spyros Flogaitis
Finance Minister: Giorgos Chouliarakis
Alternate Finance Minister: Tryfon Alexiadis
National Defence Minister: Ioannis Giangos
Interior Minister: Antonis Manitakis
Alternate Minister for Civil Protection: Antonis Makrydimitris
Alternate Minister of Migration Policy: Ioannis Mouzalas
Deputy Minister of Macedonia-Thrace: Filippos Tsalidis
Alternate Culture Minister: Marina Lambraki-Plaka
Justice Minister: Dimitris Papangelopoulos
Education Minister: Frosso Kiaou
Shipping Minister: Nikos Christodoulakis
Alternate Shipping Minister: Christos Zois
Labour Minister: Dimitris Moustakas
Alternate Tourism Minister: Alkistis Protopsalti
Health Minister: Athanasios Dimopoulos
Productive Reconstruction Minister: Ioannis Golias
Alternate Environment Minister: Constantinos Mousouroulis
Alternate Agricultural Development Minister: Dimitrios Melas
State Minister for Combatting Corruption: Panagiotis Nikoloudis
State Minister: Eleftherios Papageorgopoulos
Government Spokesman: Rodolfos Moronis
The government will be sworn in at 1:00 pm on Friday, the Presidency said.
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