Costas Simitis served as a Prime Minister of Greece for three consecutive terms (1996-2004), at the head of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). His third cabinet was formed after the 2000 elections and was succeeded by the first cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis (New Democracy).Former Greek prime minister Simitis dies aged 88.. Reuters. 2025-01-05. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
Third Simitis cabinet, 2000–2004 OfficeIncumbentSince Prime Minister Costas Simitis 13 April 2000 Minister for Foreign Affairs George Papandreou 13 April 2000 Tasos Giannitsis 13 February 2004 (interim) Minister for National Defence Akis Tsochatzopoulos 13 April 2000 Yiannos Papantoniou 24 October 2001 Minister for the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization Vasso Papandreou 13 April 2000 Kostas Skandalidis 24 October 2001 Nikos Alivizatos 13 February 2004 (interim) Minister of Economy and Finance Yiannos Papantoniou 13 April 2001 Nikos Christodoulakis 24 October 2001 Minister for Justice 13 April 2000 Filippos Petsalnikos 24 October 2001 Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works 13 April 2000 Vasso Papandreou 24 October 2001 Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs Petros Efthymiou 13 April 2000 Minister for Transport and Communications Christos Verelis 13 April 2000 Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity Tasos Giannitsis 13 April 2000 Dimitris Reppas 24 October 2001 Minister for Health and Social Security Alekos Papadopoulos 13 April 2000 13 June 2002 Minister for Agriculture 13 April 2000 Georgios Drys 24 October 2001 Minister for Public Order Michalis Chrisochoidis 13 April 2000 Giorgos Floridis 7 July 2003 Minister for Culture Theodoros Pangalos 13 April 2000 Evangelos Venizelos 20 November 2000 Minister for Culture Christos Papoutsis 13 April 2000 Evangelos Venizelos 20 November 2000 Minister for Development Nikos Christodoulakis 13 April 2000 Akis Tsochatzopoulos 24 October 2001 Minister for Mercantile Marine Christos Papoutsis 13 April 2000 24 October 2001 Georgios Paschalidis 7 July 2003 Minister for the Press and the Media Dimitris Reppas 13 April 2000 24 October 2001 13 February 2004 (interim) Minister for Macedonia and Thrace Georgios Paschalidis 13 April 2000 Haris Kastanidis 7 July 2003 Minister for the Aegean Nikolaos Sifounakis 13 April 2000 Minister of State Miltiadis Papaioannou 13 April 2000 Stefanos Manikas 24 October 2001 7 July 2003
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