title: First Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis
text: # First Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis
  
  Kostas Karamanlis served as a Prime Minister of Greece for two consecutive terms. During his incumbency, the period 2004-2009, he formed two cabinets. The first Karamanlis Cabinet succeeded the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) cabinet of Costas Simitis after the 2004 elections, and was followed by Karamanlis' Second Cabinet after the 2007 elections.
  
  ## The Cabinet
  
  After his party's victory in the 2004 election, the new cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis was sworn in on 10 March.
  
  In February 2006, Karamanlis announced his first major cabinet reshuffle.
  
  | Office | Incumbent | Since |
  | - | - | - |
  | Prime Minister | Kostas Karamanlis | March 10, 2004 |
  | Minister for the Aegean and Island Policy | Aristotelis Pavlidis | March 10, 2004 |
  | Minister for Culture and Athletics | Kostas Karamanlis | March 10, 2004 |
  | replaced by | Georgios Voulgarakis | February 15, 2006 |
  | Minister for Development | Dimitris Sioufas | March 10, 2004 |
  | Minister for Economy and Finance | Georgios Alogoskoufis | March 10, 2004 |
  | Minister for Employment and Social Protection | Panos Panagiotopoulos | March 10, 2004 |
  | replaced by | Savvas Tsitouridis | February 15, 2006 |
  | replaced by | Vasilios Magginas | April 30, 2007 |
  | Minister for the Environment, Spatial Planning and Public Works | Georgios Souflias | March 10, 2004 |
  | Minister for Foreign Affairs | Petros Molyviatis | March 10, 2004 |
  | replaced by | Dora Bakoyannis | February 15, 2006 |
  | Minister for Health and Social Solidarity | Nikitas Kaklamanis | March 10, 2004 |
  | replaced by | Dimitris Avramopoulos | February 15, 2006 |
  | Minister for the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation | Prokopis Pavlopoulos | March 10, 2004 |
  | Minister for Justice | Anastasios Papaligouras | March 10, 2004 |
  | Minister for Macedonia–Thrace | Nikos Tsiartsionis | March 10, 2004 |
  | replaced by | Georgios Kalantzis | February 15, 2006 |
  | Minister for Mercantile Marine | Manolis Kefalogiannis | March 10, 2004 |
  | Minister for National Defence | Spilios Spiliotopoulos | March 10, 2004 |
  | replaced by | Vangelis Meimarakis | February 15, 2006 |
  | Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs | Marietta Giannakou | March 10, 2004 |
  | Minister for Public Order | Georgios Voulgarakis | March 10, 2004 |
  | replaced by | Byron Polydoras | February 15, 2006 |
  | Minister for Rural Development and Food | Savvas Tsitouridis | March 10, 2004 |
  | replaced by | Evangelos Basiakos | September 23, 2004 |
  | Minister for State | Theodoros Roussopoulos | March 10, 2004 |
  | Minister for Tourism | Dimitris Avramopoulos | March 10, 2004 |
  | replaced by | Fani Palli-Petralia | February 15, 2006 |
  | Minister for Transport and Communications | Michalis Liapis | March 10, 2004 |
  | Alternate Minister for Culture and Athletics | Fani Palli-Petralia | March 10, 2004 |
  | left position when | post abolished | February 15, 2006 |
  