The government spokesman on Tuesday announced Costas Karamanlis' appointees for the new Greek Cabinet. The new Cabinet members will be sworn-in on Wednesday before the President of the Hellenic Republic, while the first Cabinet meeting of the new Karamanlis government will follow at noon. Additionally, former Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas is expected to be Karamanlis' pick for Parliament Speaker. The members of the new cabinet are listed below under their ministries: 

Prime Minister: Costas Karamanlis 

Ministry of the Interior 
Minister:                      Prokopis Pavlopoulos 
Deputy Minister:         Athanassios Nakos 

Deputy Minister:         Christos Zois

Ministry of Economy & Finance 
Minister:                      George Alogoskoufis 
Deputy Minister:         Antonis Bezas 
Deputy Minister:         Yiannis Papathanasiou 
Deputy Minister:         Nikos Legas 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
Minister:                      Dora Bakoyannis 
Deputy Minister:         Yannis Valinakis 
Deputy Minister:         Theodoros Kassimis 

Deputy Minister:         Petros Doukas 

Ministry of National Defense
Minister:                      Evangelos Meimarakis

Deputy Minister:         Contantinos Tassoulas

Deputy Minister:         Yiannis Plakiotakis

Ministry of Development 
Minister:                      Christos Folias 
Deputy Minister:         George Vlachos 
Deputy Minister:         Stavros Kalafatis 

Ministry for the Environment, Town Planning & Public Works 
Minister:                      George Souflias 
Deputy Minister:         Stavros Kalogiannis 
Deputy Minister:         Themistoklis Xanthopoulos 

Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs

Minister:                      Evripidis Stylianidis

Deputy Minister:         Spyros Taliadouros

Deputy Minister:         Andreas Lykourentzos

Ministry of Employment & Social Protection 
Minister:                      Vassilis Magginas 
Deputy Minister:         Sofia Kalantzakou 

Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity 
Minister:                      Dimitris Avramopoulos 
Deputy Minister:         George Papageorgiou 
Deputy Minister:         George Constantopoulos 

Ministry of Agricultural Development and Foods 
Minister:                      Alexandros Kontos 
Deputy Minister:         Costas Kiltidis 

Ministry of Justice 
Minister:                      Sotiris Hatzigakis 

Ministry of Culture 
Minister:                      Mihalis Liapis 
Deputy Minister

for Sports:                  Yiannis Ioannidis 

Ministry of Tourism Development 
Minister:                      Aris Spiliotopoulos 

Ministry of Transport & Communications 
Minister:                      Costas Hatzidakis

Ministry of Merchant Marine & Island Policy 
Minister:                      George Voulgarakis 
Deputy Minister:         Panayiotis Kammenos 

Ministry of Macedonia - Thrace  
Minister:                      Margaritis Tzimas 

Minister of State and Government Spokesman 
Minister:                      Theodoros Roussopoulos 

Source: Press Office of the Embassy of Greece

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