Third cabinet of Costas Simitis

Third Cabinet of Costas Simitis

Cabinet of Greece
Simitis during Bill Clinton's visit to Athens.
Date formed13 April 2000 (2000-04-13)
Date dissolved10 March 2004 (2004-03-10)
People and organisations
Head of stateKonstantinos Stephanopoulos
Head of governmentCostas Simitis
Member partiesPanhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)
Status in legislatureMajority government
Opposition partiesNew Democracy (ND)
Communist Party of Greece (KKE)
Synaspismos (SYN)
Opposition leaderKostas Karamanlis
History
Election2000 Greek legislative election
Legislature term10th (2000–2004)
PredecessorCostas Simitis II cabinet
SuccessorKostas Karamanlis I cabinet

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).

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