Third Cabinet of Costas Simitis explained

Cabinet Name:	Third Cabinet of Costas Simitis
Jurisdiction:	Greece
Flag:	Flag of Greece.svg
Government Head:	Costas Simitis
State Head:	Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
Political Parties:	Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)
Opposition Parties:	New Democracy (ND) Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Synaspismos (SYN)
Opposition Leader:	Kostas Karamanlis
Election:	2000 Greek legislative election
Legislature Term:	10th (2000–2004)
Previous:	Costas Simitis II cabinet
Successor:	Kostas 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).

Third Simitis cabinet, 2000–2004

Office	Incumbent	Since
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
		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