Greece 2012

Greece 2012
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17-6-2012
parliamentary elections
Results:
New Democracy wins 29.7% of the vote (129 of 300 seats),

the Coalition of the Radical Left 26.9% (71),

the Panhellenic Socialist Movement 12.3% (33),

Independent Greeks 7.5% (20),

Golden Dawn 6.9% (18),

the Democratic Left 6.3% (17),

and the Communist Party 4.5% (12).

Turnout was 62.5%.


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20-6-2012
Antonis Samaras is sworn in as prime minister.
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21-6-2012
Antonis Samaras cabinet is named on June 21 including :
Panos Panagiotopoulos as defense minister
Dimitris Avramopoulos as foreign minister
Evripidis Stylianidis as interior minister
Vassilis Rapanos as finance minister

The cabinet members are sworn in the same day except for Rapanos


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25-6-2012
Without having taken office,Vassilis Rapanos resigns because of ill health
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26-6-2012
Yannis Stournaras is appointed as finance minister
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