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Sunday, July 19, 2015

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Reshuffles Cabinet Friday July 17,2015

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras replaced Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis and Alternate Finance Minister Nadia Valavani, and ousted Alternate Social Security Minister Dimitris Stratoulis, all of whom had voted against him on the austerity bill.
Alternate Finance Minister Nadia Valavani had announced her resignation immediately before the vote.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sacked hardline former Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis and two deputy ministers following a party rebellion in which 39 Syriza lawmakers withheld support from the government over the package.

The reshuffle allowed Tsipras to replace cabinet rebels with allies of his own or from his junior coalition partners, the right-wing Independent Greeks party

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