Government of Greece

Government of the Hellenic Republic
Central government
Coat of arms of Greece
Overview
State	Greece
Leader	Prime Minister (Kyriakos Mitsotakis)
Appointed by	President of the Republic (Katerina Sakellaropoulou)
Main organ	Ministerial Council
Ministries	20
Responsible to	Parliament of the Hellenes
Headquarters	Maximos Mansion
Website	gov.gr

The Government of Greece (Greek: Κυβέρνηση της Ελλάδας), officially the Government of the Hellenic Republic (Κυβέρνηση της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας) is the collective body of the greek state responsible to define and direct the general policy of the country.^[1] It exercises the executive powers alongside the president of the republic^[2] and it is constituted by the cabinet (officially: minesterial council) which is composed by the prime minister, the ministers and the deputy ministers.^[3][4]

The head of government is the Prime Minister of Greece. The prime minister recommends ministers and deputy ministers to the President of the Republic for an appointment. The prime minister, the ministers, and the alternate ministers belong to the Ministerial Council, the supreme decision-making committee. Usually, ministers and alternates sit in the Parliament. They are accountable to the Constitution. Deputy ministers are not members of the government.

Other collective government bodies, apart from the Ministerial Council, are the Committee on Institutions, the Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence and others, including particular government policy issues.