ATHENS, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras proceeded to a cabinet reshuffle, government spokesperson Dimitris Tzanakopoulos announced on Tuesday in a televised statement on Greek national broadcaster ERT.
The shake-up follows the election of outgoing Interior Minister Panos Skourletis to the post of the Secretary of ruling SYRIZA party on Monday.
Key portfolios in the economic team, the Foreign Affairs as well as the Defense Ministry remained unchanged.
Skourletis was replaced by Alexandros Charitsis, Deputy Economy Minister until Tuesday.
Fotis Kouvelis, who was serving as Deputy Defense Minister until Tuesday, was appointed as new Shipping Minister.
Among newcomers in the cabinet was also former member of the European parliament Myrsini Zorba who takes over as Culture Minister.
