government of Greece

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| government_name = Government of the Hellenic Republic

| image = 100px

| caption = Coat of arms of Greece

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| state = {{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

| address = Maximos Mansion

| appointed = President of the Republic
(Konstantinos Tasoulas)

| leader_title = Prime Minister
(Kyriakos Mitsotakis)

| main_organ = Ministerial Council

| ministries = 20

| responsible = Parliament of the Hellenes

| url = {{Official URL}}

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hellenicparliament.gr/Vouli-ton-Ellinon/To-Politevma/Syntagma/article-84/|title=Article 82, The Constitution of Greece|archiveurl=|archivedate=|url-status=|accessdate=}} It exercises the executive powers alongside the president of the republic{{Cite web|url=https://www.hellenicparliament.gr/Vouli-ton-Ellinon/To-Politevma/Syntagma/article-26/|title=Article 26, The Constitution of Greece}} and it is constituted by the cabinet (officially: ministerial council) which is composed by the prime minister, the ministers and the deputy ministers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hellenicparliament.gr/Vouli-ton-Ellinon/To-Politevma/Syntagma/article-83/|title=Article 81, The Constitution of Greece}}{{Cite web |title=Collective Government Bodies |url=https://www.primeminister.gr/governance/collective-bodies}}

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

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