The Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas was sworn in on 26 May 2023 and dissolved on 27 June 2023. After an inconclusive election held on 21 May 2023 resulted in a hung parliament, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou appointed Sarmas, the president of the Court of Audit, as caretaker Prime Minister. This was done according to provisions of the Greek Constitution after none of the major parties were able to form a government.^[1]

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Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas
Cabinet of Greece
Date formed	26 May 2023 (2023-05-26)
Date dissolved	27 June 2023 (2023-06-27)
People and organisations
Head of state	Katerina Sakellaropoulou
Head of government	Ioannis Sarmas
No. of ministers	20
Total no. of members	22
Member parties	Independents
Status in legislature	Technocratic caretaker government
Opposition parties	None (caretaker cabinets in Greece have no formal opposition)
History
Legislature term(s)	19th (2023)
Predecessor	First Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Successor	Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis

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Following a second election held on 25 June 2023, the cabinet was dissolved when the second Mitsotakis cabinet was sworn in two days later.