Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (central) met with leaders from coalition government’s parties in Athens on June 20. (Photo: AP)

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has announced his new cabinet, which is dominated by members of parliament from his conservative New Democracy party. Vassilis Rapanos, the chairman of the National Bank of Greece, has been given the key post of finance minister. The socialist Pasok and Democratic Left parties have two party officials in the cabinet, but have barred their MPs from taking part. It is believed they may not want to be associated with austerity measures. New Democracy's deputy leader Dimitris Avramopoulos has taken the post of foreign minister in a smaller cabinet of 18 ministers. Former Minister of Labor Panos Panagiotopoulos has been appointed as Defense Minister. Greece’s government now prioritizes resuming contact with international auditors and restore capital loans suspended before the recent election.