In the government appointed following New Democracy's victory in the September 2007 parliamentary election, the Interior Ministry was merged with the Ministry of Public Order, and Pavlopoulous became Minister of the Interior and Public Order.
Saat pemerintahan tersebut dilantik setelah kemenangan Demokrasi Baru dalam pemilihan parlementer September 2007, Kementerian Dalam Negeri digabung dengan Kementerian Ordo Publik, dan Pavlopoulous menjadi Menteri Dalam Negeri dan Ordo Publik.