Kammenos was elected as a Member of Parliament for the
Independent Greeks (ANEL) party representing
Piraeus B region. In the
Second Tsipras Cabinet, on 23 September 2015, Kammenos was sworn in as Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks, "on the recommendation of his coalition partner"
Panos Kammenos.
Syriza MP Vassiliki Katrivanou expressed "disappointment and indignation" at the appointment of Kammenos, and appealed to
Alexis Tsipras to remove him from office. Following pressure from within the government, Kammenos was asked to step down, according to party leader
Panos Kammenos, "until the truth was established" surrounding his "anti-Semitic and homophobic remarks." On 16 June 2018, Dimitris Kammenos voted against his party and supported a
motion of no-confidence against the
Second Tsipras Cabinet concerning the
Prespa agreement, a proposal that would result in the
Republic of Macedonia being renamed the
Republic of North Macedonia. Kammenos was expelled from the party immediately after the vote, leaving the coalition with a majority of three. In response to the Greco-FYROMese agreement, Kammenos announced creation of his own political party
Force of Hellenism (), whose goal would be to stop the Macedonian naming deal. == Controversy ==