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Greece’s Government Announces Changes in Four Ministries

By Matthew Norman
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Leadership changes have been made in four ministries of the government of Greece after a decision by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Government of Greece Announcement on New Personnel

The Greek government announced today on Wednesday, January 3rd that there has been a reshuffle within the ministries of citizen protection, health, labor and social welfare, and, lastly, education, religious affairs, and sports.

The new citizen protection minister is Michalis Chryssochoidis, taking over from Yannis Oikonomou, with Andreas Nikolakopoulos now filling the role of deputy citizen protection minister.

Adonis Georgiadis will be taking over from Michalis Chrisochoidis as health minister, while the thirty-six years old Domna Michailidou takes over as labor and social welfare minister. The role of education, religious affairs, and sports deputy minister will now be filled by Ioanna Lytrivi.

Pavlos Marinakis will retain his position as government spokesperson, while having been upgraded to deputy minister to the prime minister. The new ministers will be sworn in before President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou at 6pm on Thursday, January 4th.

Speaking on the Prime Minister’s decision, government officials said of Mitsotakis: “The Prime Minister, as he has proven all these years, moves ahead when necessary, to corrective changes in order to boost the effectiveness of the government’s work.

“In this case also, he acted quickly and decisively so we may have a more dynamic start to the new year in critical sectors,” they added.

They further stated: “Given the priority the government gives to issues of citizen safety, Michalis Chryssochoidis, who has great experience in this sector, takes over the Citizen Protection ministry while Ilia Deputy Andreas Nikolakopoulos, an officer of the younger generation, takes over as deputy minister.”

Adonis Georgiadis, who assumes the health ministry portfolio, is “a minister with reforms experience” and will push ahead those already started at the ministry. Domna Michailidou brings to the labor ministry a successful career in the same ministry, while State Deputy Ioanna Lytrivi assumes the deputy education portfolio at the same ministry, focusing on career training, to which she brings great specialization and experience, the Greek government officials noted.
Speaking on Pavlos Marinakis, who will keep his position as government spokesperson, the government officials said: “Also an officer of the younger generation, [he] is upgraded to deputy minister to the prime minister, and along with representing the government is also assuming responsibility for the press.”
In their concluding remarks, the government officials said: “One more woman assumes a ministerial portfolio and another is added to the deputy ministers, while three more officers of the younger generation are entering the cabinet. The number of ministers and deputy ministers is not increasing, since Deputy Defense Minister Nikos Hardalias has already been elected Attica Region Governor and has not been replaced.”

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