Greece Announces Cabinet Reshuffle for ‘More Effectiveness’

Photo © Hellenic Parliament / Aliki Eleftheriou

Greece announced on Monday a cabinet reshuffle aimed at making government functioning more effective, particularly in view of the emerging demands.

There were few changes made at several ministries with a focus on increasing the number of females in top government positions. Key modifications include moving Kostis Hadzidakis from the environment ministry to the labor ministry, moving Makis Voridis to the interior ministry as well as the creation of new deputy posts at the tourism and culture ministries with Sofia Zacharaki named deputy responsible for tourism education and special forms of tourism, and LGBTQ activist Nicholas Yatromanolakis who takes on the culture ministry’s Contemporary Culture portfolio.

“Every ministry has acquired a deputy ministry because the huge workload and multiple challenges demanded that they be strengthened,” said freshly appointed government spokesman Christos Tarantilis.

The new cabinet will be sworn in on Tuesday.

More specifically the new Greek government line-up as announced byTarantilis has as follows:

Prime Minister
Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Government Vice-President
Panagiotis Pikrammenos

State Minister
Yiorgos Gerapetritis

Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister for Coordination of Government Operations
Akis Skertsos

Government Spokesman
Christos Tarantilis

Ministry of Finance
Minister: Christos Staikouras
Deputy Minister for Financial Policy: Theodoros Skylakakis
Deputy Minister for Tax Policy and Public Property: Apostolos Vesyropoulos
Deputy Minister for Financial System: George Zavvos

Ministry of Development and Investments
Minister: Adonis Georgiadis
Deputy Minister for Private Investment: Nikos Papathanassis
Deputy Minister for Public investments and Public/Private Sector Cooperation: Yiannis Tsakiris
Deputy Minister for Research and Technology: Christos Dimas

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister: Nikos Dendias
Alternate Minister for European Affairs: Miltiadis Varvitsiotis
Deputy Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Extroversion: Kostas Fragogiannis
Deputy Minister for Greeks Abroad: Kostas Vlassis

Ministry for Citizens’ Protection
Minister: Michalis Chrysochoidis
Deputy Minister for Anti-crime policy: Lefteris Economou
Deputy Minister for Civil Protection and Crisis Management: Nikos Hardalias

Ministry of National Defense
Minister: Nikos Panagiotopoulos
Deputy Minister: Alkiviadis Stefanis

Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
Minister: Niki Kerameus
Deputy Minister for Primary, Secondary and Special Education Affairs: Zeta Makri
Deputy Minister for Higher Education Issues: Angelos Syrigos

Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
Minister: Kostis Hatzidakis
Deputy Minister for Social Security: Panagiotis Tsakloglou
Deputy Minister for Welfare and Social Solidarity: Domna Michailidou
Deputy Minister for Demographic Policy and Family: Maria Syrgela

Ministry of Health
Minister: Vasilis Kikilias
Deputy Minister for Health Services: Vasilis Kontozamanis
Deputy Minister for Mental Health: Zoi Rapti

Ministry of Environment and Energy
Minister: Costas Skrekas
Deputy Minister for Environmental Protection: Giorgos Amyras
Deputy Minister for Spatial Planning and Urban Environment: Nikos Tagaras

Ministry of Culture and Sports
Minister: Lina Mendoni
Deputy Minister for Contemporary Culture: Nicholas Yatromanolakis
Deputy Minister for Sports: Lefteris Avgenakis

Ministry of Justice
Minister: Kostas Tsiaras
Deputy Minister for International Cooperation and Human Rights: Giorgos Kotsiras

Ministry of Interior
Minister: Makis Voridis
Deputy Minister for Government Matters: Stelios Petsas
Deputy Minister for Macedonia-Thrace: Stavros Kalafatis

Ministry of Digital Governance
Minister: Kyriakos Pierrakakis
Deputy Minister for Simplification Procedures: Georgios Georgantas
Deputy Minister for Special Digital Projects and the Cadastre: George Stylios

Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport
Minister: Kostas A. Karamanlis
Deputy Minister for Transport: Yiannis Kefalogiannis

Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy
Minister: Yiannis Plakiotakis
Deputy Minister for Ship Sector Issues: Kostas Katsafados

Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food
Minister: Spilios Livanos
Deputy Minister for Common Agricultural Policy: Giannis Oikonomou
Deputy Minister for Fisheries Policy: Fotini Arabatzi

Ministry of Tourism
Minister: Harry Theoharis
Deputy Minister for Tourism Education and Special Forms of Tourism: Sofia Zacharaki

Ministry of Immigration and Asylum
Minister: Notis Mitarakis
Deputy Minister for Integration: Sofia Voultepsi