Cabinet reshuffle seen as limited, subtle

The cabinet reshuffle, speculated about for over a month and finally announced on Monday was not radical but there was a subtle movement, especially at the deputy minister level, away from unelected technocrats toward New Democracy MPs.

The two main victims of the reshuffle were Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos and Labor Minister Yiannis Vroutsis. Kathimerini understands that the first, a former pollster long close to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, faced criticism for trying to treat the ministry as a personal fiefdom, while Vroutsis bore the brunt for some costly mistakes that forced Mitsotakis to intervene to restore the government's image. Vroutsis became leader of the ruling party's parliamentary group and declared himself "honored" by the prime minister's choice.

Tourism Minister Haris Theocharis, who, like Vroutsis, faced criticism, retained his post...

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