Ioannis Sarmas
President issues decree dissolving parliament and sets June 25 as next election day
President Katerina Sakellaropoulou issued the presidential decree dissolving Parliament and officially calling for elections on June 25 on Monday. According to the decree, the resulting Parliament will convene on Monday, July 3.
The decree is also signed by caretaker prime minister Ioannis Sarmas and members of the caretaker ministerial cabinet.
Greek caretaker PM congratulates Erdogan on election victory
Greece's caretaker prime pinister, Ioannis Sarmas, sent a letter to Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, extending his congratulations on his re-election as the president of Turkey and expressing wishes for peace and prosperity for the Turkish people.
Erdogan extended his rule into a third decade by defeating Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the country's runoff election Sunday.
New ‘two-day’ Parliament to be sworn in on Sunday
The parliamentary deputies elected in the May 21 general elections will be sworn in at 6 p.m. on Sunday, in the presence of the President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou and caretaker prime minister, Ioannis Sarmas.
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Operational slip-up
We did not see what the voluminous blue folder that New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis handed over to the caretaker prime minister, Ioannis Sarmas, contained. It seemed too heavy to only include next month's milestones. We do know that the president, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, will represent Greece at the summit of the European Political Community (EPC) in Moldova next Thursday.
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PM urges ministers to identify risks to completion of gov’t plans
Caretaker Prime Minister Ioannis Sarmas urged his ministers on Saturday to identify and mitigate potential problems that could emerge while carrying out their duties in the first full-length meeting of the caretaker cabinet at Maximos Mansion.
Cabinet holds first meeting
Caretaker Prime Minister Ioannis Sarmas will chair the first full-length meeting of the caretaker cabinet shortly after noon on Saturday at the Maximos Mansion.
Sarmas had a brief meeting with the ministers after they were sworn in on Friday. The same day, the cabinet members received their portfolios at handovers in ministries.
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Greece’s interim government sets guidelines for transition period
Greece's interim government received its first set of guidelines from caretaker Prime Minister Ioannis Sarmas during the inaugural session of the transitional cabinet immediately after the swearing-in ceremony at the Presidential Palace on Friday.
Interim cabinet sworn in
Greece's interim cabinet was officially sworn in during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace Friday.
The caretaker government will head the country until new national elections are held in about a month.
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New cabinet to be sworn in on Friday at noon
The new cabinet will be officially sworn in before President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and the newly-appointed caretaker Prime Minister Ioannis Sarmas at 12 p.m. on Friday.
After the swearing-in ceremony, Sarmas will preside over a cabinet meeting at the Maximos Mansion.
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The profile of Greece’s caretaker government
A 16-member caretaker government, led by senior judge Ioannis Sarmas, will be sworn in at noon at the Presidential Mansion.
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