First Shadow Cabinet of Antonis Samaras
Citizen Protection Minister Mitarakis resigns
Minister of Citizen Protection Notis Mitarakis has resigned for "personal reasons."
A government briefing confirmed that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had accepted his resignation.
The Ministry of Citizen Protection is responsible for the country's public security services, such as the police, fire service and General Secretariat for Civil Protection.
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What’s the ‘institutional affront’?
Nikos Androulakis has caused a stir by stating that PASOK will not agree to support a government headed by conservative incumbent Kyriakos Mitsotakis or leftist opposition chief Alexis Tsipras in the event of an inconclusive election.
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Greek economy to get multi-billion-euro lifeline
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will announce steps to revive the economy in a televised address on Wednesday. These steps will be mainly focused on tourism but will also concern other sectors affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Support for sectors hurt by the virus
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held an extraordinary meeting on Friday with Finance Minister Christos Staikouras and other ministry officials to discuss the impact of the coronavirus and its repercussions on the national economy and the country's households and enterprises.
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In Paris visit, Greek, French ministers agree to boost investments
Finance Minister Christos Staikouras, Development and Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis and French Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire, signed a declaration of intent on the Greek-French economic partnership in Paris on Wednesday, aimed at boosting investments.
Mitsotakis highlights six priorities in migration
Following talks with European Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos on Monday, Prime Minister Kyriakos on Monday had another meeting with key cabinet officials whom he asked to focus on six key areas in curbing the impact of migration inflows.
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Staikouras finance minister, Dendias foreign minister in Mitsotakis government
Christos Staikouras, a former alternate economy minister under ND PM Antonis Samaras, will be Greece's new finance minister in the cabinet of incoming PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, which was announced late this afternoon, less than 24 hours afte Mitsotakis' landslide victory, and veteran connservative MP Nilos Dendias will be Greece's new foreign minister.
Full list of Greece's new cabinet
Here is a full list of Greece's new 51-member cabinet unveiled on Monday by newly-elected Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Prime Minister
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Deputy Prime Minister
Panagiotis Pikrammenos
State Minister
George Gerapetritis
Minister to the Prime Minister
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Elections a ‘victory for Greece,’ says ex-PM Samaras
The outcome of Sunday's triple elections is a "victory for Greece," former conservative prime minister Antonis Samaras said after official projections showed opposition New Democracy firmly in the lead in polls for European Parliament and regional and local government.
Greek Cabinet as of August 28, 2018
The Greek Cabinet as of August 28, 2018
Prime Minister: Alexis Tsipras
Deputy Prime Minister: Yiannis Dragasakis
Ministry of Interior
Minister: Alexis Haritsis
Deputy Minister: Marina Chrysoveloni
Deputy Minister for Macedonia-Thrace: Katerina Notopoulou
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