Re-elected Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ Cabinet was announced on Monday afternoon, a day after the latter’s center-right New Democracy (ND) party won a landslide election – equaling its showing from a month ago, in a first May 21 ballot – and opened the way for the establishment of a majority government.
As announced by new government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis, with the top ministers as follows:
Prime Minister: Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Ministry of National Economy & Finance: Kostis Hatzidakis
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Giorgos Gerapetritis
Ministry of National Defense: Nikos Dendias
Ministry of Interior: Niki Kerameos
Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs & Sports: Kyriakos Pierrakakis
Ministry of Health: Michalis Chrysochoidis
Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport: Christos Staikouras
Ministry of Environment and Energy: Theodoros Skylakakis
Ministry of Development: Kostas Skrekas
Ministry of Labor & Social Security: Adonis Georgiadis
Ministry of Citizen Protection: Notis Mitarakis
Ministry of Justice: Giorgos Floridis
Ministry of Culture: Lina Mendoni
Ministry of Immigration & Asylum: Dimitris Kairidis
Ministry of Social Affairs Cohesion & Family: Sofia Zaharaki
Ministry of Rural Development & Food: Lefteris Avgenakis
Ministry of Shipping & Island Policy: Miltiadis Varvitsiotis
Ministry of Tourism: Olga Kefalogianni
Ministry of Digital Governance: Dimitris Papastergiou
Ministry of Climate Crisis & Civil Protection: Vassilis Kikilias
Minister of State: Makis Voridis
Minister of State: Stavros Papastavrou
Minister of State: Akis Skertsos
Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister: Yiannis Bratakos
Government Spokesperson: Pavlos Marinakis
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