Greek PM replaces development, labor ministers in cabinet reshuffle

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appointed on Friday a new development minister and replaced his labor minister in a cabinet reshuffle aimed at helping Greece deal with a high cost of living.

Takis Theodorikakos was named development minister, while Niki Kerameus took the labor ministry’s portfolio.

Nikos Panagiotopoulos was assigned the migration portfolio, while Theodoros Livanios was appointed interior minister. The rural development portfolio was handed to Kostas Tsiaras.

Mitsotakis kept his finance minister Kostis Hatzidakis unchanged.

Mitsotakis’ New Democracy party, which has led Greece since 2019, came first in Sunday’s EU election with 28.3% of the vote but missed a 33% target Mitsotakis had set during his pre-election campaign and was well below the 40% his party received in a June 2023 national election.

Earlier this week, Mitsotakis ruled out a snap election, saying that he would move ahead with corrective moves to show Greek “people that we have taken their message into account.”

The incoming ministers will be sworn in on Friday at 6 p.m. at the Presidential Mansion in the presence of President Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

The new cabinet will convene on Saturday at 10 a.m.

Here is the full list of his new set of ministers and their deputies.

Prime Minister: Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Ministry of Economy and Finance

Minister: Kostis Hatzidakis

Alternate Finance Minister: Nikos Papathanasis

Deputy Minister: Christos Dimas

Deputy Minister: Thanos Petralias

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Minister: George Gerapetritis

Deputy Minister: Kostas Kotsiras

Deputy Minister: Kostas Fragogiannis

Deputy Minister: Alexandra Papadopoulou

Ministry of National Defense

Minister: Nikos Dendias

Deputy Minister: Yiannis Kefalogiannis

Ministry of Interior

Minister: Theodoros Livanios

Deputy Minister: Vassilis Gioulekas

Deputy Minister: Vassilis Spanakis

Deputy Minister: Vivi Charalampogianni

Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports

Minister: Kyriakos Pierrakakis

Alternate Minister: Yiannis Vroutsis

Deputy Minister: Zetta Makri

Deputy Minister: Ioanna Lytrivi

Ministry of Health

Minister: Adonis Georgiadis

Alternate Minister: Irini Agapidaki

Deputy Minister: Dimitris Vartzopoulos

Deputy Minister: Marios Themistocleous

Ministry of Infrastructure and Transportation

Minister: Christos Staikouras

Deputy Minister: Vassilis Economou

Deputy Minister: Nikos Tahiaos

Ministry of Environment and Energy 

Minister: Theodoros Skylakakis

Deputy Minister: Nikos Tagaras

Deputy Minister: Alexandra Sdoukou

Ministry of Development 

Minister: Takis Theodorikakos

Deputy Minister: Zoi Rapti

Deputy Minister: Anna-Mani Papadimitriou

Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs 

Minister: Niki Kerameus

Deputy Minister: Kostas Karagounis

Deputy Minister: Panos Tsakloglou

Ministry of Citizen Protection 

Minister: Michalis Chrysochoidis

Deputy Minister: Andreas Nikolakopoulos

Ministry of Justice

Minister: Giorgos Floridis

Deputy Minister: Yiannis Bougas

Ministry of Culture

Minister: Lina Mendoni

Deputy Minister: Iason Fotilas

Ministry of Asylum and Migration

Minister: Nikos Panagiotopoulos

Deputy Minister: Sofia Voultepsi

Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family

Minister: Sofia Zacharaki

Deputy Minister: Katerina Papakosta

Ministry of Rural Development and Food

Minister: Kostas Tsiaras

Deputy Minister: Christos Kellas

Deputy Minister: Dionysis Stamenitis

Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy

Minister: Christos Stylianidids

Deputy Minister: Stefanos Gikas

Ministry of Tourism

Minister: Olga Kefalogianni

Deputy Minister: Elena Rapti

Ministry of Digital Governance

Minister: Dimitris Papastergiou

Deputy Minister: Konstantinos Kyranakis

Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection

Minister: Vassilis Kikilias

Deputy Minister: Christos Triantopoulos

Deputy Minister: Evangelos Tournas

Minister of State: Makis Voridis

Minister of State: Akis Skertsos

Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister: Giorgos Mylonakis

Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister: Thanassis Kontogiorgis

Government spokesman: Pavlos Marinakis