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Kyriakos Mitsotakis

His Excellency
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης
Mitsotakis in 2021
Prime Minister of Greece
Assumed office
26 June 2023
PresidentKaterina Sakellaropoulou
Preceded byIoannis Sarmas
In office
8 July 2019 – 25 May 2023
PresidentProkopis Pavlopoulos
Katerina Sakellaropoulou
DeputyPanagiotis Pikrammenos
Preceded byAlexis Tsipras
Succeeded byIoannis Sarmas
Leader of the Opposition
In office
10 January 2016 – 8 July 2019
Prime MinisterAlexis Tsipras
Preceded byIoannis Plakiotakis
Succeeded byAlexis Tsipras
President of New Democracy
Assumed office
10 January 2016
Vice PresidentAdonis Georgiadis
Kostis Hatzidakis
Preceded byIoannis Plakiotakis
Minister of Administrative Reform and Electronic Governance
In office
25 June 2013 – 27 January 2015
Prime MinisterAntonis Samaras
Preceded byAntonis Manitakis
Succeeded byNikos Voutsis
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
Assumed office
7 March 2004
ConstituencyThessaloniki A (2023–present)
Athens B2 (2019–2023)
Athens B (2004–2019)
Personal details
Born (1968-03-04) 4 March 1968 (age 56)
Athens, Greece
Political partyNew Democracy
SpouseMareva Grabowski
Children3
Parent
RelativesDora Bakoyannis (sister)
EducationAthens College
Alma materHarvard University (BA, MBA)
Stanford University (MA)
Awards
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Kyriakos Mitsotakis (Greek: Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης, Kyriákos Mitsotákis [ciɾˈʝakos mit͡soˈtacis]; born 4 March 1968) is a Greek politician currently serving as the prime minister of Greece since June 2023, previously holding the office from July 2019 to May 2023. He is president of the New Democracy party since 2016. On 26 June 2023, Mitsotakis won a second term as prime minister after winning the June 2023 Greek legislative election.[1] Mitsotakis previously was Leader of the Opposition from 2016 to 2019, and Minister of Administrative Reform from 2013 to 2015. He is the son of the late Konstantinos Mitsotakis, who was Prime Minister of Greece from 1990 to 1993. He was first elected to the Hellenic Parliament for the Athens B constituency in 2004. After New Democracy suffered two election defeats in 2015, he was elected the party's leader in January 2016. Three years later, he led his party to a majority in the 2019 Greek legislative election.

Following the May 2023 Greek legislative election in which no party won a majority and no coalition government was formed by any of the parties eligible to do so, Mitsotakis called for another snap election in June. On 24 May 2023, as required by Greece's constitution, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou appointed Ioannis Sarmas to be the caretaker prime minister for the interim period.[2] One month later he once again led his party to a majority in the June 2023 Greek legislative election and was sworn in as prime minister has been receiving the order to form a government from the President.[3][4][5]

During his term as prime minister, Mitsotakis has received both praise and criticism for his governance, economic measures,[6] and the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece.[7][8] However, academics and government advisors have pointed out Greece's failures during the pandemic in addressing healthcare system shortcomings, which have led to excess deaths.[9][10] He has been credited with the digital transformation of the country's public administration,[11] and has been commended for furthering LGBT rights in Greece through the legalization of same-sex marriage and same-sex adoption.[12][13] He has also been remarked for his management of the Greek economy, with Greece being named the Top Economic Performer for 2022 by The Economist.[14][15][16] He has also received criticism for his handling of migration and the numbers of pushbacks,[17][18][19][20] which his government has denied despite mounting evidence.[21] Additionally, Mitsotakis has been criticised for heightened corruption during his term,[22][23] as well as a deterioration of freedom of the press in Greece.[24][25][26] His term was impacted by the 2022 wiretapping scandal,[27] the Tempi Train crash,[28] and the wildfires in 2021 and 2023.[29][30][31]

On February 7, 2024, Members of the European Parliament approved a resolution addressing concerns over the state of the rule of law in Greece.[32][33] The resolution highlighted various issues, including alleged harassment of journalists, privacy violations, wiretapping of political opponents, excessive use of police force, conflicts of interest, corruption, smear campaigns against civil society, and reported incidents of pushbacks of migrants.[34][35]

  1. ^ "Greek elections: Mitsotakis's conservatives hail win as mandate for change". BBC News. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ^ Papadimas, Lefteris (24 May 2023). "Greece appoints caretaker PM ahead of June repeat election". Reuters. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Results of June 2023 Greek elections". kathimerini.gr. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Kyriakos Mitsotakis sworn in as Prime Minister". kathimerini.gr. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Mitsotakis receives order to form government". kathimerini.gr. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  6. ^ "How Greece became Europe's unlikely model student". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Charlemagne: How Greece became Europe's unlikely model student". The Economist. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  8. ^ Seinti, Eva (26 February 2021). ""Ελλάδα: πώς γίνεται ο εμβολιασμός χωρίς χάος": Νέα επαινετικά σχόλια από τα γερμανικά ΜΜΕ". CNN Greece (in Greek). Athens. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  9. ^ Lytras, Theodore; Tsiodras, Sotirios (August 2022). "Total patient load, regional disparities and in-hospital mortality of intubated COVID-19 patients in Greece, from September 2020 to May 2021". Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 50 (6): 671–675. doi:10.1177/14034948211059968. ISSN 1651-1905. PMID 34903101.
  10. ^ Lytras, Theodore (25 September 2022), Healthcare system overstretch and in-hospital mortality of intubated COVID-19 patients in Greece: an updated analysis, September 2020 to April 2022, doi:10.1101/2022.09.25.22280326, retrieved 8 February 2024
  11. ^ "Pandemic, EU billions drive Greece's digital revolution". Reuters. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  12. ^ Smith, Helena (11 January 2024). "Greek PM faces fierce opposition over pledge to legalise gay marriage". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Greece set to legalise same-sex marriage with backing by opposition". euronews. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  14. ^ Kokkinidis, Tasos (21 December 2022). "Greece Named Top Economic Performer for 2022 by the Economist". GreekReporter.com. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  15. ^ "Greece repays euro zone bailout loans early for first time-source". Reuters. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  16. ^ Arnold, Martin; Varvitsioti, Eleni; McDougall, Mary (14 May 2023). "Greece's 'greatest turnround': from junk to investment grade". Financial Times. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  17. ^ Horowitz, Jason (21 May 2023). "As Greece Votes, Leader Says Blocking Migrants Built 'Good Will' With Europe". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  18. ^ "EU calls on Greece to launch probe into migrant pushbacks". POLITICO. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  19. ^ "Greece says it's investigating claim migrants were illegally deported back to Turkey". AP News. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  20. ^ "European Court Slams Greece Over Deadly Migrant Pushback | Human Rights Watch". 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  21. ^ Smith, Helena (19 May 2023). "Greek government under fire after video shows 'pushback' of asylum seekers". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  22. ^ "The Rot at the Heart of Greece Is Now Clear for Everyone to See". New York Times. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  23. ^ Tsimitakis, Matthaios (21 September 2022). "Greek PM's Wiretapping Scandal Can't be Justified by Foreign Threats". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  24. ^ "How Greece became Europe's worst place for press freedom". Politico. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  25. ^ "Greece: Media freedom under assault". AlJazeera. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  26. ^ "The worrying decline of press freedom in Greece". Le Monde. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  27. ^ "Greek 'Watergate' tarnishes reputation of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis". Le Monde. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  28. ^ Ritchie, Eleni Giokos,Hannah (5 March 2023). "Greek protests over train crash flare despite prime minister's apology". CNN. Retrieved 30 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  29. ^ "Greek PM apologises for failures in tackling more than 500 wildfires". The Independent. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  30. ^ "Greek Prime Minister promises to fight 'climate war'". euronews. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  31. ^ "Experts blame poor government preparation for Greek fires' devastation". www.euractiv.com. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  32. ^ "MEPs voice alarm over 'worrying' rule-of-law decline in Greece". euronews. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  33. ^ "MEPs voice concern about the rule of law in Greece | eKathimerini.com". www.ekathimerini.com. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  34. ^ "Rule of law in Greece: European Parliament sounds the…". Renew Europe. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  35. ^ "Parliament concerned about very serious threats to EU values in Greece | News | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

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