Kyriakos Mitsotakis | |
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Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης | |
Prime Minister of Greece | |
Assumed office 26 June 2023 | |
President | Katerina Sakellaropoulou |
Preceded by | Ioannis Sarmas |
In office 8 July 2019 – 25 May 2023 | |
President | Prokopis Pavlopoulos Katerina Sakellaropoulou |
Deputy | Panagiotis Pikrammenos |
Preceded by | Alexis Tsipras |
Succeeded by | Ioannis Sarmas |
Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 10 January 2016 – 8 July 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
Preceded by | Ioannis Plakiotakis |
Succeeded by | Alexis Tsipras |
President of New Democracy | |
Assumed office 10 January 2016 | |
Vice President | Adonis Georgiadis Kostis Hatzidakis |
Preceded by | Ioannis Plakiotakis |
Minister of Administrative Reform and Electronic Governance | |
In office 25 June 2013 – 27 January 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Antonis Samaras |
Preceded by | Antonis Manitakis |
Succeeded by | Nikos Voutsis |
Member of the Hellenic Parliament | |
Assumed office 7 March 2004 | |
Constituency | Thessaloniki A (2023–present) Athens B2 (2019–2023) Athens B (2004–2019) |
Personal details | |
Born | Athens, Greece | 4 March 1968
Political party | New Democracy |
Spouse | Mareva Grabowski |
Children | 3 |
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Relatives | Dora Bakoyannis (sister) |
Education | Athens College |
Alma mater | Harvard University (BA, MBA) Stanford University (MA) |
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Kyriakos Mitsotakis (Greek: Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης, [ciɾˈʝakos mit͡soˈtacis]; born 4 March 1968) is a Greek politician currently serving as the prime minister of Greece since July 2019, except for a month between May and June 2023. Mitsotakis has been president of the New Democracy party since 2016. He is generally associated with the centre-right, espousing economically liberal and socially liberal policies.
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 a snap election in June. On 24 May 2023, as required by Greece's constitution, the Greek president Katerina Sakellaropoulou appointed Ioannis Sarmas to be the caretaker prime minister for the interim period.[1] In the June 2023 Greek legislative election, he once again led his party to a majority and was sworn in as prime minister, having received the order to form a government from the Greek president.[2][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] 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 adoption and same-sex marriage in Greece.[12][13] He has 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 7 February 2024, 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]
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