Cabinet reshuffle with domino effects follows Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s decision to choose Deputy Transport Minister Konstantinos Kyranakis for the position of Political Committee Secretary. Konstantinos Kyranakis’s election will take place Wednesday afternoon, during the first session of New Democracy’s Political Committee in its new composition, as formed after the governing party’s recent Congress.
However, there are additional changes coming to the government scheme that are expected to be announced Thursday. Specifically, according to government sources, Kyriakos Mitsotakis will make his decisions regarding the government scheme starting Monday, with any announcements expected next Thursday.
The changes begin with two vacant positions: that of Deputy Environment Minister, previously held by the late Nikos Tagaras, and that of Deputy Transport Minister.
Cabinet reshuffle: The changes brought by Kyranakis’s transfer – Key figures in the frame
Information from parapolitika.gr indicates that one idea gaining ground in the Prime Minister’s mind is moving government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis to the crucial Transport Ministry, taking on duties as Deputy Minister. The rationale behind this surprise scenario is that Pavlos Marinakis has delivered on the special assignments entrusted to him by the Prime Minister, both as government spokesperson—a position he has held since June 2023—and earlier in his tenure as New Democracy Political Committee Secretary, where he proved his effectiveness in the field.
Regarding the Deputy Environment and Energy Minister position, left vacant after the loss of the late Nikos Tagaras, the names reportedly on the table include Ioannina MP Giorgos Amyras, who served in the Environment Ministry from 2021-2023, and Pella MP Dionysis Stamenitis, a civil engineer by profession with studies in environmental policy.
As a new addition to the government scheme, the possibility of utilizing Serres MP Tasos Chatzivasiliou as Deputy Foreign Minister responsible for European affairs is gaining ground—a field that Mr. Chatzivasiliou fully masters. Beyond T. Chatzivasiliou’s return to the Foreign Ministry, information suggests no other changes are expected at the deputy minister level in that specific ministry.
Although information circulating in political and journalistic circles points to targeted changes of limited scale in the government scheme, moves that would strengthen the Prime Minister’s core team with changes to the Maximos Mansion composition cannot be ruled out. In this context, moving Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos from the ministry to Maximos Mansion is on the table, to strengthen the prime ministerial staff ahead of the crucial electoral contest.
