July 28, 2023
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Minister of Citizens’ Protection Notis Mitarakis resigned early Friday afternoon, citing “personal reasons.”
Mitarakis’ resignation follows an article by daily
kathimerini
, according to which “Mitarakis was spotted on a remote island enjoying the sea on Thursday [amid the
wildfires crisis
!], while he went onboard of a yacht where he stayed for several hours. Swimmers in the area could not believe their eyes. Ηe returned to Athens in the afternoon.”
Note that the Ministry of Citizens’ Protection is responsible for the country’s public security services, such as the police, the fire service and the General Secretariat for Civil Protection.
Mitarakis was hardly a month on this post after the June elections, and served as Migration Minister in the first New Democracy government under Mitsotakis.
Deputy Minister of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports an former government spokesman Yiannis Oikonomou has been appointed to the position of the new minister in Citizens’ Protection..