Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reshuffled his cabinet on Tuesday, sacking the minister for public order and raising the tourism portfolio’s profile following sharp criticism of the government’s response to a spate of summer wildfires.
On Tuesday, he replaced Public Order Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis with Takis Theodorikakos, a political analyst and former interior minister.
He switched Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias, who last year oversaw Greece’s successful containment of the first wave of COVID-19 infections, to tourism in place of Harry Theoharis.
Mitsotakis’ spokesperson also announced the creation of a civil protection ministry to be headed by Evangelos Apostolakis, a retired admiral and former defence minister.
