The government is planning more than 29,000 jobs in the public sector for 2026, as announced by Deputy Minister of Interior Vivi Charalambogiannis, speaking on ERTnews Newsroom and George Siadima.

The 19,300 new posts will be approved at the Council of Ministers on September 30, while the remaining 10,000 are already committed to recruitment in the field of education, the deputy minister announced, speaking to ERT.

Distribution of recruitment

  • Health: 5,000 posts for medical and nursing staff.
  • AADE: 700 new positions to strengthen controls.
  • Justice: 640 recruitments, of which 130 judges and the rest will be court staff.
  • Local Government: 3,900 seats in municipalities and regions, with emphasis on cleanliness, electricity and water supply.
  • Fire Brigade: 600 new General Firefighters.
  • Citizen Protection: 1,840 seats, with 600 special guards and over 1,000 in police schools.
  • Armed Forces: 1,800 hires, including military hospitals.

The deputy minister noted that the design is “based on real needs and not just empty organic positions”, rejecting any customer logic.

ASEP and Location Motivation

About half of the new positions will be filled through ASEP, based on the Pan -Hellenic competition for the first time in the summer. Successors will be selected by a combination of score, locality and experience.

There is a three -year penalty shoot -out for those who lock it but eventually do not take it.

The locality molecules are doubled, and for the first time there is a 15 -year stay in the area for those who use it.

Digital card in public

Since 2026 the digital card has been established for all civil servants in the context of the new Integrated State Information System.

“In 2025 we do not follow pens and paper appearances,” the deputy minister underlined, stressing that the measure would bring transparency, overtime recording and resource saving.

Payroll and bonus

The government is proceeding with targeted and horizontal wage increases, and by 2025 it doubles the amount for reward bonuses, from 20 to 40m euros. Civil servants will be rewarded if they achieve specific objectives to be approved in the next cabinet.