A total of 19,489 recruitment of regular staff in the public sector for 2026 was approved by the Council of Ministers, following the presentation of the Minister and the Deputy Minister of Interior, Thodoris Livanios and Vivis Charalambogiannis, respectively.

According to government priorities, the distribution mainly focuses on the areas:

Health: Strengthening the National Health System with 5,228 positions, of which 5,000 medical, nursing and other staff in all health structures of the Ministry of Health.

National Defense: Approval of the total request of productive schools (1,517). In addition, strengthening of Nimits and equity funds, as well as teaching research staff (ADHD) HEIs.

Local Government: Increase last year’s distribution and the strongest reinforcements of the period from 2020 onwards. Ensure to meet needs for bodies based in affected areas, as well as for smaller municipalities. Emphasis on specialized staff, such as critical specialties on technical services and reciprocal personnel, eg cleaning. The full request (61) for veterinary / veterinarian assistants and reinforcement in the positions of Agriculture / Livestock Technicians and Agricultural Livestock (Livestock, Agricultural, Guides, Guide to Agricultural Machinery, COK). In addition, 51 posts of public health supervisors (almost all of the request for this sectority) and further strengthening the Municipal Police.

Climate crisis: The reinforcement of the Fire Brigade continues. The full request of the Production Schools (330), as well as for the first time approval of the General Duties Fire Brigade (605), as well as 91 positions of specialized staff, such as aircraft / helicopter operators, aircraft – helicopter technicians, pilots, information and communications.

Citizen Protection: 950 in the productive schools (probationary police and police officers) and 626 Special Guards. In addition, increasing storage and external guard positions in local detention facilities to 229.

Education: 450 faculty members and further reinforcement of higher education institutions, in particular the University Hospitals (Aretaio and Aegean), as well as the Central Service and the Regional Directorates and the supervised bodies of the Ministry, with other staff.

Infrastructure and Transfers: Strengthening OSY SA Road Transport with 150 new recruitments, of fixed transport SA with 177 recruitments, the CAA with 172 recruitments, 103 hires to support other operators and services of the Transport (Hellenic Metro SA, Crete Development Organization, Agency Agency Investigation of air and rail accidents and transport safety (EPAAAM).

Justice: 130 judicial officers and more of these, 45 recruitment to the Judicial Police, reinforce the CoE with 50 recruitment and 375 judicial officers – mainly secretaries of courts – to support the faster operation of courts. Additional reinforcement of the central service with 40 recruitments. Total 640 new hires.

Audit mechanisms: Strengthening AADE with 700 recruitments, of which 364 tax recruitment, 201 customs, 118 computer science and 17 budgetary etc. support sectors, as well as the work inspection with over 40 posts.

Social cohesion and family: Strengthening the structures of the Ministry with 315 recruitments, 269 of which are distributed to social welfare centers and the Evritania Chronic Disease Clinic and the rest of the Deaf National Foundation and the National Center for Social Research, the Center for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind.

Accelerate recruitment procedures throughout the State: ASEP reinforcement with 30 hires.

It is noted that the planning of 19,489 recruitment in the State for 2026 is a continuation of 122,203 recruitments approved for the years 2020 to 2025 and therefore a total of 141,692 for the total of six years.

Double expense for reward cycle

During today’s meeting of the Council of Ministers, the distribution for the reward of civil servants was approved. such as local authorities.

In addition, the amount allocated to potential beneficiaries from the incentive system amounts to EUR 40 million, that is, it has doubled compared to last year, and may be up to 15% of the employee’s earnings, reaching, in some cases, a remuneration of one salary.

In addition, the number of implementation bodies who are potentially beneficiaries under the proposals of ministers and the heads of the Independent Authorities is 406 (of which 281 are municipalities), while the initially estimated number of employees who are potentially beneficiaries is approximately 25,000.

Public Policy Areas covering the projects proposed for rewarded projects:

Strengthening the NHS – Preventive Medicine.

New and modern infrastructure.

Effective forest protection.

Shielding the country’s defense.

Public order and security.

Natural disasters – the state next to the citizen.

Strengthening Forensic Services – Reformation of a judicial system.

Social cohesion and rights protection.

Effective migration flow management.

Promotion of employment and work.

Rural Development: Change of example.

Promotion of investment.

Consumer protection.

Effective, digital and transparent public administration & government.

Digital reforms for the citizen.

Simplification of the citizenship acquisition process.

Addressing environmental challenges.

Reforming an educational map.

Promotion of tourism.

High added value cultural activities.

Sport enhancement.

Strengthening island.

Road safety.

Promoting research and new technologies.