“We have before us a big, important and difficult task that we must implement, with the sole purpose of making the lives of citizens better, especially in terms of their interface with the State, as well as to organize a better and stronger self-government “, emphasized the new Minister of the Interior, Theodoris Livaniosat the handover ceremony of the ministry.

In his short speech, Mr. Livanios, previously deputy minister of the interior, praised the work of the outgoing minister, Nikis Kerameos, noting that although she is taking on a very difficult portfolio, he expressed confidence that she will be very effective as the minister of labor. He expressed his satisfaction that he will work with the new deputy ministers, Vassilis Spanakis, responsible for self-government and Kostas Giulekas, responsible for Macedonia-Thrace issues, as well as with the current deputy minister Vivi Charalambogianni, for whom he noted that he is excited that they will work together again, as they were the director of his office, when 10 years ago he took over as general secretary in the same ministry.

THE Mrs. Kerameos for her part, she said that a very fruitful cycle in the Ministry of the Interior is ending and a new one is opening in the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.

Giving an account of her tenure as Minister of the Interior, she spoke of the implementation of important reforms in the last 12 months, mentioning the introduction and operation of the postal vote, the institutionalization of the new framework for the selection of administrations of public bodies, the presentation of the new incentive and reward system (productivity bonus), the application of artificial intelligence in the targeting of public sector managers, etc.