Greece’s Mitsotakis Appoints Hatzidakis as New Finance Minister
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Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appointed Kostis Hatzidakis as the country’s new finance minister following a landslide win in Sunday’s election.
Hatzidakis, 58, who was labor minister shortly before the election, was also the minister of environment and energy in the early part of Mitsotakis’s first administration from 2019 to 2021. He then oversaw a rescue plan for Public Power Corp SA, Greece’s dominant power provider, after a report by auditors EY raised concerns over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern. He also served as development minister during the early years of Greece’s bailout programs from 2012 to 2014.