Mitsotakis Sworn in As Greek PM After Securing Win Against Tsipras Greece's new conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in on July 8, 2019 after a sweeping election victory put him in charge of the EU's most indebted member with promises to end a decade of economic crisis.
"The Greek people gave us a strong mandate to change Greece. We will honour it to the full," Mitsotakis said after taking his oath of office in a televised ceremony. "Hard work begins today. I am completely confident that we will prove equal to the challenge." The 51-year-old Harvard graduate and former McKinsey consultant took the oath of office in the presidential mansion in the presence of his wife and three children in Athens.
He then walked next door to the prime minister's office, where he had a brief discussion with defeated leftist premier Alexis Tsipras. The US-educated conservative faces a hefty challenge as he takes over from Tsipras, who had imposed austerity measures required under a bailout to keep Greece in the eurozone. Mitsotakis is the son of former Greek prime minister Constantine Mistakes, one of the country's longest serving parliamentarians. His sister Dora Bakoyannis was Athens's first female mayor. ....Read more