{"id":14093,"date":"2026-04-04T13:21:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/three-new-ministers-sworn-in\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T13:21:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:21:36","slug":"three-new-ministers-sworn-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/three-new-ministers-sworn-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Three new ministers sworn in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1300171\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lazaridis_schinas_tournas-320x200.jpg?v=1775301512\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lazaridis_schinas_tournas.jpg?v=1775301512\" alt=\"Three new ministers sworn in\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lazaridis_schinas_tournas-960x600.jpg?v=1775301513\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Intime News]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Three new members of the Greek cabinet were sworn in on Saturday at the Presidential Mansion, replacing ministers who resigned on Friday, after their name appeared in a new case file concerning a widening farm subsidies scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Margaritis Schinas, a former European Commission vice president, replaced Kostas Tsiaras as rural development minister; Evangelos Tournas, a former deputy minister for climate crisis and civil protection, assumed the role of Minister from Ioannis Kefalogiannis; and Makarios Lazaridis, New Democracy\u2019s representative on the parliamentary investigative committee for OPEKEPE, was sworn in as deputy rural development minister, succeeding Christos Kellas.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reshuffled his government after judicial authorities forwarded to Parliament two investigations by European prosecutors which include the names of 11 of the ruling party\u2019s lawmakers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/politics\/1300171\/three-new-ministers-sworn-in\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intime News] Three new members of the Greek cabinet were sworn in on Saturday at the Presidential Mansion, replacing ministers who resigned on Friday, after their name appeared in a new case file concerning a widening farm subsidies scandal. 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