{"id":4939,"date":"2025-03-16T08:38:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T08:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/16\/new-infrastructure-and-transport-minister-acknowledges-tasks-criticality\/"},"modified":"2025-03-16T08:38:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T08:38:34","slug":"new-infrastructure-and-transport-minister-acknowledges-tasks-criticality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/16\/new-infrastructure-and-transport-minister-acknowledges-tasks-criticality\/","title":{"rendered":"New Infrastructure and Transport Minister acknowledges task\u2019s criticality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1264263\">\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\/2025\/03\/4613298-1-320x200.jpg?v=1742048584\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4613298-1.jpg?v=1742048583\" alt=\"New Infrastructure and Transport Minister acknowledges task\u2019s criticality\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4613298-1-960x600.jpg?v=1742048584\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Newly appointed Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Dimas has acknowledged the critical role of his ministry, after assuming the portfolio amid nationwide protests over the government\u2019s handling of the Tempe railway tragedy that claimed 57 lives just over two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing gratitude to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for his trust, Dimas emphasized that \u201cfocus, efficiency, and modesty\u201d would be the ministry\u2019s guiding principles.<\/p>\n<p>At 45, Dimas \u2013 formerly a deputy at the National Economy and Finance Ministry \u2013 is one of several new ministers still in their 40s, marking a generational shift in Mitsotakis\u2019 Cabinet reshuffle, announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have very specific goals, we will work with all the ministry\u2019s departments to achieve timelines and targets,\u201d Dimas said. \u201cModesty is a way of life; in politics and life in general, it is important to be down to earth.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He takes over from Christos Staikouras, who was at the ministry\u2019s helm for 21 months, beginning four months after the Tempe railway disaster in central Greece.\u00a0<\/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\/1264263\/new-infrastructure-and-transport-minister-acknowledges-tasks-critical-role\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newly appointed Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Dimas has acknowledged the critical role of his ministry, after assuming the portfolio amid nationwide protests over the government\u2019s handling of the Tempe railway tragedy that claimed 57 lives just over two years ago. 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