site.btaGreece Announces Composition of New Caretaker Government until Next Elections on June 25

The President of the Greek Court of Audit, Ioannis Sarmas, was sworn in as Prime Minister of the caretaker government, which will prepare the next elections on June 25, the Greek agency ANA-MPA reported to BTA.

On Thursday, Sarmas was given the task to form a caretaker government by President Katerina Sakellaropoulou after her meetings with the leaders of the three biggest parties based on their May 21 election results. All leaders have consistently refused exploratory mandates to form a government.

The Greek ministries of foreign affairs and defence will be headed by the former ambassador Vassilis Kaskarelis and the former chief of the Hellenic army general staff Alkiviadis Stefanis. Charalambos Lalousis will take over the Ministry of Citizen Protection, and Ilias Siakantaris will serve as the government spokesperson. 
The newly appointed cabinet members will be sworn in on Friday, reported ANA-MPA.

Parliamentary elections in Greece took place last Sunday. They were won by New Democracy, which also ruled for the previous four years. They won with 40.1%, which however, does not allow them to form a majority government. On June 25, another electoral system will be implemented that gives bonus parliamentary seats to the party that ends up in the lead. Party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis will rely on this.