The new Council of Ministers and other officials of the incoming government of Nikos Christodoulides officially take up their duties on Wednesday.
The first meeting of the new council will also take place on Wednesday, following a confirmation ceremony at the Presidential Palace at 10 am.
During the ceremony, the Director of Etiquette will name the new ministers of Foreign Affairs, Finance, Interior, Defense, Education, Sports and Youth, Transport , Communications and Works, Energy, Trade and Industry, Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Labour and Social Insurance, Justice and Public Order, and Health.
This will be followed by announcement of the Government Spokesperson and Deputy Ministers to the President, including of Shipping, Tourism , Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Social Welfare, Culture, and Director of the Office of the President, Government Representative, and the Director of the Press Office.
The Director of Etiquette will then call on the Commissioners to receive their appointments including the Commissioner for the Presidency, Environment, Citizens, Gender Equality, and Development of Mountain Communities.
After the ceremony, the new president and his appointees will proceed to the memorial statue of first President, Archbishop Makarios, in the forecourt of the Presidential Palace, where Christodoulides will lay a crown in his honour.
Following the brief meeting of the new ministerial council, the appointees will depart for their offices and the hand over of their portfolios and take up their duties.
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