The confirmation ceremony will take place in the Ceremonial Hall of the Presidential Palace on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 10 a.m.
At the ceremony, the Director of Etiquette will announce, in the order of precedence, the names of the Ministers, as follows:
1.
1. Minister of Finance
3. Minister of the Interior
4. Minister of Defence
5. Minister for Education, Sport and Youth
6. Minister for Transport, Communications and Works
7. Minister for Energy, Trade and Industry
8. Minister for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment
9. Minister for Labour and Social Insurance
10. Minister for Justice and Public Order
11. Minister of Health
After the confirmation of the new Ministers, the Director of Etiquette will announce the names of the following Officials. 1. Deputy Minister to the President
3. Minister of State for Maritime Affairs to the President
4. Minister of State for Tourism to the President
5. State Secretary for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy to the President
6. State Secretary for Social Welfare to the President
7. State Secretary for Culture to the President
8. Director of the Office of the President of the Republic
9. Deputy Government Spokesman
10. Director of the Press Office of the President of the Republic
Ceremony for the appointment of Commissioners
The Director of Etiquette will then invite the Commissioners to receive their appointment from the President of the Republic, as follows:
1. 1. 1. 1. Commissioner for Gender Equality
5. Commissioner for the Development of Mountain Communities
After the ceremony, the President of the Republic, accompanied by the Director of Etiquette, the members of the Cabinet, the appointed Officials and the Commissioners, will proceed to the statue of the National Lord Makarios in the courtyard of the Presidential Palace, where the President of the Republic will lay a wreath.
Subsequently, the President of the Republic, together with all the newly appointed persons, will be allowed to enter the Presidential Palace to take a commemorative photograph.
First Meeting of the new Cabinet
The first meeting of the new Cabinet will then take place, of short duration.
After the end of the meeting of the new Cabinet, the Ministers/Deputy Ministers will leave for their Ministries/Departmental Ministries for the handover/acceptance ceremonies of their portfolios.
The assumption of the portfolio of the new Government Representativeandof the new Ministers/Deputy Ministers from their predecessors will take placeas follows:
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SCHEDULING
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11:30 p.p
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]Government Representative (in the Press and Information Office)
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12:00 p.
[/TD] [TD]Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Finance
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12:30m.m
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]Minister of Interior
Minister of Defense
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1:00m.m
[/TD] [TD]Minister for Education, Sport and Youth
Minister for Transport, Communications and Works
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
1:30 [TR] [TD]
1:30 [/TD] [TD]
1:3
0[BP
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Minister of Labour and Social Insurance
Minister of Justice and Public Order
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2:30 p.m.
[/TD] [TD]Minister of Health
Minister of State to the President
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3:00 p.m.
[/TD] [TD]State Secretary to the President for Maritime Affairs
(the portfolio will be handed over in Limassol)
State Secretary to the President for Tourism
State Secretary for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy to the President
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TD]3:30 m.μ.
[/TD] [TD]State Secretary to the President for Social Welfare
State Secretary to the President for Culture
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(PM/EP/SX)
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