WHO IS KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
PM-elect, Greece
The pime minister-elect of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is a reformer from a conservative political dynasty with controversial civil service job cuts on his resume. Three years after taking over the leadership of the conservative New Democracy party once headed by his father, the 51-year-old Harvard graduate and former McKinsey consultant has promised to "steamroll" obstacles to business. He has pledged to create "better" jobs through growth, foreign investment and tax cuts. His critics argue that his pro-business platform and promised tax cuts can only credibly come at the expense of social benefits to crisis-hit families. In his sole ministerial stint in charge of administrative reform in 2014, he was tasked with eliminating 15,000 civil service posts under pressure from Greece's creditors. The downsizing was cut short by elections, but Mitsotakis's tag as a hatchet man has endured. On the campaign trail, Mitsotakis told AFP his first priority would be to "restart" the economy.
ABOUT KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS
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Kyriakos Mitsotakis: A conservative dynast with a controversial resume
He has pledged to create "better" jobs through growth, foreign investment and tax cuts| July 08, 2019, Monday -
PM-elect Mitsotakis vows a post-bailout period of jobs, growth for Greece
Sunday's election was Greece's third in as many months, and the first held in midsummer since 1928| July 08, 2019, Monday -
Greek conservatives oust Tsipras in election landslide
Leftist Tsipras called New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis to congratulate him| July 08, 2019, Monday -
Reformer Mitsotakis takes over Greek conservative party
The Harvard-educated economist now faces the challenge of taking on charismatic leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras| January 11, 2016, Monday