The swearing-in ceremony of the new Ministers, Deputy Minister and Commissioner will take place at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday at 0830, in the presence of President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides.
The handover-takeover ceremony of the portfolio of the Ministry of Defence between the outgoing Minister, Michalis Giorgallas, and the new Minister, Vasilis Palmas will take place at 1030 at the Ministry of Defence.
At 11.15 the handover-takeover ceremony of the portfolio of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment between the outgoing Minister, Petros Xenophontos, and the new Minister, Maria Panayiotou, will take place at the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment.
At noon, the handover-takeover ceremony of the portofolio of the Ministry of Justice and Public Order between the outgoing Minister, Anna Kokkides-Prokopiou, and the new Minister, Marios Hartsiotis, will take place at the Ministry of Justice and Public Order, while the handover-takeover cerem
ony of the portfolio of the Ministry of Health between the outgoing Minister, Popi Kanari, and the new Minister, Michael Damianos, at the Ministry of Health will take place at 12.45.
Futhermore, at 13.30 the newly-appointed Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Nicodemos Damianou, will take over the portfolio of the Deputy Ministry from the outgoing Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Philippos Hadjizacharias, at the Deputy Ministry premises and at 1415 the handover-takeover ceremony of the portfolio of the Office of the Commissioner for the Environment between the outgoing Commissioner, Maria Panayiotou, and the new Commissioner, Antonia Theodosiou, will take place at the Office of the Commissioner for the Environment.
Source: Cyprus News Agency