Mitsot­akis as Greece's new prime minist­erATHENS: Greece’s conservative prime minister-elect Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed that the country would “proudly” enter a post-bailout period of “jobs, security and growth” after winning a landslide victory in Sunday’s general election. “A painful cycle has closed,” Mitsotakis said in a televised address, adding that Greece would “proudly raise its head again” on his watch. Mitsotakis will be sworn in as Greece’s new prime minister on Monday. The 44-year-old warned that his Syriza party would “dynamically” resist efforts to scale back the party’s pro-labour reforms. He is the son of former prime minister Constantine Mitsotakis, one of the country’s longest-serving parliamentarians.

Source: The Express Tribune July 08, 2019 09:45 UTC