The Executive State () is a governance system of the Hellenic Republic established by the First Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis in August 2019 with the Law 4622/2019 (Greek: Νόμος 4622/2019), the first to be validated during that Parliamentary Period.Presidency of the Hellenic Republic, Hellenic Statistical Authority, GREECE, Voluntary National Review 2022, On the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, p. 13
Ιn Greece and abroad, the Law 4622/2019, subtitled "Executive State: organisation, operation and transparency of the Government, government bodies and central public administration", is also referred to as the "Executive State" Law.European Commission, COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT, 2020 Rule of Law Report Country Chapter on the rule of law situation in Greece, pp. 8, 10-11
Description
Presidency of the Government The Executive State is a centralised governance system, characterised by the establishment of "the Presidency of the Government", an autonomous public service with approximately 440 personnel (340 permanent and 100 nonpermanent positions), whose formation cost was declared by the government to be 184,800 euros in 2020.Government Gazette (Greece), Issue 236 (November 28, 2020), Presidential Decree No. 98 (in Greek), pp. 11433, 11444 The Presidency of the Government is controlled by the Prime Minister and consists of a group of Secretariats:Government Gazette (Greece), Issue 236 (November 28, 2020), Presidential Decree No. 98 (in Greek), pp. 11433
General Secretariat of the Prime Minister General Secretariat of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs General Secretariat for Coordination Special Secretariat for an Integrated Information System of Monitoring and Evaluating Governmental Action General Secretariat of Communication and Information With the Presidential Decree No. 19 published at the Greek Government Gazette Α 54/14-3-2022 in March 2022, the Special Secretariat for an I.I.S. of Monitoring and Evaluating Governmental Action was discontinued and the Special Secretariat of Foresight replaced it.Government Gazette (Greece), 54/Α/14-3-2022 (March 14, 2022), Presidential Decree No. 19 (in Greek), Άρθρο 4 (Article 4)
ERT, AMNA, EYP Most notably, with the Law 4622/2019 the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA) and the National Intelligence Service (EYP) were passed under direct control of the Presidency of the Government, whose head is the Prime Minister. More specifically, the General Secretariat of Communication and Information was given the supervision of the ERT and AMNAGovernment Gazette (Greece), Issue 236 (November 28, 2020), Presidential Decree No. 98 (in Greek), p. 11441 and the National Intelligence Service came under the sole control of the Presidency of the Government.
National Transparency Authority The Law 4622/2019 also included the establishment of an Independent Authority named the "National Transparency Authority", which incorporated five formerly separate auditing departments and an anti-corruption body, with the aim of tackling corruption and ensuring transparency and accountability throughout public life.Presidency of the Hellenic Republic, Hellenic Statistical Authority, GREECE, Voluntary National Review 2022, On the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, p. 161
Inter-ministerial personnel With the Law's article 104, provision was made for a group of inter-ministerial employees specialising in Public Policy Analysis, Legislative affairs, and Digital Policy Analysis.
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External links
Law 4622/2019 (Full text in Greek from the Greek Wikisource)
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