Interior ministry official to take over vacant sec-gen post after email leak

Nasos Balerbas, secretary-general of the Interior Ministry, will replace in the coming days another ministry official who resigned over a data breach scandal in which emails were sent to diaspora voters by a Conservative European Parliamentarian, Kathimerini understands. 

Balerbas, in charge of Interior and Organization, is one of four secretary generals in the ministry. The other offices are the General Secretariat of Public Administration, General Secretary of Local Government & Decentralization - a post held until recently by Michalis Stavrianoudakis who resigned - and General Secretary for Citizenship.

He is expected to carry out parallel duties for the next period while the two general secretariats may eventually merge in the future, sources said.

Stavrianoudakis' resignation came after the government said an internal investigation carried out by the Prime...