Greece's Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense

Greece's Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA), the top decision-making body on foreign affairs and defense matters, will convene on Wednesday for the first time after the election of the new government at the Maximos Mansion.

Greece's Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) has extended the tenure of General Konstantinos Floros as chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA), it was announced Monday.

Floros, who first assumed office in January 2020, will serve for another year.

Greece's Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) extended on Thursday the terms of Lieutenant General Georgios Blioumis, chief of the Hellenic Air Force, and Michalis Karamalakis, the head of Greek Police (ELAS). 

Blioumis was first appointed to the post on January 2019 and Karamalakis on July 2019.

The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Greece's Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) is on Friday appointed Michalis Karamanlakis as the new chief of the Greek Police (ELAS) following a meeting at the Maximos Mansion.

Greece's Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) is to convene at 9 a.m. on Friday morning at the Maximos Mansion under Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

The issues to be discussed include the appointment of a new leadership to the Greek Police, with Citizens' Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis to propose candidates.

Opposition New Democracy has accused the government of trying to place the armed forces under SYRIZA's control with last week's new leadership appointments. 

Greece's Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) on Friday appointed Lieutenant General Christos Christodoulou as the new chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA), after Evangelos Apostolakis left the post to become Defense Minister.

A meeting of Greece's Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) was underway on Friday night, chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported, citing government sources.

The meeting at Maximos Mansion reportedly started at 8 p.m.