In the sectors of Health, National Defense and Local Self-Government, the largest pieces of the total pie are distributed 19,181 recruitments in the public sector for 2025, approved by the cabinet.
The number refers to recruitment of regular staff, as well as the maximum allowed number of recruitment of private law personnel of a certain time/lease of a project.
According to the presentation of the minister and the deputy minister of the interior, Thodoris Livaniou Vivis Charalambogianni respectively, and following the recommendation of the Public Sector Human Resources Committee, the distribution focuses mainly on the sectors:
- Health: a total of 4,016 positions were approved, to strengthen the National Health System, which fulfills the Prime Minister’s pre-election commitment of 10,000 recruitments following last year’s approval of 6,500 positions.
- National Defense: the entire request of the productive schools and an additional 2,000 professional soldiers were approved, bringing the total number of recruits to 3,796.
- Local Government: 2,717 recruitments were approved, which is among the strongest reinforcements of the period from 2020 onwards. Emphasis is placed on specialized staff and retributive services and special care to meet the needs of agencies based in the affected areas, as well as in the smaller municipalities.
- Climate crisis: A total of 831 recruitments with an emphasis on the fire department. All the requests of the production schools (330) were approved, as well as 450 positions of specialized firefighters on duty (Firefighters of Forestry Operations & Special Duties), plus 51 positions of other specialized personnel in the corps and the ministry (helicopter operators, engineers, co-pilots).
- Citizen Protection: 1050 in the productive schools (Probationary Constables and Deputy Constables) and 600 Special Guards. In addition to these, 100 security guards and external guards for the local detention centers and the Eleonas Rehab Center.
- Education: faculty members including appointments in university and medical schools and hospitals. Teachers for the 2025-2026 school year will be approved separately in May 2025.
- Justice: 100 court officers and more, 272 secretaries and other staff to support the faster functioning of the courts.
- Social cohesion and family: strengthening the structures of the newly established Ministry with 372 positions.
- e-EFKA: 220 seats.
- Control mechanisms – Independent Authorities: 550 positions in AADE, 60 in the Independent Labor Inspection Authority, 61 in RAAEF.
- Transportation: 370 positions in OSY – STASY.
- Reinforcement of consular authorities: 100 seats.
- Agricultural policy: 186 posts in the central service and the supervised bodies.
It is noted that the planning of 19,181 recruitments in the State for 2025 is a continuation of the 91,819 recruitments that have been approved for the years 2020 to 2024, resulting in the approved recruitments for the five-year period 2000-2025 to have risen to 111,000.
According to the above table, out of the total of approximately 111,000 approved recruitments:
- 26.1% concerns education
- 17.5% concerns health
- 13.2% concerns defense
- 11.7% concerns the local government
- 7.3% concerns the protection of the citizen
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