After the meeting of political leaders, which lasted less than half an hour, the Presidential Palace was visited by Chairman of the Chamber of Accounts Yannis Sarmas, where he took the post of interim prime minister.

In particular, shortly after 13:00, Mrs. Sakellaropoulou received the President of the Court of Accounts, Giannis Sarmas, in order to appoint him in accordance with Article 37 para. 3 sec. c of the Constitution, the formation of a provisional government, as widely accepted as possible, to hold elections.

In the dialogue that took place, K. Sakellaropoulou welcomed Mr. Sharma, telling him: “I called you because, as you know, at today’s council of political leaders it was officially established that it was impossible to form a government as provided for in Article 37, and so we have come to the last decision of the Constitution for the provisional government.”

“Madam President, thank you for the great honor given to me, this is my constitutional duty and duty. Thank you very much, I hope everything will be fine,” said Mr. Sharmas.

Regarding the composition of this provisional government, some names were known, such as V. Cascarelis and P. Apostolidis for the ministries of foreign affairs and national defense, although newer information indicates that others will be chosen.

The next two stages are initially the convocation of parliament on Sunday, May 29, for the sole purpose of swearing in the deputies. On Monday, May 30, a national delegation will be convened to elect the president, and K. Tasul is expected to be re-elected.

Then (even within the same day) will follow the issuance and submission to parliament of a new presidential decree on the dissolution of parliament and the official determination of the day of the new electoral competition.

Who is Yannis Sharmas?

OUR Ioannis Sharmas was born on Kos in 1957, married (1987), has two children aged 33 and 34.

In 1979 he graduated with honors from the Faculty of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University in Athens. With scholarships from the French government and the Foundation for Public Scholarships, he did postgraduate studies and received a Postgraduate Diploma (DEA) from the University of Paris II in criminal law (1980-1981), public law (1982-1983) and public finance. (1983-1985). His doctoral dissertation was on the law of the individual at the University of Paris II (1981-1985).

He then served in the Hellenic Air Force as a cadet (1984-1986), and in his last year of military service (1986) participated in the selection competitions for justice officers of the Council of State and the National School. government controlled.

His chosen one was a judge of the State Council (1987), and six years later (1993) he moved to the Accounts Chamber, where he remains to this day. He took office as Chief Financial Court President in November 2019 for a non-renewable four-year term that expires next November.

After fulfilling his official duties as Prime Minister, he will return to the duties of Chairman of the Accounts Chamber and will leave the judiciary in November 2023 due to the completion of a four-year term, and not due to an age limit.

It is recalled that the presidents of the three Supreme Courts of the country can remain in the leadership of the courts for up to four years, regardless of whether the age limit coincides with the age of retirement, that is, if they have not reached the age limit for leaving the judiciary.

Mr. Sarmas holds an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Law of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (May 2022), an honorary doctorate from the Department of Public Administration of the School of Economics and Public Administration of Panteion University (November 2022) and an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Humanities, Social and Economic Sciences International University of Greece (March 2023).

In 2002-2013, he was a member of the European Court of Auditors, and during his term, including at his initiative and proposal, the chapter “Achieving results” was included in the annual report of the European Court of Auditors.

At the same time, he was President of the Department of the European Court of Accounts (twice elected President of the Department).

He taught at the National School of Public Administration, Legal and Financial Methodology (1989-1999) and at the National School of Bailiffs the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Communities and the European Court of Human Rights (1997-2001).

He was the chairman of the legislative committee for the preparation of the Order of the Accounts Chamber. The committee, under his chairmanship, prepared a complete, comprehensive plan within 5 months. Over the past 30 years, many such attempts have been made, but to no avail. E.S. procedure was adopted by law 4700/2020.

He was the chairman of the working group on the development of the audit and administrative regulations of the Accounts Chamber. The team worked from September to December 2018, and with the subsequent introduction of the regulations, the Accounts Chamber has changed radically.