Decentralized Administration of Attica
| Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Αττικής | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1 January 2011 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Greece |
| Headquarters | Athens, Attica |
| Employees | 698 |
| Agency executive |
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| Website | www |
| Map | |
 Location of Attica in Greece | |
| Area served | |
| Supervised Municipalities | 66 |
| Area | 3,808 km2 (1,470 sq mi)[1] |
| Population | 3,828,434 (as of 2011)[2] |
The Decentralized Administration of Attica (
.Formation and tasks
Decentralized Administrations were created in January 2011 as part of a far-reaching reform of the country's administrative structure, the
Kallikratis reform (Law 3852/2010).[3]
They enjoy both administrative and financial autonomyregions, in this case the 66 municipalities of Attica and the region itself.
Characteristics
Covering an area of 3,808 km2 (1,470 sq mi),[1] Attica is by far the smallest, but with an overall population of 3,828,434[2] also by far the most populated of the seven decentralized administrations.
In the European
Attiki
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General Secretary
The Decentralized Administration is led by a Secretary-General (Γενικός Γραμματέας) who is appointed or dismissed by a
Minister of Interior,[5] and is therefore considered the senior representative of the national government
in the regions.
In January 2014,
electoral victory of Syriza in January 2015, the new Minister for the Interior, Nikos Voutsis, declared that the decentralized administrations would be abolished, and their powers transferred to the regions. Until this reform is formalized, and as the Secretaries-General appointed by the previous administration resigned on 2 February, the decentralized administrations are run by their senior civil servants as Acting Secretaries-General.[7][8]
List of secretaries-general
- Ilias Liakopoulos (PASOK), January 2011 – August 2012
- Dimitris Kalogeropoulos (Nea Dimokratia), August 2012 – January 2014
- Manolis Angelakas (Nea Dimokratia), January 2014 – February 2015
References
- ^ a b c Ministry of Interior 2013, p. 12
- ^ a b "Demographic and social characteristics of the Resident Population of Greece according to the 2011 Population - Housing Census revision of 20/3/2014" (PDF). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 12 September 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-08.
- ^ Ministry of Interior 2013, p. 10 f..
- ^ Ministry of Interior 2013, p. 27.
- ^ Ministry of Interior 2013, p. 19.
- ^ Γενικός Γραμματέας Αποκεντρωμένης Διοίκησης [General Secretary of the Decentralized Administration]. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ Tania Georgiopoulou (5 February 2015). Κατάργηση Αποκεντρωμένων Διοικήσεων (in Greek). Kathimerini. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ Ο Βούτσης «καταργεί» τις Αποκεντρωμένες Διοικήσεις – Κίνηση-ματ υπέρ των αιρετών Περιφερειών (in Greek). aftodioikisi.gr. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
Literature
- Ministry of Interior (January 2013). "Structure and operation of local and regional democracy". Council of Europe.
External links
- Official website
(in Greek)
