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The Decentralized Administration of Epirus and Western Macedonia ( el, Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Ηπείρου – Δυτικής Μακεδονίας) is one of the seven decentralized administrations of
Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wi ...
, consisting of the peripheries of
Epirus sq, Epiri rup, Epiru , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = Historical region , image_map = Epirus antiquus tabula.jpg , map_alt = , map_caption = Map of ancient Epirus by Heinri ...
and
Western Macedonia Western Macedonia ( el, Δυτική Μακεδονία, translit=Ditikí Makedonía, ) is one of the thirteen regions of Greece, consisting of the western part of Macedonia. Located in north-western Greece, it is divided into the regional uni ...
. Seated in
Ioannina Ioannina ( el, Ιωάννινα ' ), often called Yannena ( ' ) within Greece, is the capital and largest city of the Ioannina regional unit and of Epirus, an administrative region in north-western Greece. According to the 2011 census, the c ...
, Epirus, it is currently led by Acting Secretary-General Vasileios Michelakis.


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 The Kallikratis Programme ( el, Πρόγραμμα Καλλικράτης, Prógramma Kallikrátis) is the common name of Greek law 3852/2010 of 2010, a major administrative reform in Greece. It brought about the second major reform of the count ...
(Law 3852/2010). They enjoy both administrative and financial autonomy and exercise devolved state powers in
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. Beyond that, they are tasked with supervising the first and second-level
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bodies: the
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, in this case the 30 municipalities of Epirus and Western Macedonia, and the two regions themselves.


Characteristics

Covering an area of ''Epirus and Western Macedonia'' is medium-sized by area. With an overall population of , it is however one of the least populated of the seven decentralized administrations in Greece, second only to the
Decentralized Administration of the Aegean The Decentralized Administration of the Aegean ( el, Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Αιγαίου) is one of the seven decentralized administrations of Greece, consisting of the regions of North Aegean and South Aegean. Seated in P ...
. In the revised European NUTS nomenclature, the regions of Epirus and Western Macedonia together with the two regions of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace form the first level NUTS region EL5 ( Voreia Ellada).


Secretary-General

The Decentralized Administration is led by a Secretary-General () who is appointed or dismissed by a
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decision upon request of the Greek
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, and is therefore considered the senior representative of the national government in the regions. Following the electoral victory of
Syriza The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance ( el, Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς – Προοδευτική Συμμαχία, Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás – Proodeftikí Simachía), ...
in January 2015, the new Minister for the Interior,
Nikos Voutsis Nikos Voutsis ( el, Νίκος Βούτσης; born 4 March 1951) is a Greek politician and MP who served as the Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction from January 2015 to August 2015, and as President of the Hellenic Parlia ...
, 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. Current Acting Secretary-General is Vasileios Michelakis.


List of General Secretaries

Since its establishment in 2011, the following General Secretaries have been appointed: * Dimitra Georgakopoulou-Basta, January 2011 – August 2012 * Ilias Theodoridis, August 2012 – August 2013 * Eftaxa Basiliki, August 2013 – February 2015 * Vasileios Michelakis, since February 2015


References


Literature

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External links

* {{Decentralized Administrations of Greece 2011 establishments in Greece Epirus (region) Western Macedonia
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