"Lifting" in the leadership of the Police - Change in the position of Deputy Chief of Force

The processes are in full swing since the last quarter of 2021

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The relevant processes are in full swing already from the last quarter of 2021, with the aim of the "lifting" in the leadership of the Police taking shape and form in the next few weeks.

According to completely safe information, the changes of persons will be made in two installments, starting from the beginning of February, a month which marks a change in the position of the Deputy Chief of Staff, as well as the Assistant Chiefs.

In the first phase, until mid-February, the second floor of the Police Headquarters will acquire new tenants.

Given the retirement of the current Deputy Chief Christakis Mavris, the succession scenario converges, as ANT1 is validly informed, to one person.

MDT Police, positions

* The current Deputy Chief Christakis Mavris and the most dominant successor, Dimitris Dimitriou

The predominant successor of Christakis Mavris is the current Assistant Chief Operating Officer, Dimitris Dimitriou, who has an important parameter over other candidates: he is the oldest of the four current Assistant Chiefs of Staff. A competent source told ANT1 that the criteria for the appointment of the current Deputy Chief was similar. so it would not be at all unlikely that this precedent would be followed again.

The shuffle of the deck 

The apparent appointment of Dimitris Dimitriou as Deputy Chief of Staff will create a vacuum in the Business sector in which he leads. And at this point, it has been started for quite some time now, intense gossip and background, as they are arguing for the position of more than one person. Although there is plenty of time until mid-February to make the final decisions, some names do seem to be gaining the lead in filling specific posts, including the Assistant Chief of Staff. According to reliable information, either Christoforos Mavromatis, now Assistant Chief of Staff, or Giannakis Georgiou, currently the Nicosia Police Director, are intended to succeed Dimitris Dimitriou.

DGT Police, positions

* The current Assistant Chief of Operations, Dimitris Dimitriou and Giannakis Georgiou, Nicosia Police DirectorChanges in ADE Nicosia as well 

The possible relocation of the Nicosia Police Director Giannakis Georgiou to the first floor of the Headquarters will bring changes in the Nicosia Police Department as well. According to the information, Panikos Stavrou is predominant for the position of chief, who now acts as a police officer in Morphou, while for years he served in the Anti-Drug Service.

GPT Police, positions

* Giannakis Georgiou, Nicosia Police Director and Panikos Stavrou, Morphou Police DirectorThe other two positions are Assistant Leaders It should be added to the equation that by June, two more Assistant Leaders will leave. Specifically, in March, the Assistant Head of Support, Panikos Antoniou, retires, and in early June, the Assistant Head of Education, George Frangou. For these two positions, it seems that all three, so far, dominant successors have been "locked".

They are: 

  • Marios Christofidis (has been serving in a key service for the last few years)
  • Iakovos Ioannou (Director of TAE Headquarters)

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  • Christakis Papadimitriou (Larnaca Police Director)

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And possible surprises 

Although the scenarios seem to be taking their final form, there are many who are optimistic about a possible promotion and are already shooting at those in charge in this direction. As ANT1 is informed, these are persons who, either due to their position or due to seniority, are not in the "first line" of sorting, however this does not prevent them from observing intentions and possible dynamics. The final word, however, has the Minister of Justice, Stefi Drakou, and the Chief of Police, Stelios Papatheodorou, and in the next 24 hours a new meeting is expected, for preliminary decisions.

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