The Council of Ministers approved overall 19.489 new recruitment of regular staff In the public sector for 2026, following the presentation of the Minister and the Deputy Minister of the Interior, Thodoris Lebanese and Vivis Charalambogianni. The distribution of positions reflects government priorities, with emphasis on critical areas such as health, national defense, local government, citizen protection, education and climate crisis.
The key categories of recruitment for 2026
Health
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5.228 new positions
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Of these, the 5,000 relate to medical, nursing and other staff to strengthen all the structures of the NHS.
National defense
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Approval 1.517 positions For productive schools.
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Strengthening NIMTS, shareholders and ASEs with faculty.
Local government
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One of the strongest aid of the last six years.
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Priority in affected areas and small municipalities.
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Positions for engineers, veterinarians, agriculture/livestock technicians, public health supervisors and municipal police.
Climate Crisis – Fire Brigade
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The full request of productive schools (330).
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For the first time, approval for 605 General Duties Firefighters.
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Additional 91 posts Specialist staff (aircraft/helicopter operators, technicians, pilots, computer science, communications, etc.).
Citizen Protection
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950 tests.
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626 Special Guards.
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229 positions in detention facilities.
Education
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450 faculty members.
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Strengthening University Hospitals (Aretaio, Aegean).
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Recruitment in the central and regional structures of the ministry.
Infrastructure and Transfers
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150 recruitment In OSY.
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177 In Stable Transport SA.
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172 to the CAA.
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103 In addition to bodies such as Hellenic Metro SA, OASA, OSE, OAS.
Justice
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130 judicial officers.
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375 Judicial Officers.
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50 seats in the CoE and 45 in the Judicial Police.
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Total: 640 new hires.
Control mechanisms
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700 new positions in AADE (Tax, Customs, Informatics).
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40+ hires in the Labor Inspectorate.
Social cohesion and family
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315 posts In Social Welfare Centers, Chronic Disease Clinic, National Deaf Foundation, Blind Education and Rehabilitation Center and more.
ASEP
Total six -year planning
The planning of the 19.489 Recruitment for 2026 is then incorporated 122.203 of recruitment approved in the period 2020–2025.
In total, in the six years 2020–2026 have been approved 141.692 Recruits.
Distribution per sector (2020–2026)
Circle of Public Employees Reward
At the same time, the distribution was approved Circle of Civil Servants Reward 2025:
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The budget doubled at 40 million euros.
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Reward can reach up to 15% of earnings of an employee (in some cases equals a salary).
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Potential Beneficiaries: about 25,000 employees in 406 bodiesof which 281 are municipalities.
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For the first time, beneficiaries are also officials outside the Central Ministries.