Greece has appointed the country's first openly gay minister in a Cabinet reshuffle

Greece's centre-right government has named the country's first openly gay minister in a Cabinet reshuffle.

Nicholas Yatromanolakis, 44, was named as the new deputy minister of culture after being promoted from the position of general secretary at the ministry.

The government retained its ministers of health and finance.

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Greece is reeling from the impact of the pandemic that caused a spike in deaths in the autumn and is expected to have caused a 10.5% contraction of its gross domestic product in 2020.

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