Mitsotakis sworn in as Greek PM, promises more jobs and 'big changes'

Newly elected Greek Prime Minister and leader of New Democracy conservative party Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks with President Katerina Sakellaropoulou at the Presidential Palace, following a general election, in Athens, Greece, June 26, 2023. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

ATHENS (Reuters) - Kyriakos Mitsotakis promised to rebuild Greece's credit rating, create jobs, raise wages and boost state revenues after he was sworn in for a second term as prime minister on Monday following a resounding election win.

His centre-right New Democracy party got 158 seats in the 300-seat parliament in the repeat election on Sunday, well ahead of the 48 secured by leftist Syriza which ran Greece from 2015-2019 at the height of the decade-long economic crisis.