| Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Θεσσαλίας – Στερεάς Ελλάδας | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1 January 2011 (2011-01-01) |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Greece |
| Headquarters | Larissa,Thessaly |
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| Website | www |
| Map | |
 Location of Thessaly and Central Greece in Greece | |
| Area served | |
| Supervisedregions | Thessaly, Central Greece |
| Regional units | 10 |
| Municipalities | 50 |
| Area | 29,586 km2 (11,423 sq mi)[1] |
| Population | 1,280,152(as of 2011)[2] |
TheDecentralized Administration of Thessaly and Central Greece (Greek:Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Θεσσαλίας – Στερεάς Ελλάδας) is one of the sevendecentralized administrations ofGreece, consisting of theperipheries ofThessaly andCentral Greece. Seated inLarissa, Thessaly, it is currently led by Secretary-General Rena Karalariotou.
Decentralized Administrations were created in January 2011 as part of a far-reaching reform of the country's administrative structure, theKallikratis reform (Law 3852/2010).[3]
They enjoy both administrative and financial autonomy[1] and exercise devolved state powers inurban planning,environmental andenergy policy,forestry,migration andcitizenship.[4] Beyond that, they are tasked with supervising the first and second-levelself-governing bodies: themunicipalities andregions, in this case the 50 municipalities of Thessaly and Central Greece, and the two regions themselves.
Covering an area of 29,586 km2 (11,423 sq mi),[1]Epirus and Western Macedonia is one of the largest of the seven decentralized administrations, second only to theDecentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace. With an overall population of 1,280,152,[2] it is however only medium-sized by population.
In the revised EuropeanNUTS nomenclature, the regions of Thessaly and Central Greece together with the three regions of theDecentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian form the first level NUTS region EL6 (Kentriki Ellada).
The Decentralized Administration is led by a Secretary-General (Γενικός Γραμματέας) who is appointed or dismissed by aCabinet decision upon request of the GreekMinister of Interior,[5] and is therefore considered the senior representative of thenational government in the regions.
Following theelectoral victory ofSyriza in January 2015, the new Minister for the Interior,Nikos Voutsis, 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.[6][7]
Current Secretary-General is Rena Karalariotou.[8]
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