The date for national elections has now been set at 21st May. On Friday 21st April, the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou to confirm the date, and shortly after 8.00 pm on the same day, the Presidential Decree announcing the dissolution of Parliament was posted outside the Presidential Mansion. By convention, the members of the current government remain in their posts until the election date, with the exception of the minister of the Interior, who is replaced with a stand-in, and the Government spokesman who is replaced by the minister of State.