General secretary for public revenues Haris Theoharis resigns

The finance ministry's general secretary for public revenues Haris Theoharis submitted his resignation on Thursday, which was accepted by Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras. Theoharis cited personal reasons for his decision.

The minister thanked Theoharis for his valuable services, taking over a crucial ministry secretariat that had remain without leadership for more than a year, at the height of the fiscal crisis in Greece.

"Mr. Theoharis, through his efforts, decisively supported tax reform and the government's goals in the last two years with uprightness, a sense of responsibility and integrity. He was called rebuild taxation and customs administration from scratch, began radical reforms that laid the basis for its modern, independent and effective function. Most important of all, he did all this while steadily bringing results and systematically exceeding the targets set, something that was reflected in the good results in terms of the budget."