# Mitsotakis places the National Intelligence Service under the prime minister

Date: 2019

After the July 2019 election [Mitsotakis](/people/kyriakos-mitsotakis) put EYP under his office, later confirmed in the Executive State law. Direct control is a completed governance act, not a finding that every later wiretap was ordered by him.

## People

- Kyriakos Mitsotakis: https://factrail.ai/people/kyriakos-mitsotakis

## Drivers

- Institutional Corruption: https://factrail.ai/drivers/institutional-corruption

## Sources

- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ced56p5l2wwo
- https://www.et.gr/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/gr-eyp-under-pm-2019