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Katerina N. Sakellaropoulou (Greek: Κατερίνα Ν. Σακελλαροπούλου [kateˈrina sacelaroˈpulu]; born 30 May 1956) is a Greek judge who has been the president of Greece since 13 March 2020. [2]
The president is the nominal commander-in-chief of the Greek Armed Forces and occupies the first place in the country's order of precedence. Although the Greek Constitution of 1974 vested the presidency with considerable powers on paper, in practice presidents took a largely ceremonial role; the prime minister of Greece is the active chief ...
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The London Conference of 1832, however, had prohibited any of the Great powers' ruling families from accepting the crown of Greece, and in any event, Queen Victoria was adamantly opposed to the idea. Nevertheless, the Greeks insisted on holding a referendum on the issue of the head of state in November 1862.
The President of the Hellenic Republic has a number of minor departments underneath them in order to help them exercise their duties. Although the office of President is largely a ceremonial one, and powers are only theoretically meant to be used in the event of a national emergency (where the safety of the Republic itself is in danger), these departments help the President keep track of the ...
9 June – 2024 European Parliament election 12 June – Papoura Hill Circular Structure: The Ministry of Culture announces the discovery of a large Bronze Age-era Minoan architectural construction used between 2000 and 1700 BCE at the construction site of the Kasteli Airport in Crete.
The order of precedence of Greece is fixed by the Decree 52749/2006 of the Minister of the Interior, [1] and prescribes the protocollary hierarchy of the Greek political leadership. The President, as head of state, is first, and the Prime Minister, as head of government, is second. President of Greece (Katerina Sakellaropoulou)
Pavlopoulos with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, 30 March 2016 Pavlopoulos with U.S. President Barack Obama, 15 November 2016. On 17 February, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras nominated Pavlopoulos as the ruling Syriza–ANEL coalition's candidate for the post of President of Greece in the presidential election that had begun in December 2014. [8]