Greece elects its first woman president
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Greece鈥檚 parliament yesterday elected the first woman president in the country鈥檚 history, a senior judge with an expertise in environmental and constitutional law.
A cross-party majority of 261 of the 294 MPs voted in favor of 63-year-old Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou, parliament chief Costas Tassoulas said.
The new president, until now the head of Greece鈥檚 top administrative court, the Council of State, will take her oath of office on March 13, he added.
She will take over from Prokopis Pavlopoulos, whose five-year term ends in March.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who personally nominated Sakellaropoulou, called her an 鈥渙utstanding鈥 judge whose candidacy 鈥渦nites all Greeks.鈥
The daughter of a Supreme Court judge, Sakellaropoulou completed postgraduate studies at Paris鈥檚 Sorbonne University.
She was also the first woman to head the Council of State.
Although the president is nominally the head of the Greek state and commander-in-chief, the post is largely ceremonial.
Greek presidents confirm governments and laws and technically have the power to declare war, but only in conjunction with the government.
Backed by the main opposition leftist Syriza and socialist KINAL parties, Sakellaropoulou鈥檚 candidacy secured one of the highest vote counts in parliament history.
Mitsotakis had emphasized that the selection breaks with tradition not only because Sakellaropoulou is female, but also because she is not a member of a political party.
Past presidents have often been senior party figures, such as former ministers.
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