Constantine Tassoulas is to be sworn in as President of the Hellenic Republic in a ceremony to be held on Thursday at 11:00. Tassoulas will succeed Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Greece’s first woman president and former Chief Justice of the Council of State.
Tassoulas, the former president of the Hellenic Parliament, was elected President of the Hellenic Republic on February 12, receiving 160 votes from the 300-seat Greek parliament.
The new Greek president will be welcomed to the Parliament by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the current Parliament President Nikitas Kaklamanis.
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Source: ANA-MPA
