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Greece Elects First Woman President

EPA-EFE/PANTELIS SAITAS

Greece's parliament on Wednesday elected the first woman president in the country's history, a senior judge with an expertise in environmental and constitutional law, France24 reports.

A cross-party majority of 261 MPs voted in favour of 63-year-old Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou, parliament chief Costas Tassoulas said.

The new president, until now the head of Greece's top administrative court, the Council of State, will take her oath of office on March 13, he added.

Although the president is nominally the head of the Greek state and commander-in-chief, the post is largely ceremonial.


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