Greek Lawmakers Elect Country's New President in Fourth Attempt
(Bloomberg) -- Greek lawmakers elected the country's new president in a fourth round of voting.
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Constantine Tassoulas, a close ally of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his pick for the role, secured 160 votes and was elected in Wednesday's vote, when he only needed a simple majority of 151 lawmakers in the 300-seat parliament. In the previous three rounds he also received 160 votes mostly from Mitsotakis's center-right New Democracy party, which has 156 members of parliament, but failed to get elected as the threshold was higher.
Tassoulas will replace Katerina Sakellaropoulou, the first Greek woman to serve in the role. He was first elected as a New Democracy lawmaker in 2000 and has since served as deputy defense minister and minister of culture and sports. He was elected as speaker in 2019 and reelected to the post twice in 2023 until he resigned when Mitsotakis named him as his candidate to be president of the Hellenic Republic.
Opposition parties had made clear that they wouldn't support Tassoulas's candidacy, accusing Mitsotakis of picking someone who's an active member of his party's parliamentary group.
In Greece, the role of president is largely symbolic but he can appoint and dismiss the prime minister, other ministers and deputy ministers. He also represents the state internationally and is the titular head of the armed forces. The president serves a five-year term that can be renewed once.
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