♦ Greece’s parliament elected its former speaker, Constantine Tassoulas as the country’s president on 12 February 2025.

♦ He is a lawyer and a lawmaker since 2000 and has previously served as Greece’s Culture Minister and Deputy Defence Minister, won the backing of 160 lawmakers in vote in the 300-seat parliament.

♦ He will succeed Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Greece’s first female president, whose five-year term expires in March, 2025.

♦ Tassoulas will be sworn in as head of state on 13 March 2025.