1st LD Writethru: Prokopis Pavlopoulos elected as new president of Greece
Xinhua, February 19, 2015 Adjust font size:
Prokopis Pavlopoulos, a moderate conservative former Minister of Interior, was elected on Wednesday as the new President of the Hellenic Republic.
A total of 233 deputies in the 300-member strong assembly voted in favor of Pavlopoulos during the roll call vote.
He needed a minimum 180 votes to be elected, under the Greek Constitution.
Nominated by the ruling party SYRIZA and its junior partner the Right-wing Independent Greeks, who jointly control 162 seats in the chamber, Pavlopoulos also had the support of the New Democracy, the party he joined three decades ago. Endit