The Greek Parliament today elected Konstantinos Tasoulas as the new President in the fourth and final stage of the procedure.
Konstantinos Tasoulas, candidate of the ruling New Democracy party, obtained the required majority of 151 MPs, collecting a total of 160 votes.
During today's procedure, 276 Members of Parliament voted and 24 abstained.
He garnered 160 votes of support in the 300-seat parliament in previous votes.
Voting began at 10:00 local (and Bulgarian) time.
The politician has now been elected three times as speaker of the Greek parliament with the biggest majority in the post-independence period: 283, 270 and 249 votes.
After the announcement of the result, Parliament Speaker Nikitas Kaklamanis went to the office of Konstantinos Tasoulas to announce that he would be the next President of Greece.
Statements by Kaklamanis and Tasoulas followed.
The swearing in of the new president of the republic in front of the members of the national delegation will take place on 13 March 2025, when the term of outgoing President Katerina Sakellaropoulou officially expires. | BGNES