| Hauptstadt | Name: Athens geographische Koordinaten: 37 59 N, 23 44 E Zeitunterschied: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October etymology: according to tradition, the city is named after Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom; in actuality, the appellation probably derives from a lost name in a pre-Hellenic language |
| Unabhängigkeit | 3 Februar 1830 (from the Ottoman Empire); note - 25 März 1821, outbreak of the national revolt against the Ottomans; 3 Februar 1830, signing of the London Protocol recognizing Greek independence by Great Britain, France, and Russia |
| Nationalfeiertag | Unabhängigkeit, 25 März (1821) |
| Konstitution | history: many previous; latest entered into force 11 Juni 1975 amendments: proposed by at least 50 members of Parliament and agreed by three-fifths majority vote in two separate ballots at least 30 days apart; passage requires absolute majority vote by the next elected Parliament; entry into force finalized through a "special parliamentary resolution"; articles on human rights and freedoms and the form of government cannot be amended; amended 1986, 2001, 2008 (2016) |
| Wahlrecht | 17 Jahre; universal und obligatorisch |
| Exekutive | Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Prokopios (Prokopis) PAVLOPOULOS (seit dem 13 March 2015) Regierungschef: Prime Minister Kyriakos MITSOTAKIS (seit dem 8 July 2019) cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister elections/appointments: president elected by Hellenic Parliament for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 18 February 2015 (next to be held by February 2020); president appoints as prime minister the leader of the majority party or coalition in the Hellenic Parliament election results: Prokopios PAVLOPOULOS (ND) elected president by Parliament - 233 of 300 votes |
Quelle: CIA World Factbook - Version Dezember 31, 2019
