GOVERNMENT SYSTEM OF GREECE

Volume 1 / Issue 1

BACKGROUND

Greece received independce from the Ottoman Empire in 1830. In 1974, it was decided to remove the ruling of monarchy, and incorporated parliamentary republic within the government system. Greece was formally known as the Republic of Greece or the Hellenic Republic.

Karolos Papoulias Chief of State | President of Greece The country of Greeces government type is a parliamentary republic. Karolos Papoulias has been in power since March 12, 2005..Throughout his career, Papoulias was a pole champion, apolitical activists, a Member of Parliament, and President of the National Athletics Association. Papoulias has been reelected about eight times, so it will be a total of twenty seven years he has served Greece. Papoulias will be under going his fifth term as President. The country of Greece has been in severe economic crisis, which will the test the leadership of Kapaoulias

The coat of arms of Greece

Antonis Samaras Prime Minister|Politician|Economist Even though there is a President, the government of Greece is being led by the Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras since 2012.

The Greek Parliamentary Republic is made up of three branches, which are Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches. The legal system is brought up from civil legal system based from Roman law. There are forty people who make up the composition of the Cabinet and ministries of the government