 | This article needs additional citations for verification .(August 2023) |
This is a list of the 300 members who were elected to the Hellenic Parliament in the 2009 Greek legislative election. [1]
| | This article needs additional citations for verification .(August 2023) |
This is a list of the 300 members who were elected to the Hellenic Parliament in the 2009 Greek legislative election. [1]
| Name | Left | Constituency | Ratings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ariadni Agatsa | PASOK | Boeotia | Leave PASOK on 4 April 2012 | |
| Christos Aidonis | PASOK | Drama | ||
| Konstantinos Aivaliotis | LAOS | Athens B | ||
| Athanasios Alevras | PASOK | Athens A | ||
| Lítsa Ammanatídou-Paschalídou | SYRIZA | Thessaloniki B | ||
| Christos Aïdonis | PASOK | Pieria | Excluded from PASOK on 12 February 2012; Joined DIMAR on 25 March 2012 | |
| Savvas Anastasiadis | New Democracy | Thessaloniki B | ||
| Georgios Anatolakis | LAOS | Piraeus B | ||
| Ioannis Andrianos | New Democracy | Argolis | ||
| Mimis Androulakis | PASOK | Athens B | ||
| Panagiotis Antonakopoulos | PASOK | Elis | ||
| Evangelos Antonaros | New Democracy | National List | ||
| Antonia Antoniou | PASOK | Phthiotis | ||
| Milena Apostolaki | PASOK | Athens B | Leave PASOK on 1 November 2011 | |
| Savvas Anastasiadis | New Democracy | Laconia | ||
| Vaitsis Apostolatos | LAOS | Piraeus A | ||
| Chrysi Arapoglou | PASOK | Thessaloniki A | ||
| Evangelos Argyris | PASOK | Ioannina | ||
| Georgios Arvanitidis | PASOK | Thessaloniki B | ||
| Panteleimon Aspradakis | PASOK | Attica | ||
| Alexandros Athanasiadis | PASOK | Kozani | Excluded from PASOK on February 12, 2012 | |
| Elefthérios Avyenákis | New Democracy | Heraklion | Expelled from New Democracy on November 23, 2010 | |
| Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou | New Democracy | National List | ||
| Dora Bakoyanni | New Democracy | Athens A | Expelled from New Democracy on May 6, 2010 | |
| Aikaterini Batzeli | PASOK | Phthiotis | ||
| Panagiotis Beglitis | PASOK | Corinthia | ||
| Michalis Bekiris (el) | New Democracy | Attica | ||
| Emmanuel Benteniotis | PASOK | Piraeus A | ||
| Markos Bolaris | PASOK | Serres | ||
| Athanasios Bouras | New Democracy | Attica | ||
| Christos Chaidos | PASOK | Trikala | ||
| Michail Chalkidis | New Democracy | Imathia | ||
| Spyros Chalvatzis (el) | KKE | Athens B | ||
| Athanasios Chantavas | PASOK | Grevena | ||
| Maximos Charakopoulos | New Democracy | Larissa | ||
| Georges Charalampopoulos (el) | PASOK | Athens B | ||
| Charalambos Charalambous | KKE | Corfu | ||
| Achmet Chatzi Osman | PASOK | Rhodope | ||
| Paraskevi Christofilopoulou | PASOK | Attica | ||
| Alexandros Chrysanthakopoulos | LAOS | Attica | ||
| Michalis Chryssohoidis | PASOK | Athens B | ||
| Tilemachos Chytiris | PASOK | Athens B | ||
| Anna Dalara (el) | PASOK | Athens B | ||
| Eftychios Damianakis | PASOK | Chania | ||
| Athanasios Davakis | New Democracy | Laconia | ||
| Nikos Dendias | New Democracy | Corfu | ||
| Alexandros Dermentzopoulos | New Democracy | Evros | ||
| Yannis Diamantidis | PASOK | Piraeus B | ||
| Anna Diamantopoulou | PASOK | Athens A | ||
| Yannis Dimaras (el) | PASOK | Athens B | Excluded from PASOK on May 6, 2010 | |
| Panagiotis Dimitroulopoulos | PASOK | Elis | Leave PASOK on March 19, 2012 | |
| Argyris Dinopoulos (el) | New Democracy | Athens B | ||
| Iro Dioti | SYRIZA | Larissa | ||
| Giorgos Dolios (el) | PASOK | Evros | ||
| Theodoros Dritsas | SYRIZA | Piraeus A | ||
| Ioannis Drivelegas | PASOK | Halkidiki | ||
| Petros Efthymiou | PASOK | Athens B | ||
| Savvas Eminidis | PASOK | Kavala | ||
| Vasileios Exarchos | PASOK | Larissa | ||
| Aikaterini Farmaki-Gkeki | PASOK | Corinthia | ||
| Georgios Fragidis | PASOK | Kilkis | ||
| Spyridon Galinos | New Democracy | Lesbos | Expelled from New Democracy on February 12, 2012; Joined the Independent Greeks on April 3, 2012 | |
| Konstantinos Geitonas | PASOK | Athens B | ||
| Adonis Georgiadis | LAOS | Athens B | resign on February 17, 2012, replaced by Manousos Doukakis | |
| Vasileios Geranidis | PASOK | Thessaloniki B | ||
| Pavlos Geroulanos | PASOK | National List | ||
| Sofia Giannaka | PASOK | Aetolia-Acarnania | ||
| Michail Giannakis | New Democracy | Boeotia | Expelled from New Democracy on February 12, 2012; Joined the Independent Greeks on April 3, 2012 | |
| Konstantina Giannakopoulou | PASOK | Messinia | ||
| Athanasios Giannopoulos (el) | New Democracy | Phthiotis | ||
| Athanasios Gikonoglou | PASOK | Imathia | ||
| Vasileios Gioumatzidis | PASOK | pella | ||
| Leonidas Grigorakos | PASOK | Laconia | ||
| Angela Guérékou | PASOK | Corfu | ||
| Ioannis Guiokas | KKE | Attica | ||
| Konstantinos Guioulekas | New Democracy | Thessaloniki A | ||
| Kostis Hadjidakis | New Democracy | Athens B | ||
| Sotirios Hatzigakis | New Democracy | Trikala | Expelled from New Democracy on November 14, 2011 | |
| Tsambika Iatridi (el) | New Democracy | Dodecanese | Expelled from New Democracy on February 12, 2012; Joined the Independent Greeks on April 3, 2012 | |
| Theodoros Georgiou Ignatiadis | KKE | Thessaloniki B | ||
| Athanasios Ikonomou | PASOK | Ioannina | ||
| Pantelis Ikonomou (el) | PASOK | Athens A | ||
| Vassilios Ikonomou | PASOK | Attica | Excluded from PASOK on May 6, 2010; Joined DIMAR on March 26, 2012 | |
| Yannis Ioannidis | New Democracy | Thessaloniki A | ||
| Evdoxia-Eva Kaili | PASOK | Thessaloniki A | ||
| Apostolos Kaklamanis | PASOK | Athens B | ||
| Stavros Kalafatis | New Democracy | Thessaloniki A | ||
| Sofia Kalantidou | KKE | Thessaloniki A | ||
| Christos Kalapotharakos | LAOS | Attica | ||
| Stavros Kalogiannis | New Democracy | Ioannina | ||
| Panos Kammenos | New Democracy | Athens B | Expelled from New Democracy on November 16, 2011; Joined the Independent Greeks on April 3, 2012 | |
| Liana Kanelli | KKE | Athens A | ||
| Nikolaos Kanteres | New Democracy | Attica | ||
| Konstantinos Karagounis | New Democracy | Aetolia-Acarnania | ||
| Kostas Karamanlis | New Democracy | Thessaloniki A | ||
| Ilias Karanikas | PASOK | Eurytania | ||
| Theodoros Karaoglou | New Democracy | Thessaloniki B | ||
| Georgios Karasmanis | New Democracy | pella | ||
| Nikolaos Karathanasopoulos | KKE | Attica | ||
| Georgios Karatzaferis | LAOS | Athens B | ||
| Michail Karchimakis | PASOK | Lasithi | ||
| Anastasios Karipidis | New Democracy | Serres | ||
| Konstantinos Kartalis | PASOK | Magnesia | ||
| Dimitrios Karydis | PASOK | Piraeus A | ||
| Georgios Kasapidis | New Democracy | Kozani | ||
| Ioannis Georgios Kassaras | PASOK | Dodecanese | Excluded from PASOK on February 12, 2012 | |
| Haris Kastanidis | PASOK | Thessaloniki A | Excluded from PASOK on February 12, 2012 | |
| Michael Katrinis | PASOK | Elis | ||
| Anna Katsarou | PASOK | Halkidiki | ||
| Louka Katseli | PASOK | Athens B | Excluded from PASOK on February 12, 2012 | |
| Apostolos Katsifaras | PASOK | Attica | Resigned on December 28, 2010. Replaced by Maria Kyriakopoulou, herself expelled from the PASOK group on February 12, 2012. | |
| Christos Katsouras | PASOK | Thesprotia | Excluded from PASOK on February 12, 2012 | |
| Konstantinos Kazakos | KKE | National List | ||
| Simos A. Kedikoglou (el) | PASOK | Euboea | ||
| Simos V. Kedikoglou | New Democracy | Euboea | ||
| Charoula Kefalidou | PASOK | Drama | ||
| Olga Kefaloyanni | New Democracy | Rethymno | ||
| Emmanouil Kefalogiannis | New Democracy | Heraklion | ||
| Vassilis Kegueroglou | PASOK | Heraklion | ||
| Konstantinos Kiltidis | LAOS | Kilkis | ||
| Maria Klavdianou | PASOK | Zante | ||
| Konstantinos Kollias | New Democracy | Corinthia | ||
| María Kóllia-Tsarouchá | New Democracy | Serres | Expelled from New Democracy on February 12, 2012; Joined the Independent Greeks on April 3, 2012 | |
| Angelos Kolokotronis | LAOS | Thessaloniki A | ||
| Efstathios Konstantinidis | New Democracy | Florina | ||
| Odysseas Konstantinopoulos | PASOK | Arcadia | ||
| Georgios Kontogiannis | New Democracy | Elis | Leave New Democracy on November 24, 2010 | |
| Alexandros Kontos | New Democracy | Xanthi | ||
| Ioannis Korantis | LAOS | National List | ||
| Konstadinos Koukodimos | New Democracy | Pieria | ||
| Paraskevas Koukoulopoulos | PASOK | Kozani | ||
| Elena Koundoura | New Democracy | Athens A | Expelled from New Democracy on February 12, 2012; Joined the Independent Greeks on April 3, 2012 | |
| Tassos Kourakis | SYRIZA | Thessaloniki A | ||
| Panayótis Kouroumblis | SYRIZA | Aetolia-Acarnania | ||
| Evagelia Kouroupaki | PASOK | Chania | ||
| Dimitrios Kouselas | PASOK | Messinia | ||
| Efstathios Koutmeridis | PASOK | Serres | ||
| Georgios Kouroumanis | PASOK | Athens B | ||
| Yannis Koutsoukos | PASOK | Elis | ||
| Fotis Kouvelis | SYRIZA | Athens B | Leave SYRIZA on June 9, 2010; Joined DIMAR on March 26, 2012 | |
| Spyridon Kouvelis | PASOK | Athens A | Excluded from PASOK on February 12, 2012 | |
| Dimitrios Kremastinos | PASOK | Dodecanese | ||
| Michail Kritsotakis | SYRIZA | Heraklion | ||
| Panayiotis Lafazanis | SYRIZA | Piraeus B | ||
| Yannis Lambropoulos (el) | New Democracy | Messinia | ||
| Theofilos Leontaridis | New Democracy | Serres | ||
| Athanasios Leventis | SYRIZA | Athens B | Leave SYRIZA on June 9, 2010; Joined DIMAR on March 26, 2012 | |
| Georgios Lianis | PASOK | Florina | Leave PASOK on June 14, 2011 | |
| Dimitrios Lintzeris | PASOK | Piraeus B | ||
| Andreas Loverdos | PASOK | Athens B | ||
| Andreas Lykourentzos | New Democracy | Arcadia | ||
| Christos Magoufis | PASOK | Trikala | Excluded from PASOK on February 12, 2012 | |
| Yannis Magriotis (el) | PASOK | Thessaloniki A | ||
| Andreas Makrypidis | PASOK | Aetolia-Acarnania | ||
| Ioannis Maniatis | PASOK | Argolis | ||
| Angelos Manolakis | PASOK | Corinthia | ||
| Diamanto Manolakou | KKE | Piraeus A | ||
| Tsetin Mantatzi | PASOK | Xanthi | Excluded from PASOK on February 12, 2012 | |
| Spyropanos Margelis | PASOK | Lefkada | ||
| Georgios Marinos | KKE | Euboea | ||
| Pavlos Markakis | LAOS | Magnesia | ||
| Christos Markogiannakis | New Democracy | Chania | Expelled from New Democracy on August 19, 2010 | |
| Konstantinos Markopoulos | New Democracy | Euboea | Expelled from New Democracy on February 12, 2012; Joined the Independent Greeks on April 3, 2012 | |
| Georgios Mavrikos | KKE | Athens B | ||
| Evangelos Meimarakis | New Democracy | Athens B | ||
| Panagiotis Melas | New Democracy | Piraeus A | Excluded from New Democracy; Joins the Independent Greeks | |
| Athanasia Merentiti | PASOK | Trikala | ||
| Ioannis Micheloyannakis | PASOK | Heraklion | Excluded from PASOK on February 12, 2012; Joined DIMAR on March 26, 2012 | |
| Lambros Michos (el) | PASOK | Athens B | Excluded from PASOK on February 12, 2012 | |
| Maria Michou | PASOK | Pieria | ||
| Kyriakos Mitsotakis | New Democracy | Athens B | ||
| Athanasios Moraitis | PASOK | Aetolia-Acarnania | ||
| Nikolaos Moraitis | KKE | Aetolia-Acarnania | ||
| Spyridonas Moschopoulos | PASOK | Kefalonia | ||
| Ilias Mosialos | PASOK | National List | ||
| Vasileios Moulopoulos | SYRIZA | National List | ||
| Konstantinos Mousouroulis | New Democracy | Chios | ||
| Athanasios Nakos | New Democracy | Magnesia | ||
| Apostolos Nanos | KKE | Magnesia | ||
| Ektor Nasiokas | PASOK | Larissa | Resigned on 16 June 2011, replaced by Vasiliki Alexandridou | |
| Anastasios Nerantzis | New Democracy | Piraeus B | ||
| Georgios Nikitiadis | PASOK | Dodecanese | ||
| Varvara Nikolaidou | KKE | Piraeus B | ||
| Nikos Nikolopoulos | New Democracy | Attica | ||
| Grigorios Niotis | PASOK | Piraeus B | ||
| Emmanouil Othonas | PASOK | Rethymno | ||
| Athanasios Pafilis | KKE | Athens A | ||
| Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos | New Democracy | Kavala | ||
| Panos Panagiotopoulos | New Democracy | Athens B | ||
| Elena Panariti | PASOK | National List | ||
| Theodoros Pangalos | PASOK | Attica | ||
| Michail Pantoulas | PASOK | Ioannina | ||
| Evangelos Papachristos | PASOK | Preveza | Excluded from PASOK on December 14, 2010 | |
| Elisavet Papadimitriou | New Democracy | Argolis | Expelled from New Democracy on June 19, 2011 | |
| Dimitrios Papadimoulis | SYRIZA | Athens B | ||
| Athanasios Papadopoulos | PASOK | Attica | ||
| Michalis Papadopoulos | New Democracy | Kozani | ||
| Athanasios Papageorgiou | PASOK | Pieria | ||
| Miltiadis Papaioannou | PASOK | Athens B | ||
| Nikolaos Papakonstantinou | KKE | Athens B | ||
| Georgios Papamanolis | PASOK | Cyclades | Excluded from PASOK on February 12, 2012; Joined DIMAR on March 26, 2012 | |
| Ourania Papandreou-Papadaki | LAOS | Euboea | ||
| Giorgos Papandreou | PASOK | Attica | ||
| Vasiliki Papandreou | PASOK | Athens B | Excluded from PASOK on February 12, 2012 | |
| Aléka Papariga | KKE | Athens B | ||
| Konstantinos Papasiozos | New Democracy | Arta | ||
| Afroditi Papathanasi | PASOK | Phocis | ||
| Yannis Papathanasiou | New Democracy | Athens B | ||
| Christos Papoutsis | PASOK | Athens A | ||
| Dimitrios Papoutsis | PASOK | Kavala | ||
| Theodoros Parastatidis | PASOK | Kilkis | Excluded from PASOK on February 12, 2012 | |
| Fragkiskos Parasyris | PASOK | Heraklion | ||
| Prokopis Pavlopoulos | New Democracy | Athens A | ||
| Aikaterini Perlepe-Sifounaki | PASOK | Euboea | ||
| Georgios Petalotis | PASOK | Rhodope | ||
| Philippos Petsalnikos | PASOK | Kastoria | ||
| Foteini Pipili | New Democracy | Athens A | ||
| Ioannis Plakiotakis | New Democracy | Lasithi | ||
| Athanasios Plevris | LAOS | Athens A | ||
| Ilias Polatidis | LAOS | Serres | ||
| Vyron Polydoras | New Democracy | Athens B | ||
| Christos Protopapas | PASOK | Athens B | ||
| Ioannis Protoulis | KKE | Athens B | ||
| Grigorios Psarianos | SYRIZA | Athens B | Leave SYRIZA on June 9, 2010; Joined DIMAR on March 26, 2012 | |
| Yannis Ragoussis | PASOK | National List | ||
| Eleni Rapti | New Democracy | Thessaloniki A | ||
| Olga Rentari-Tent | PASOK | Evros | ||
| Dimitrios Reppas | PASOK | Arcadia | ||
| Panagiotis Rigas | PASOK | Cyclades | ||
| Asterios Rontoulis | LAOS | Larissa | ||
| Konstantinos Rovlias | PASOK | Karditsa | ||
| Filippos Sachinidis | PASOK | Larissa | ||
| Sofia Sakorafa | SYRIZA | Athens B | ||
| Nikolaos Salagiannis | PASOK | Karditsa | ||
| Marios Salmas | New Democracy | Aetolia-Acarnania | ||
| Antonis Samaras | New Democracy | Messinia | ||
| Anastasios Sidiropoulos | PASOK | Imathia | ||
| Nikos Sifounakis | PASOK | Lesbos | ||
| Dimitrios Sioufas | New Democracy | National List | ||
| Konstantinos Skandalidis | PASOK | Athens A | ||
| Stavros Skopelitis | KKE | Lesbos | ||
| Maria Skrafnaki | PASOK | Heraklion | ||
| Theodoros Skrekas | New Democracy | Trikala | ||
| Antonios Skyllakos | KKE | Larissa | ||
| Konstantinos Spiliopoulos | PASOK | Attica | ||
| Aristovoulos Spiliotopoulos | New Democracy | Athens B | ||
| Christos Staikouras | New Democracy | Phthiotis | ||
| Pavlos Stassinos | PASOK | Arta | resign on February 10, 2012, replaced by Christos Gokas | |
| Dimitrios Stamatis | New Democracy | Aetolia-Acarnania | Expelled from New Democracy on February 12, 2012; Joined the Independent Greeks on April 3, 2012 | |
| Emmanouil Stratakis | PASOK | Heraklion | ||
| Evripidis Stylianidis | New Democracy | Rhodope | ||
| Spyridon Taliadouros | New Democracy | Karditsa | ||
| Konstantinos Tasoulas | New Democracy | Ioannina | ||
| Kyriakí Tektonidou | PASOK | Thessaloniki A | Excluded from PASOK on February 12, 2012 | |
| Maria Theochari | PASOK | Karditsa | ||
| Ilias Theodoridis | PASOK | pella | Excluded from PASOK on February 12, 2012; Joined DIMAR on March 26, 2012 | |
| Michail Timosidis | PASOK | Kavala | ||
| Vasileios Togias | PASOK | Boeotia | Excluded from PASOK on February 12, 2012 | |
| Angelos Tolkas | PASOK | Imathia | ||
| Ioannis Tragakis | New Democracy | Piraeus B | ||
| Andreas Triantafyllopoulos | PASOK | Attica | Excluded from PASOK on February 12, 2012 | |
| Eleni Tsiaousi | PASOK | Evros | ||
| Konstantinos Tsiaras | New Democracy | Karditsa | ||
| Alexis Tsipras | SYRIZA | Athens A | ||
| Dimitris Tsironis | PASOK | Arta | ||
| Maya Tsoclis | PASOK | National List | Resigned on February 13, 2012, replaced by Tatiana Karapanagioti | |
| Nikolaos Tsonis | PASOK | Phthiotis | ||
| Vasiliki Tsonoglou-Vyllioti | PASOK | Boeotia | ||
| Nikolaos Tsoukalis | SYRIZA | Attica | Left SYRIZA on June 9, 2010; Joined DIMAR on March 26, 2012 | |
| Evgenia Tsoumani-Spentza | New Democracy | National List | ||
| Dimitrios Tsoumanis | New Democracy | Preveza | ||
| Athanasios Tsouras | PASOK | Athens A | ||
| Elpida Tsouri | PASOK | Chios | ||
| Theodora Tzakri | PASOK | Pella | ||
| Konstantinos Tzavaras | New Democracy | Elis | ||
| Michail Tzelepis | PASOK | Serres | ||
| Zisis Tzikalagias | New Democracy | Kastoria | ||
| Margaritis Tzimas | New Democracy | Drama | ||
| Anna Vayena | PASOK | Athens A | Excluded from PASOK on February 13, 2012 | |
| Georgios Vagionas | New Democracy | Halkidiki | ||
| Ioan Valyrakis | PASOK | Chania | ||
| Pythagoras Vardikos | PASOK | Samos | ||
| Miltiadis Varvitsiotis | New Democracy | Athens B | ||
| Kyriakos Velopoulos | LAOS | Thessaloniki B | ||
| Evangelos Venizelos | PASOK | Thessaloniki A | ||
| Georgios Vlachos | New Democracy | Attica | Expelled from New Democracy on February 12, 2012 | |
| Ioannis Vlatis | PASOK | Kozani | ||
| Odyssefs-Nikos Voudouris | PASOK | Messenia | Excluded from PASOK on February 12, 2012; Joined DIMAR on March 26, 2012 | |
| Spyridon Vougias | PASOK | Thessaloniki A | ||
| Ioannis Vouros | PASOK | Athens B | ||
| Eliza Vozemberg | New Democracy | Athens A | Expelled from New Democracy on February 12, 2012 | |
| Konstantinos Vrettos | PASOK | Attica | ||
| Ioannis Vroutsis | New Democracy | Cyclades | ||
| Maria-Eliza Xenogiannakopoulou | PASOK | Athens B | Excluded from PASOK on February 12, 2012 | |
| Sokratis Xynidis | PASOK | Xanthi | ||
| Yerasimos Yakoumatos | New Democracy | Athens B | ||
| Ioannis Ziogas | KKE | Thessaloniki A | ||
| Rodoula Zisi | PASOK | Magnesia | ||
| Nikolaos Zoidis | PASOK | Dodecanese | ||
| Christos Zois | New Democracy | Larissa | Expelled from New Democracy on February 12, 2012; Joined the Independent Greeks on April 3, 2012 | |
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring thousands of islands. The country comprises nine traditional geographic regions, and has a population of nearly 10.4 million. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras.
George Andreas Papandreou is an American-born Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2009 to 2011. He is currently serving as an MP for Movement for Change.
The Unity for Human Rights Party is a social-liberal political party in Albania supporting the Greek minority. Founded in 1992, it represents Albania's minorities and is mainly related to the Greek minority, and is the political continuation of Omonoia. It works with Omonoia, MEGA and other Greek parties in Albania at national elections, under a Greek bloc. The party is currently led by Vangjel Dule, who holds the party's only seat in Parliament.
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement, known mostly by its acronym PASOK, is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012 it was one of the two major parties in the country, along with New Democracy, its main political rival. In the June 2023 Greek legislative election it once again held firm on to its position of one of the ”big three” political parties of Greece.
New Democracy is a liberal-conservative political party in Greece. In contemporary Greek politics, New Democracy has been the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties along with its historic rival, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). New Democracy and PASOK were created in the wake of the toppling of the military junta in 1974, ruling Greece in succession for the next four decades. Following the electoral decline of PASOK, New Democracy remained one of the two major parties in Greece, the other being the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA). The party was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and in the same year it formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic. New Democracy is a member of the European People's Party, the largest European political party since 1999, the Centrist Democrat International, and the International Democracy Union.
The Ecologist Greens are a Greek green political party. They are a member of the European Green Party.
Psephology is the "quantitative analysis of elections and balloting", a technique within the branch of political science known as political methodology. Psephology attempts to explain elections using the scientific method and is related to political forecasting.
Theodora "Dora" Bakoyanni is a Greek politician. From 2006 to 2009 she was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, the highest position ever to have been held by a woman in the Cabinet of Greece at the time; she was also Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in 2009. Previously she was the Mayor of Athens from 2003 to 2006, the first female mayor in the city's history, and the first woman to serve as mayor of a city hosting the Olympic Games. She also served as Minister for Culture of Greece from 1992 to 1993.
Elections to the European Parliament take place every five years by universal adult suffrage; with more than 400 million people eligible to vote, they are the second largest democratic elections in the world after India's.
At a national level, Greece holds elections for its legislature, the Hellenic Parliament.
Antonis Samaras is a Greek politician who served as 14th Prime Minister of Greece from 2012 to 2015. A member of the New Democracy party, he was its president from 2009 until 2015. Samaras started his national political career as Minister of Finance in 1989; he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1992 and Minister of Culture in 2009.
The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance, best known by the syllabic abbreviation SYRIZA, is a centre-left to left-wing political party in Greece. It was founded in 2004 as a political coalition of left-wing and radical left parties, and registered as a political party in 2012.
Greece is a European Parliament constituency for elections in the European Union covering the member state of Greece. It is currently represented by twenty-one Members of the European Parliament.
European Parliament elections were held in Greece on 7 June 2009 to elect the 22 Greek members of the European Parliament. Members were elected by party-list proportional representation with a 3% electoral threshold. The number of seats allocated to Greece was reduced from 24 to 22, as a result of new member states joining the European Union (EU). Consistent with EU-wide rules, Greek citizens resident in another of the 26-member states were permitted to vote in the place where they currently reside.
Alexis Tsipras is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2015 to 2019.
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the north. It constitutes approximately the northern third of the larger geographical region of Macedonia. Skopje, the capital and largest city, is home to a quarter of the country's 1.83 million people. The majority of the residents are ethnic Macedonians, a South Slavic people. Albanians form a significant minority at around 25%, followed by Turks, Roma, Serbs, Bosniaks, Aromanians and a few other minorities.
Early parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 4 October 2009. Elections were not required until September 2011, but on 2 September 2009 Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis of New Democracy announced that he would request President Karolos Papoulias dissolve Parliament and call elections. Parliament was dissolved on 9 September.
Panagiotis Pikrammenos is a Greek judge and politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Greece from 2019 to 2023.
Lists of members of the Hellenic Parliament | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||