| Current Government: |
Head of State – President Prokopios Pavlopoulos since March 2015. Next elections 2020.
Prime Minister: Kyriakos Mitsotakis, since July 2019.
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Constitution: Greece is a parliamentary republic . The current constitution came into effect in 1975 after the fall of the military junta that was in power from 1967 to 1974. |
Single chamber Parliament of 300 members elected for a four year term.
Next elections by 2019. |
Founder member of the United Nations and the OECD. It joined NATO in 1952.
Greece joined the EU in January 1981. Number of MEPs: 22 |
