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Greece
Last reviewed: 17 November 2009

Country information

POLITICS

• Prime Minister and Foreign Minister: George Papandreou (PASOK)
• Alternate Foreign Affairs: Dimitris Droutsas
• Finance: George Papaconstantinou
• Defence: Evangelos Venizelos
• Leader of main opposition: Costas Karamanlis (New Democracy

Political Parties:

In October 2009, the Government centre-left PASOK were elected to a four-year term with an absolute majority of twenty seats.

The former government New Democracy party now forms the main opposition, although other parties are also represented in parliament (see below):

Current composition of parliament:

• PASOK (160)
• New Democracy (91)
• KKE (21)
• LAOS (15)
• SYRIZA (13)

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See Also

Useful Links

• BBC Timeline of Greece
• British Council: Greece
• Greece Now includes a Greek timeline, city guides, latest news and weather
• Kathimerini - English language version of Greek daily newspaper
• UK Trade & Investment Country Profile: Greece

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