Greece's parliament on Wednesday elected Prokopis Pavlopoulos as the country's new president. The election of Pavlopoulos, 64, ends a stalemate over the selection of a head of state as Greece is trying to wrench a revision of the terms of its bailout deal international lenders. The veteran politician was supported by MPs from the two parties in the government coalition led by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who nominated him, and the main opposition party, center-right New Democracy, of which Pavlopoulos is a member. Pavlopoulos was elected in 233-30 vote in the 300-seat parliament, defeating fellow law professor and center-left candidate Nikos Alivizatos who was backed by centrist To Potami party and the center-left PASOK. Tsipras’ radical-left SYRIZA party swept to power in last month’s snap elections called over parliament’s failure to elect Stavros Dimas, the candidate for president nominated by former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, in December 2014.
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