Greece: 1st woman appointed prime minister, to lead interim government

“I believe that this government will also have to handle crucial matters”, Thanou said in her first public comments in office, singling out for mention ...

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Greece swears in its first female prime minister

Greece's top Supreme Court judge Vassiliki Thanou attends a swearing in ceremony as the country's caretaker Prime Minister, at the Presidential ...

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Greek Crisis: Syriza Purges 'Traitors' Ahead Of Election, Varoufakis Will Not Stand

The former Greek Prime Minister and head of the left-wing Syriza Party, Alexis Tsipras, resigned as Prime Minister earlier this month. As Breitbart ...

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Tsipras Hands Over Seat to Greece’s First Female Prime Minister

Greece’s departing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday handed over his seat to interim Prime Minister Vassiliki Thanou as the country goes to elections on September 20. Alexis Tsipras welcomed newly sworn-in Prime Minister Vassiliki Thanou in his ...

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Vasiliki Thanou the first woman Prime Minister of Greece

Athens, August 28, 2015/ Independent Balkan News Agency By Spiros Sideris The first woman prime minister in the history of Greece is a fact. Vasiliki Thanou, from the presidency of the Supreme Court, takes over as interim prime minister of the country, until the conduct of the upcoming elections on September 20, as head of […]

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Greece Appoints Its First Female Prime Minister

Supreme Court head Vassiliki Thanou, 65, was appointed

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Judge Vassiliki Thanou sworn in as Greece's first female prime minister

Greece's top Supreme Court judge Vassiliki Thanou attends a swearing-in ceremony as the country's caretaker prime minister at the Presidential Palace in Athens on Thursday. Photo: Alkis Konstantinidis Los Angeles: Vassiliki Thanou, president of Greece's ...

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Top judge Thanou becomes Greece's first female prime minister

Greece's caretaker prime minister Vassiliki Thanou (l) escorts outgoing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras following a handover ceremony at the prime ...

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Greece Appoints 1st Female Prime Minister Ahead of Snap Poll

Greece's 1st female prime minister sworn in to head interim government ahead of early election

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Greek President Appoints Caretaker Prime Minister Ahead of Early Elections

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos appointed on Thursday the head of the country's Supreme Court, Vassiliki Thanou, as the caretaker prime minister ahead of the early general elections. Thanou, who became the first female Greek prime minister, will swear her oath of office later on Thursday, while her cabinet will be inaugurated on Friday, daily Kathimerini informs. The exact date of the early elections will be announced by Pavlopoulos by the end fo the week, the most likely date being September 20. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced his resignation last week after his government lost its parliamentary majority following a major rebellion within the SYRIZA party. The dissent within the main ruling party was caused by the agreement of the third bailout programme between the government in Athens and its international creditors. Earlier on Wednesday, Tsipras ruled out forming a national unity government with the conservative New Democracy, socialist PASOK or the centrist To Potami party in case his party fails to win an outright majority in the forthcoming elections.

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Greek Supreme Court leader named country's 1st female prime minister

The president of Greece's supreme court Thursday was named head of a caretaker government that will lead the country until elections expected next ...

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Greece names new prime minister

The Greek president has appointed an interim prime minister as the country prepares for fresh elections in September. Vassiliki Thanou's selection comes after all the major parties were unable to form governments.

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Greece’s Transitional Prime Minister Thanou to be Sworn in at 8pm Thursday

Vassiliki Thanou, President of the Supreme Court, will be sworn in transitional prime minister of Greece at 8:00 pm Thursday and Greece will go to general elections on September 20. After political leaders failed to form a coalition government from the present parliament, the President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos has called Mrs Thanou to

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Greece appoints prime minister to lead caretaker government ahead of election

Greece's president has appointed the head of the country's Supreme Court as prime minister to lead a caretaker government as the country heads to early elections next month. President Prokopis Pavlopoulos named Vassiliki Thanou as Greece's new prime ...

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First female prime minister for Greece announced

Greece's top Supreme Court judge Vassiliki Thanou was named the head of a caretaker government to lead the country to elections, which are ...

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Supreme Court head named caretaker Greek PM

The head of Greece's Supreme Court, Vassiliki Thanou, was named Thursday as the country's caretaker prime minister ahead of early elections, the president's office said.

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Greek far-left leader gives up coalition bid, election near

Greece's far-left leader on Thursday formally gave up a bid to form a coalition government, allowing the country's president to finally set a date for early elections after a week of fruitless political wrangling. After using up all three days allowed, Popular Unity leader Panagiotis Lafazanis returned a mandate to form a government given to him as head of the third-largest bloc in parliament after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned last week. "I think we can go to elections in keeping with the spirit of the constitution," Lafazanis told Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos in a meeting at the president's office.

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Greece's Prime Minister rules out coalition partners and says Yanis Varoufakis 'lost his credibility'

Alexis Tsipras and Yanis Varoufakis APGreece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, right, and Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis attend a Presidential vote ...

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Greece races towards elections after Prime Minister Tsipras quits

The Greek government announced on Tuesday that it is aiming for a September 20 election date after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned owing to ...

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Greece Snap Elections Edge Closer, Caretaker Prime Minister Looms

With party leaders unwilling to meet President Prokopis Pavlopoulos in a last-ditch attempt to form a government, new elections for Greece are looming in September, but not before a caretaker Prime Minister and interim Administration is named. The post Greece Snap Elections Edge Closer, Caretaker Prime Minister Looms appeared first on The National Herald.

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