Konstantinos Tasoulas elected new president of Greece

Tasolas, the candidate of the ruling conservative party, secured 160 votes in the 300-seat parliament. A total of 276 lawmakers participated in the vote.

In the fourth and last round of voting, the threshold for elections was the mere majority of 151 votes. With New Democracy holding 156 seats, Tasula's victory was guaranteed, followed. ATS, broadcast.

Tassos Giannisis, backed by the main opposition PASOK party, received 34 votes, while Louka Katseli, the left-wing candidate SYRIZA and the new left, received 29 votes. Costas Kyriakou, candidate of the far-right party Niki, received 14 votes.

The prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in his message of electing the president expressed conviction that Tasoulas will fulfill his role as a symbol of national unity and guarantor of constitutional stability.

The “Assembly today elected the 10th president of the Third Republic of Greece. I would cordially congratulate Konstantinos Tasulas, convinced that he will fulfill his high role as a symbol of our national unity, but also as guarantor of democratic normality and constitutional stability. For his mission, after all, he also has political prestige. The characteristics he has already displayed in public posts that he has been serving constantly for decades, but mainly from the House Speaker's headquarters, the task he was elected with broad interparty support. So he has everyone's respect at”, Mitsotakis said.

Tasolas will succeed Catherine Sakellaropoulos, whose term ends on March 13th. The oath ceremony is expected to take place on the same day.