ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s lawmakers elected their country’s first female president Wednesday, with an overwhelming majority voting in favor of high court judge Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

A few days ago, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis nominated Katerina Sakellaropoulou as the country’s new president. Sakellaropoulou was elected on Wednesday in a rare political consensus that ...

A high court judge is set to become Greece’s first female president after two opposition parties sided with the centre-right government’s nomination. Katerina Sakellaropoulou, 63, has served as ...

Katerina Sakellaropoulou, a high court judge and human rights activist, on Wednesday was elected Greece’s first female president by the country’s Parliament with an overwhelming majority.

High court judge Katerina Sakellaropoulou has been elected as Greece's first female president with an overwhelming majority in a parliamentary vote. Katerina Sakellaropoulou, has been elected Greece’s ...

Greece’s parliament elected Katerina Sakellaropoulou as the first woman president on January 22, 2020. The 63-year-old was elected to the top post in a historic vote, which saw 261 of the total 294 ...