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Politics

The conventional short form for the country’s name is Greece (Ellas or Ellada ). Its conventional long form name is Hellenic Republic (Elliniki Dimocratia). The capital is Athens.

Since the Constitution signed the 11th June of 1975 (amended in March 1986), after the military junta and a referendum which rejected the monarchy, the newly built democratic Greek system is working like a parliamentary republic with a president as the head of state appointed by legislative.

The actual head of government (since September 2007) is the Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis and the chief of state is the President Karolos Papoulias (since 12 March 2005).

The president is member of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and the Prime Minister of the New Democracy party.

Political organization
The president is elected by Parliament for a five-year term; he is appointing the prime minister. The Cabinet is appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister.

- Legislative power is hold by the unicameral Parliament called “Vouli ton Ellinon”, of 300 seats, which members are elected for a four-year terms by direct popular vote (suffrage is universal and compulsory from the age of 18 years).

- The Judicial branch is organised as followed: Supreme Judicial Court and Special Supreme Tribunal are formed by judges appointed for life by the president after he has consulted a judicial council. The legal system is based on a codified Roman law and is judiciary divided into civil, criminal and administrative courts.
The political parties of Greece that are represented in the parliament are
NEA DIMOKRATIA
PASOK
SYRIZA
KKE
LAOS

Administration
Greece is administratively divided into 51 prefectures (nomoi-nomos) and one autonomous region called the Ayion Oros, on the Mt. Athos, a place led by the monks of the monastery and where it is forbidden for the women to penetrate it. The “nomoi are”: Ayion Oros* (Mt. Athos), Aitolia kai Akarnania, Akhaia, Argolis, Arkadhia, Arta, Attiki, Dhodhekanisos, Drama, Evritania, Evros, Evvoia, Florina, Fokis, Fthiotis, Grevena, Ilia, Imathia, Ioannina, Irakleion, Kardhitsa, Kastoria, Kavala, Kefallinia, Kerkyra(Corfu), Halkidhiki, Chania, Chios, Cyclades, Kilkis, Korinthia, Kozani, Lakonia, Larisa, Lassithi, Lesvos, Levkas(Leucada), Magnisia, Messinia, Pella, Pieria, Preveza, Rethymno, Rodhopi, Samos, Serrai, Thesprotia, Thessaloniki, Trikala, Voiotia, Xanthi, Zakynthos

Major political tension
Concerning the international disputes, Greece’s major concern is Turkey with which territorial, maritime complex and air disputes are very frequent. The Cyprus question does not ameliorate the situation. The other big international dispute is with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, a dispute that concerns the name of Macedonia.

Greece is part of many International organizations of which NATO (since 1952) and EU (since 1981).