Greece Government - 1985

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Hellenic Republic

Type: presidential parliamentary government; monarchy rejected by referendum 8 December 1974

Capital: Athens

Political subdivisions: 51 departments (nomoi) constitute basic administrative units for country; each nomos headed by officials appointed by central government and policy and programs tend to be formulated by central ministries; degree of flexibility each nomos may have in altering or avoiding programs imposed by Athens depends upon tradition and influence that prominent local leaders and citizens may exercise vis-a-vis key figures in central government; the departments of Macedonia and Thrace exercise some degree of autonomy from Athens since they are governed through the Ministry of Northern Greece

Legal system: new constitution enacted in June 1975

National holiday: Independence Day, 25 March

Branches: executive consisting of a President, elected by the Vouli (Parliament), a Prime Minister, and a Cabinet; unicameral legislature consisting of the 300-memher Vouli; and an independent judiciary

Government leaders: Dr. Andreas PAPANDREOU, Prime Minister (since October 1981); Christos SARTZETAK1S. President

Suffrage: universal age 18 and over

Elections: every four years; Papandreou’s Panhellenic Socialist Movement defeated the incumbent New Democracy government of

George Ralhs in elections held on 18 October 1981; presidential election 17 March 1985

Political parties and leaders. Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), Andreas Papandreou; New Democracy (ND), Constantine Mitsotakis; Communist PartyExterior (KKE-Ext), Kharilaos Florakis; Communist Party-Interior (KKE-Int), Giannis Banias; United Democratic Left (EDA), Ilias Iliou; National Political Union, George Popadopoulos

Voting strength: Parliament—Panhellenic Socialist Movement, 165 seats; New Democracy, 109 seats; Communists (Exterior), 12 seats; independents and minor parties, 14 seats

Communists: an estimated 25,000-30,000 members and sympathizers

Member of: EC, EIB (associate), EMA, F AO, GATT, IAEA IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IHO, 1LO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, 1OOC. ITU, IWC—Interna tional Wheat Council, NATO, OECD, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WSG, WTO

NOTE: The information regarding Greece on this page is re-published from the 1985 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Greece 1985 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Greece 1985 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.