Hellenic Parliament
Also known as Parliament of Greece, Greek parliament
legislative body of the Greek Republic
Key facts
- Type
- Unicameral
- Speaker
- Nikitas Kaklamanis , ND
- Deputy speakers
- List Giannis Plakiotakis , ND Georgios Georgantas, ND Athanasios Bouras , ND Olga Gerovasili , Syriza Paraskevas Koukoulopoulos, PASOK Georgios Labroulis, KKE Vasilios Viliardos, EL
- Prime minister
- Kyriakos Mitsotakis , New Democracy , since 26 June 2023
- Leader of the opposition
- Nikos Androulakis , PASOK – KINAL , since 21 November 2024
- Seats
- 300 seats
- Political groups
- Government ( Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis ) (156) New Democracy (156) Official Opposition (32) PASOK – Movement for Change (32) Other Opposition (109) Independents (40) Syriza (24) Communist (21) Greek Solution (11) Niki (8) Course of Freedom (5) Vacant (3)
- Length of term
- 4 years
- Voting system
- Plurality bonus system , (50 nation-wide bonus seats, proportional representation for 226 seats in multi-seat districts, 15 nation-wide seats), first-past-the-post voting in 9 single-seat districts modified by the national threshold)
- Last election
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The Parliament of the Hellenes (Greek: Βουλή των Ελλήνων, romanized: Voulí ton Ellínon), commonly known as the Hellenic Parliament (Greek: Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, romanized: Ellinikó Koinovoúlio), is the unicameral legislature of Greece, located in the Old Royal Palace, overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens. The parliament is the supreme democratic institution that represents the citizens through an elected body of Members of Parliament (MPs).