Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been sworn in as Greece’s new prime\nminister, a day after his centre-right New Democracy party won a landslide over\nleftist Syriza, which had been in power since 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Official results showed New Democracy gaining 39.85 percent of the vote in Sunday’s snap election, compared with 31.53 for Syriza, led by outgoing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mitsotakis, 51, arrived at the presidential palace for the\nofficial swearing-in ceremony accompanied by his wife and three children. He\nthen headed to the prime minister’s office for a handover of duties and was\nexpected to name his cabinet later in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his victory speech, Mitsotakis vowed that Greece will\n“proudly” enter a post-bailout era of “jobs, security and\ngrowth”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“A painful cycle has closed,” the 51-year-old said in a televised\naddress, adding that Greece would “proudly raise its head again” on\nhis watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The election result gave New Democracy an outright majority with 158 seats\nin the 300-member Greek parliament. This marks a significant shift for the\ncrisis-hit country that was run for almost a decade by fragile coalitions of\nideologically divergent parties united by their stance either in favour or\nagainst Greece’s bailout deals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I asked for a strong mandate to change Greece. You offered it\ngenerously,” Mitsotakis said in his victory speech. “From today, a\ndifficult but beautiful fight begins.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For his part, Tsipras said his party’s loss was “anything but a\nstrategic defeat” following an election showing that was much\nstronger than expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I can assure the Greek people that from the benches of the opposition\nwe will be present to protect the interests of people of toil and\ncreativity,” he said, after calling Mitsotakis to congratulate him on his\nvictory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The other parties that passed the three percent threshold to enter the Greek\nparliament were the centre-left Movement for Change (KINAL), at 8.10 percent\n(22 seats); the Greek Communist Party, at 5.3 percent (15 seats); newcomer\nGreek Solution, a far-right party, at 3.7 percent (10 seats); and MeRa 25,\nanother recently formed party that is led by Yanis Varoufakis, a former Syriza\nfinance minister, at 3.44 percent (nine seats).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n\u2666 Capital: Athens
\n\u2666 Currency: Euro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"