According to the Parliament’s regulation, three vice-presidents are elected from the first party in parliamentary power (ND) and one from each opposition party.
After a secret vote, Parliament which arose from the national elections of May 21, 2023 elected the 7 vice-presidents of the House of the Plenary.
According to the Parliament’s regulation, three vice-presidents are elected from the first party in parliamentary power (ND) and one from each opposition party.
Specifically, out of a total of 296 voting MPs, they received:
1st Vice-President, Nikitas Kaklamanis (1st Athens, ND): 296 votes in favor.
2nd Vice-President, Charalambos Athanasiou (Lesvos, SW): 294 in favor of two “present”.
3rd Vice-President, Thanasis Bouras (2nd West Attica, SW): 294 in favor of two “present”.
4th Vice-President, Meropi Tzoufi (Ioannina, SYRIZA): 294 in favor, two invalid.
5th Vice-President, Odysseas Konstantinopoulos (Arkadias, PASOK-KINAL): 290 in favor, 4 “present” and two invalid.
6th Vice-President, Giorgos Lambroulis (Larissas, KKE): 291 in favor, three “present” and two invalid.
7th Vice-President, Konstantinos Chitas (2nd Thessaloniki Hellenic Solution): 256 in favor, 38 “present” and two invalid.
Election of deans and secretaries
In a subsequent separate vote, the Parliament elected its deans and secretaries. Two deans and 4 secretaries from the coalition (ND), one dean and one secretary from the official opposition (SYRIZA) and one secretary from the second most powerful opposition parliamentary group (PASOK-KINAL).
Particularly:
For the office of deans, in a total of 296 votes, they received:
Anna Mani Papadimitriou (Pierias, ND): 295 in favor and one “present”.
Vassilis Yogiakas (Thesprotias, ND): 294 in favor and two “absents”.
Ioannis Sarakiotis (Fthiotida, SYRIZA): 295 in favor and one “present”.
For the position of secretaries in a total of 296 MPs received:
Kostas Kefalogiannis (Heraklion, Crete, SW): 295 in favor and one “absent”.
Maria Nefeli Hatziioannidou (Epiratias, ND): 295 in favor and one “present”
Domna Michailidou (A’ Piraeus, SW): 291 in favor and 5 present.
Konstantinos Kyranakis (Southern Sector of Athens, ND): 289 in favor and 7 present.
For the position of secretary:
Rally Christidou (Southern Sector of Athens, SYRIZA): 294 in favor and two “present”.
Manolis Christodoulakis (East Attiki, PASOK-KINAL): 295 in favor and one “present”.
Source: Skai
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