“If anyone was asking me to give, in a nutshell, the essence of my five -year term in the presidency of the Republic, the experience I gained by serving the highest state institution and the guidelines that I tried to engrave all these years, I would say that I followed that I followed that Two basic checks. First, to remain absolutely faith to responsibilities And my obligations, as deleted by the Constitution and the laws. And second, to attempt an opening of institution in society‘. In these words, the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou He predicted the album entitled “THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC 2020-2025. The opening in society ‘, which was presented yesterday in Herod Atticus, a few days before the completion of her tenure in the supreme state post.

Referring to the publication, Mrs Sakellaropoulou spoke of a tangible presumption of her five years of his term in the presidency, a part of what took place, and in particular the opening of the institution to society.

Explaining exactly what it means to open the presidency to society, he spoke not only about the opening of the Presidential Palace to the citizens, to the home of the Republic, not only the garden performance for organizing events, but “Opening the institution itself and expanding its boundaries, so that the Greeks feel that they concern them, that there is a man of their own, not a distant symbol.”

As he said: “I really believe that by connecting citizens to the state is reinforced by the democracy“

He also stressed that this demanding venture would not have been achieved without the valuable contribution of its associates to the Presidency of the Republic, but also the courtesy of the bourgeois non -profit company “AGEAS” and the couple Thanassis and Marina Martinou, who also attended the Yesterday’s presentation.

Ms. Sakellaropoulou referred to the contribution of the Special Secretary of the Presidency Nikolaos Manouris in the efforts to restore the presidency building during her term, as the historic building needed immediate care due to the many years of deterioration. This is the invisible side of this term, as he noted, as many interventions were made externally and internally on the palace of Herod Atticus Street, but also at the Stisichorou Street mansion, as described in detail in the album.

The president thanked her Vasso Avramopoulou For the design and artistic editing of the publication, Theodoros Manolopoulos For the photos, while making special mention to her close associate and girlfriend Katerina Schinawhich took over the general editing of the publication.

For her part, Katerina Schina emphasized that “We all worked together consistently to capture the president’s will in this book, so that the Presidential Palace and the institution in society could open.” TheHow he explained, to do so were used historical data, narratives and experiences of people working in the presidency, as well as rich photographic material. In particular, he referred to the individual sections of album, such as visits to the Mansion and the events in the Presidency Garden, Artworks, as well as the second floor exhibition space, created on the initiative of Mrs Sakellaropoulou and hosted gifts, which received gifts. The president during her five -year term of office by foreign leaders, institutional bodies, municipalities and clubs during her visits to Greece and abroad.

Mrs Schina also talked about the unity of album, which reveals the kitchen of the Presidential Palace, pointing out that the President wants to highlight Greek gastronomy and winemakinghe decided to trust the menus of official dinners in a series of Greek chefs that cook creatively, but with respect to tradition.

In the context, this 16 Greek chefs, talk about this unique experience in the Presidency of the Republicand they note that it was not just a cooking challenge but a top price for each of them. Among them, Lefteris Lazarou, who edited the dinner to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution on 24.3.2021, Konstantina Faklaris, the first female chef to be hosted in the Presidency of the Republic and prepared the dinner in honor of the President. of the Republic of Northern Macedonia, Stevo Pentovsky on 5.10.2021, as well as the team 11 chefs from the Cyclades led by Konstantinos Bougiouris, who cooked together for the lunch in honor of the President of the Slovenian Republic Natasa Pirts Musar on 8.4.2024.

Special reference is also made to the Chefs of the Presidency of the Hellenic Republic Vasilis Bekaa professional with great experience and a staunch supporter of Greek flavors, who has cooked many times for needy and homeless, as part of the Presidency’s initiative for the distribution of meals in Athens and Thessaloniki, while also curating the lunch given by the President Homeless, former homeless, and sellers of “Scheme” magazine, in the Presidency of the Republic.

Also at 190 pages of album We distinguish the presidency Maître, Yiannis Dimos, along with the Chief Executive Panagiotis Koukos, and for the first time photos of the presidential mansion of the presidential mansion, which was built almost simultaneously with the construction of the 19th century palace. Some cabinets, in fact, carry the monogram of Constantine and Sophia, which rose to the throne in 1913. Today, the silverware and porcelain, which serves the official dinners of the Presidency of the Republic, are kept.

As noted, this edition will not be released on the market, but will be available to journalists and institutional persons.