Constantine Tassoulas sworn in as President of the Hellenic Republic

Constantine Tassoulas was sworn in as President of the Hellenic Republic on Thursday. Tassoulas will succeed Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Greece's first woman president and former Chief Justice of the Council of State.

Tassoulas, the former president of the Hellenic Parliament, was elected President of the Hellenic Republic on February 12, receiving 160 votes from the 300-seat Greek parliament.

The new Greek president was welcomed to the Parliament by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the current Parliament President Nikitas Kaklamanis.

Tassoulas left the parliament after greeting the party leaders.

After his swearing-in ceremony, the President of the Republic laid a wreath at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier.