Katerina Sakellaropoulou becomes Greece's first woman president

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High court judge and human rights advocate Katerina Sakellaropoulou has been elected Greece's first female president by parliament on Wednesday.

Sakellaropoulou was nominated by the ruling conservative New Democracy party, but also managed to secure the backing of the main opposition party Syriza and the center-left Movement for Change.

Following the vote, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the result offers"a window to the future."Mitsotakis's decision to choose Sakellaropoulou was widely seen as a move to counter mounting criticism about the lack of women in his cabinet where only a handful of women hold senior positions.

In November 2019, data released by Greek police show that registered incidents of domestic violence increased by 34.45% in the period 2014-2018.

 

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