High court judge set to become Greece's first female president after two opposition parties sided with the center-right government's nomination.
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A government spokesman, Stelios Petsas, on Tuesday said Sakellaropoulou was set to receive"well beyond" the 200 votes needed for herTwo center-left opposition parties have already backed Sakellaropoulou's nomination, raising the total number of lawmakers from parties declaring support to 266. Greece has a historically low level of women in senior positions in politics. In the current cabinet, all but one of the 18 senior positions are held by men. The president holds a largely ceremonial position and serves a five-year term. If elected, Sakellaropoulou will succeed President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, a 69-year-old veteran conservative politician and academic.
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