Question: Who has become the first female President of Greece recently?
(a) Julia Gillard
(b) Katerina Sakellaropoulou
(c) Jacinda Andern
(d) Jayda Fransen
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- European country Greece elected Katerina Sakellaropoulou as its first female president in the latest parliamentary vote.
- Katerina is a High Court judge and popular human right activist of Greece.
- Since 200 years, the time since Greece proclaimed independence, no woman was ever voted to be the head of the state.
- A total of 261 deputies out of 300-seat House voted in favour of Katerina to assume the role of President.
- She will take the oath for the post on March 13, 2020.
- Katerina will succeed Prokopis Pavlopoulos, a former conservative minister who held this post for 5 years.
Links:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/22/greek-parliament-elects-countrys-first-female-president
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/22/europe/greece-president-katerina-sakellaropoulou-intl/index.html