Area: 132 000 km²
Population: 10.5 million
Capital city: Athens
Currency: 1 euro = 100 cent
National day: 25 March
EU-membership: 1 January 1981 (EC)

Head of State: President Karolos Papoulias
Head of Government: Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis
Foreign Minister: Dora Bakoyannis
Government: Nea Dimokratia (ND, New Democracy, 165 seats)
Parliament: Unicameral: Vouli, 300 members, elections every 4 years

GDP: € 180.0 billion (2005)
GDP per capita in PPS: € 16 351 (2005)
Economic growth in real terms: + 3.6% (2005)

Links:
Head of State: http://www.presidency.gr
Head of Government: http://www.primeminister.gr
Head of Government: http://www.government.gr
Foreign Minister: http://www2.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US
Parliament: http://www.parliament.gr

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