Katerina Sakellaropoulou Independent Konstantinos Tasoulas New Democracy Indirect presidential elections were held in Greece beginning on 25 January 2025 for the president of the Hellenic Republic.
[3] The Communist Party of Greece nevertheless refused to support this proposal, recalling its opposition to the existence of the presidential institution.
[8][9][10] On 13 January 2025, in an interview on a radio station, the chairman of the party Niki, Dimitris Natsios, announced his proposal to nominate as a candidate Konstantinos Kyriakou, a Greek minority member of Albania and a member of the party, who was imprisoned during the days of Albania's socialist regime in the 1970s.
[11][12] On 15 January 2025, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in a televised message, announced his intention to nominate the Speaker of the Parliament, Konstantinos Tasoulas, as a presidential candidate.
In this case, the names of former prime ministers Kostas Karamanlis, Panagiotis Pikrammenos, and Antonis Samaras, as well as parliamentary speaker Konstantinos Tasoulas, were mentioned.
[17] The possibility of a candidacy by the Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, is also being put forward within the ranks of the parliamentary majority.