PM's pick for president signals effort to reach widest possible consensus

Seeking to rise above partisanship and reach the widest consensus possible regarding the government's pick for the country's new president, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis nominated Katerina Sakellaropoulou, a top judge, for the post, in a televised address on state-run broadcaster ERT on Wednesday evening.

Sakellaropoulou is the head of the Council of State, the country's top administrative court. If her candidacy is approved by Parliament, she will be the first female president in Greece's history and will replace incumbent Prokopis Pavlopoulos, whose term expires in March.

"I think it's time for our country to have a worthy Greek woman in the highest position of state," Mitsotakis said in his public statement.

For her part, Sakellaropoulou described her nomination was an "honor for me and modern Greek women." 

Government sources have described...

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