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Chief of state: President Karolos PAPOULIAS (since 12 March 2005) Head of government: Prime Minister Georgios Andreas PAPANDREOU (since 6 October 2009)

Cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister.

Greece achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829.

In 1967, a group of military officers seized power, establishing a military Dictatorship that suspended many political liberties and forced the king to flee the country.

In 1974, democratic elections and a referendum created a parliamentary republic and abolished the monarchy.

Greece became the 12th member of the European Economic and Monetary Union in 2001.

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