| Greece | September 2006 |
| | Sources include: Statistics Canada, IMF, EIU, Election World |
| General Information: |
| Title | Hellenic Republic | Total Area | 131,940 | km2 |
| EU Status | Member 1981 | Population | 10,645,343 |
| Capital | Athens |
| Currency | 1 CAN$= | 0.66 | | EURO |
| National Holiday | March 25, Independence Day (1821) |
| Language(s) | Greek |
| Political Information: | Economic Information:(2005) |
| Type of State | Republic | Please note that economic statistics reflect Canadian |
| | dollars & yearly averages for 2005. |
| Type of Government |
| | If blank, statistic unavailable |
| Parliamentary democracy. Unicameral with a 300-seat Parliament |
| (Vouli ton Ellinon). Prime Minister (leader of the majority party or the |
| majority coalition) appointed by the President. Cabinet appointed by |
| the President on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. |
| Administrative divisions: 13 districts ("Peripheries"), further divided | GDP in Country: (billion) | $270.05 |
| into 51 prefectures. Greece includes one autonomous district (Mt. | GDP in Canada: (billion) | $1,371 |
| Athos). Governing party: New Democracy (ND) - conservative. |
| | GDP per capita in Country: | $24,332 |
| | GDP per capita in Canada: | $42,498 |
| | Country GDP growth rate: (%) | 3.7 |
| | Canada GDP growth rate: (%) | 2.9 |
| | Inflation in Country: (%) | 3.5 |
| Head of State | President | Karolos Papoulias |
| | Inflation in Canada: (%) | 2.2 |
| | Country Unemployment: (%) | 9.9 |
| Head of Government | Prime Minister | Konstantinos | Canada Unemployment: (%) | 6.7 |
| | Karamanlis (ND) | Canadian exports from country | $139,099,815 |
| Ministers | Foreign Affairs: Dora Bakoyannis (ND) | Canadian imports from country | $145,405,722 |
| | Defence: Evangelos Meimarakis (ND) |
| | Economy & Finance: Georgios Alogoskoufis (ND) | FDI in Canada: (million) | $85 |
| | CDI in this country: (million) |
| Main Political Parties |
| New Democracy (ND), Panhellenic Socialist Party (PASOK), Communist Party of Greece (KKE), |
| Coalition of the Left and Progress - Radical Left (SYN). |
| |
| Parliament: ND (165), PASOK (117), KKE (12), Coalition of the Left and Progress - Radical Left (SYN) (6) |
| Elections | President elected by Parliament for a five-year term; next election, |
| |
February 2010. Members of parliament elected for a four-year term (288 |
| of the 300 deputies are directly elected, the remaining 12 are elected |
| from nationwide party lists on a top-down basis, based on the proportion |
| of the vote each party received); next election: March 2008. |
| Representation: |
| Foreign Representation in Canada | Canadian Representation Abroad |
| Ambassador | Yannis Mourikis | Ambassador | vacant |
| | Athens |
| Foreign Consulates in Canada | Canadian Consulates Abroad |
| Montréal,Toronto, Vancouver | Thessaloniki |
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