The first female Greek Prime Minister in history is inheriting a nation on verge of national vote | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Vassiliki Thanou, president of Greece’s supreme court, was sworn in Thursday as head of a caretaker government that will lead the heavily indebted nation until elections expected next month. President Prokopis Pavlopoulos appointed Thanou, 65, as the country’s first female prime minister after leaders of the three main political parties failed to form a coalition to…

Greece has its first female prime minister, albeit for three weeks. Vassiliki Thanou is the country’s top Supreme Court judge and will lead the country to elections expected next month. Her new government will be sworn in on Friday. The 65-year-old is has been described as an anti-austerity advocate. She made a name for herself as…