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Helena Smith in Athens

Senior judge to lead Greek caretaker government until fresh June election

Senior judge Ioannis Sarmas (left) is sworn in as caretaker prime minister by the Greek president, Katerina Sakellaropoulou.
Senior judge Ioannis Sarmas (left) is sworn in as caretaker prime minister by the Greek president, Katerina Sakellaropoulou. Photograph: Theodore Manolopoulos/GREEK PRESIDENCY/Reuters

Greece will hold fresh elections on 25 June, with the country led by a caretaker government headed by a senior judge until the vote, after an inconclusive ballot last weekend.

The president, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, appointed Ioannis Sarmas, 66, to replace the outgoing prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, whose centre-right New Democracy party triumphed over the leftist opposition in Sunday’s poll but failed to secure a parliamentary majority.

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