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Greece-New PM/Swearing-in
Athens, Greece - July 8, 2019 (Host Broadcaster - No access Chinese mainland/Greece/No Archive)
1. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of Greece's conservative New Democracy party, Greece's newly-elected prime minister, arriving at presidential mansion to take religious oath
2. Various of Mitsotakis walking with Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos
3. Mitsotakis taking religious oath
4. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Kyriakos Mitsotakis, prime minister, Greece:
"The Greek people gave us a strong mandate to change Greece on July 7. We will honor this mandate in full. From now on the hard work starts. I have absolute confidence in our ability to make all-out efforts to tackle all challenges."
FILE: Athens, Greece - May 3, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Facade of Maximos Mansion
FILE: Athens, Greece - May 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Various of Greek Parliament building
FILE: Athens, Greece - July 5, 2017 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Greek national flag
Athens, Greece - July 4, 2019 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Various of Greek Parliament building, national flag, fountain
9. Various of pedestrians, stores, bank
Athens, Greece - June 21, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Various of traffic, pedestrians
Athens, Greece - July 4, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
11. Various of archaeological site of Acropolis
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of Greece's conservative New Democracy party, was sworn in on Monday as Greece's new prime minister after winning Sunday's national snap elections.
Accompanied by his family, Mitsotakis arrived at the presidential mansion to take his religious oath in a ceremony presided by the Orthodox Christian Church Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece.
He swore to safeguard the Constitution and the laws and to serve the general interest of the Greek people.
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos called Mitsotakis earlier in the morning and formally informed him that he has the mandate to form a government, after securing a solid parliamentary majority.
"The Greek people gave us a strong mandate to change Greece on July 7. We will honor this mandate in full. From now on the hard work starts. I have absolute confidence in our ability to make all-out efforts to tackle all challenges," Mitsotakis told reporters after the ceremony.
The newly sworn-in prime minister headed to the Maximos Mansion, where the seat of government has been based for the past few decades, for the handover ceremony.
According to data released by the Interior Ministry, Greece's conservative New Democracy (ND) party garnered 39.85 percent of votes with 158 seats in the 300-member assembly.
SYRIZA, the Coalition of the Radical Left of Alexis Tsipras, secured 31.53 percent of votes and 86 seats.
The last time a prime minister assumed power in Greece with a majority Parliament seats was in October 2009, when George Papandreou and his socialist PASOK won a landslide victory, just before the start of the Greek debt crisis.
Greece-New PM/Swearing-in
Dateline : July 8, 2019/Recent/File
Location : Greece
Duration : 1'56
Athens, Greece - July 8, 2019 (Host Broadcaster - No access Chinese mainland/Greece/No Archive)
1. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of Greece's conservative New Democracy party, Greece's newly-elected prime minister, arriving at presidential mansion to take religious oath
2. Various of Mitsotakis walking with Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos
3. Mitsotakis taking religious oath
4. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Kyriakos Mitsotakis, prime minister, Greece:
"The Greek people gave us a strong mandate to change Greece on July 7. We will honor this mandate in full. From now on the hard work starts. I have absolute confidence in our ability to make all-out efforts to tackle all challenges."
FILE: Athens, Greece - May 3, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Facade of Maximos Mansion
FILE: Athens, Greece - May 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Various of Greek Parliament building
FILE: Athens, Greece - July 5, 2017 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Greek national flag
Athens, Greece - July 4, 2019 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Various of Greek Parliament building, national flag, fountain
9. Various of pedestrians, stores, bank
Athens, Greece - June 21, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Various of traffic, pedestrians
Athens, Greece - July 4, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
11. Various of archaeological site of Acropolis
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of Greece's conservative New Democracy party, was sworn in on Monday as Greece's new prime minister after winning Sunday's national snap elections.
Accompanied by his family, Mitsotakis arrived at the presidential mansion to take his religious oath in a ceremony presided by the Orthodox Christian Church Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece.
He swore to safeguard the Constitution and the laws and to serve the general interest of the Greek people.
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos called Mitsotakis earlier in the morning and formally informed him that he has the mandate to form a government, after securing a solid parliamentary majority.
"The Greek people gave us a strong mandate to change Greece on July 7. We will honor this mandate in full. From now on the hard work starts. I have absolute confidence in our ability to make all-out efforts to tackle all challenges," Mitsotakis told reporters after the ceremony.
The newly sworn-in prime minister headed to the Maximos Mansion, where the seat of government has been based for the past few decades, for the handover ceremony.
According to data released by the Interior Ministry, Greece's conservative New Democracy (ND) party garnered 39.85 percent of votes with 158 seats in the 300-member assembly.
SYRIZA, the Coalition of the Radical Left of Alexis Tsipras, secured 31.53 percent of votes and 86 seats.
The last time a prime minister assumed power in Greece with a majority Parliament seats was in October 2009, when George Papandreou and his socialist PASOK won a landslide victory, just before the start of the Greek debt crisis.
ID : 8115513
Published : 2019-07-09 11:09
Last Modified : 2019-07-09 20:08:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV),China Global Television Network (CGTN),Pool
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