{"id":7,"date":"2026-03-11T11:15:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/ireland\/the-hellenic-republic\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:16:16","slug":"the-hellenic-republic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/ireland\/en\/about-greece\/government-and-politics\/the-hellenic-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hellenic Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 2024, the 50th-year celebration since the restoration of democracy (Metapolitevsi, \u039c\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03af\u03c4\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03b7) took place. The restoration of democracy in July 1974, after a seven-year period of military rule, signaled a turning point in Modern Greek political history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the web pages of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">President<\/a> <span class=\"wp-rich-text-font-awesome-icon wp-font-awesome-icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"fas\" data-icon=\"arrow-up-right-from-square\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-arrow-up-right-from-square \" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M320 0c-17.7 0-32 14.3-32 32s14.3 32 32 32h82.7L201.4 265.4c-12.5 12.5-12.5 32.8 0 45.3s32.8 12.5 45.3 0L448 109.3V192c0 17.7 14.3 32 32 32s32-14.3 32-32V32c0-17.7-14.3-32-32-32H320zM80 32C35.8 32 0 67.8 0 112V432c0 44.2 35.8 80 80 80H400c44.2 0 80-35.8 80-80V320c0-17.7-14.3-32-32-32s-32 14.3-32 32V432c0 8.8-7.2 16-16 16H80c-8.8 0-16-7.2-16-16V112c0-8.8 7.2-16 16-16H192c17.7 0 32-14.3 32-32s-14.3-32-32-32H80z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.primeminister.gr\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Prime Minister<\/a> <span class=\"wp-rich-text-font-awesome-icon wp-font-awesome-icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"fas\" data-icon=\"arrow-up-right-from-square\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-arrow-up-right-from-square \" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M320 0c-17.7 0-32 14.3-32 32s14.3 32 32 32h82.7L201.4 265.4c-12.5 12.5-12.5 32.8 0 45.3s32.8 12.5 45.3 0L448 109.3V192c0 17.7 14.3 32 32 32s32-14.3 32-32V32c0-17.7-14.3-32-32-32H320zM80 32C35.8 32 0 67.8 0 112V432c0 44.2 35.8 80 80 80H400c44.2 0 80-35.8 80-80V320c0-17.7-14.3-32-32-32s-32 14.3-32 32V432c0 8.8-7.2 16-16 16H80c-8.8 0-16-7.2-16-16V112c0-8.8 7.2-16 16-16H192c17.7 0 32-14.3 32-32s-14.3-32-32-32H80z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span> of the Hellenic Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opengov.gr\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Greek Open Government<\/a> <span class=\"wp-rich-text-font-awesome-icon wp-font-awesome-icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"fas\" data-icon=\"arrow-up-right-from-square\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-arrow-up-right-from-square \" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M320 0c-17.7 0-32 14.3-32 32s14.3 32 32 32h82.7L201.4 265.4c-12.5 12.5-12.5 32.8 0 45.3s32.8 12.5 45.3 0L448 109.3V192c0 17.7 14.3 32 32 32s32-14.3 32-32V32c0-17.7-14.3-32-32-32H320zM80 32C35.8 32 0 67.8 0 112V432c0 44.2 35.8 80 80 80H400c44.2 0 80-35.8 80-80V320c0-17.7-14.3-32-32-32s-32 14.3-32 32V432c0 8.8-7.2 16-16 16H80c-8.8 0-16-7.2-16-16V112c0-8.8 7.2-16 16-16H192c17.7 0 32-14.3 32-32s-14.3-32-32-32H80z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span> online portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":5,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-related-children-sidebar.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/ireland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/ireland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/ireland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/ireland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/ireland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/ireland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/ireland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/32"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/ireland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/ireland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}