{"id":806,"date":"2025-12-19T11:56:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T11:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/?page_id=806"},"modified":"2025-12-19T12:05:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:05:17","slug":"the-hellenic-parliament","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/about-greece\/government-and-politics\/the-hellenic-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hellenic Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/media\/2026\/03\/vouli.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67624\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hellenic Parliament is the supreme democratic institution that represents the citizens through an elected body of Members of Parliament (MPs), whose core activity is legislative work and the exercise of control over Government. It consists of 300 Deputies, elected through direct, universal, and secret ballot, for a term of four years, by citizens who are eligible to vote. Voting is compulsory. The Parliament is headed by the Speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the website of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellenicparliament.gr\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Hellenic Parliament<\/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>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":800,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-related-children-sidebar.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-806","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":807,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806\/revisions\/807"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}