Conservative Pavlopoulos elected Greek president

February 19, 2015 03:00

Pro-European conservative Prokopis Pavlopoulos won 233-30 votes to be named president on Wednesday, after receiving backing from the main center-right opposition party and the new left-wing government led by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

The 64-year-old's appointment to the largely ceremonial post ends a deadlock over the presidential selection that triggered snap general elections last month.

Pavlopoulos, a veteran politician and former law professor, was seen as a surprise choice, as conservative European Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos had been widely considered the favorite in the leadup to the vote.

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