A high court judge is set to become Greece’s first female president after two opposition parties sided with the centre-right government’s nomination.
Katerina Sakellaropoulou, 63, has served as president of the Council of State, a top administrative court, for the past 15 months.
A government spokesman, Stelios Petsas, said Ms Sakellaropoulou was set to receive “well beyond” the 200 votes needed for her election in a vote scheduled in the 300-seat Parliament on Wednesday.
Two centre-left opposition parties have already backed Ms Sakellaropoulou’s nomination, raising the total number of politicians from parties declaring support to 266.
Greece has a historically low level of women in senior positions in politics.
In the current cabinet, all but one of the 18 senior positions are held by men.
The president holds a largely ceremonial position and serves a five-year term.
If elected, Ms Sakellaropoulou will succeed President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, a 69-year-old veteran conservative politician and academic.
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