Greece Official Title: Hellenic Republic General Information: Capital Athens Population (million) 1n0/.a74 Total Area 131,940 km² Currency 1 CAN$=0.6613 EURO (EUR) (2018 - Annual average) National Holiday March 25, Independence Day (1821) Language(s) Greek Political Information: Type of State Republic Type of Government Parliamentary democracy. Unicameral with a 300-seat Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon). Prime Minister appointed by the President. Cabinet appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. Administrative divisions: 7 decentralized administrations run by federal government appointees;divided among them are 13 regions with Bilateral Product trade elected governors ("peripheries"). The New Democracy Party holds the majority of seats and Canada - Greece forms the government. 500 400 Balance Head of State Head of Government 300 Can. President Prime Minister s 200 Exports n o i Kyriakos Mitsotakis l Can. Prokopis Pavlopoulos l 100 i Imports M 0 Total Ministers: Foreign Affairs: Nikos Dendias -100 Trade Defence: Nikos Panagiotopoulos -200 Finance: Christos Staikouras 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Statistics Canada Main Political Parties New Democracy (ND) – 158, Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) – 86, Kinima Allagis Canadian Imports (KINAL) – 22, Communist Party of Greece (KKE) – 15, Greek Solution (Elliniki Lisi) – 10, from: Greece MeRA25 – 9 Foo d Prod. M ineral Prod . B ase M et al Prod. A nimal & Prod . C hemical Pro d. Elections: Pnre/asident (5 year term): next in 2020. Members of parliament (4 year term): next in 2023. Fat s, Oils & W axes 2019 Prod . V eg . Prod . Economic Information: (2018) IMF Statistics Canada Greece Canada GDP: (billion) $284n./5a4 $2,222.58 Canadian Exports GDP per capita: $26,503n./7a4 $60,078.85 to: Greece GDP Growth rate: (%) 2n./1a0 1.83 Leat her, F ur Pro d . Inflation: (%) 0n./7a7 2.24 V eg. Pro d . Unemployment: (%) 19n./6a0 5.83 M ach. M ech. Elec. Product Trade and Investment: (2019) Statistics Canada Prod. Specialized Inst . Canadian Exports: $132,329,1n7/a6 Canadian Imports: $279,934,3n9/a7 C hemical Pro d . Foreign Direct Investment in Canada (2018) n/a (million) A nimal & Pro d . 2019 Canadian Direct Investment to country (2018) $3n3/a1 (million) V ehicles and Eq uip . Statistics Canada Representation: Sources: Statistics/Industry Canada Foreign Representation in Canada http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/eng/Home Ambassador Dimitrios Azemopoulos IMF http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=28 Canadian Representation Abroad Ambassador Mark Allen February 2020 www.international.gc.ca HTML version: httpns/a://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/greece-grece/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/fs-greece-grece-fd.aspx?lang=eng.