    the prime minister of greece (), officially the prime minister of the hellenic republic (), is the head of government of the hellenic republic and the leader of the greek cabinet. the current prime minister is antonis samaras, who took office on 20 june 2012. the prime minister's official seat (but not residence) is the maximos mansion in the centre of athens. the office is described in the constitution either as prime minister or president of the government (Î ÏÏÎµÎ´ÏÎ¿Ï ÏÎ·Ï ÎÏÎ²ÎµÏÎ½Î®ÏÎµÏÏ). this is the reason why the prime minister is also addressed as "mr. president". == election and appointment of the prime minister == the prime minister is officially appointed by the president of greece. according to the article 37 of the greek constitution, the president shall appoint the leader of the political party with the  absolute majority of seats in the parliament as prime minister. if no party has the  absolute majority, the president shall give the leader of the party with a relative majority an exploratory mandate in order to ascertain the possibility of forming a government enjoying the confidence of the parliament. if this possibility cannot be ascertained, the president shall give the exploratory mandate to the leader of the second largest party in parliament, and if this proves to be unsuccessful, to the leader of the third largest party in parliament. each exploratory mandate shall be in force for three days. if all exploratory mandates prove to be unsuccessful, the president summons all party leaders, and if the impo
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