Greece Gets First (Temporary) Female Prime Minister
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Greece's top Supreme Court judge, Vassiliki Thanou, has been appointed caretaker prime minister ahead of early elections next month.
President Prokopis Pavlopoulos named Ms Thanou after efforts to form a coalition failed. Last week, Alex Tsipras resigned as prime minister to seek a new mandate for office.
Ms Thanou, 65, becomes Greece's first female prime minister.
Elections are expected to be scheduled for 20 or 27 September.
Ms Thanou's appointment ends a week of fruitless negotiations as opposition party leaders tried unsuccessfully to form a government.