Chief of State : Mr Karolos Papoulias Head of Government : Mr Georgios Papandreou Minister/ Secretary of State/ Chairman of agency responsible for sports : Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mr Pavlos Geroulanos / Deputy Minister, Ms Aggeliki Gerekou / Secretary General for Sport, Mr Panagiotis Bitsaksis Chairman of the National Olympic Committee : Mr Spiros Kapralos Chairman of the National Sports Confederation :
Land surface : 131.957 km2
Population : 11,2 millions
Capital : Athens
Language : Greek
Currency : Euro
GDP per capita ($PPP) : 30,856
Budget of State (2009): € 155.000.000.000 Budget of the ministry responsible for sports:
€ 188.000.000 Principal financing source for sport: Government National sports federations : 52 Sports people member of a club :
National and international political priorities in the sports sector (2009) National :
· Promotion of Sport for All
· Encouragement of Fair Play – Ethics in Sport
· Restructure of the National financing system for Sport by developing a more transparent and credible framework.
International :
· Organization of International sport events (Special Olympics 2011, XVII Mediterranean Games 2013, 22nd Summer Deaflympics 2013)
· Active Support and Contribution to the Council of Europe policies for Sport
· The Implementation of the EU Sport policies (White Paper on Sport etc).
Organisation of sport in the country (2009) Ministry of Culture and Tourism
General Secretariat for Sport
Hellenic Olympic Committee
Hellenic Paralympic Committee
Sport Federations
Sport Clubs
Results of the last Olympic Games Summer Games (Beijing, 2008) Total of available medals: 4 Total of won medals: ( … th by gold ranking)
Gold: ; Silver: 2 ; Bronze: 2 Winter Games (Turin, 2006)
Total of available medals :
Total of won medals: ( … th by gold ranking)
Gold: ; Silver: ; Bronze:
World champion in 2009 (including non olympic sport):
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