The Greek election results, which saw the country’s opposition party New Democracy return to power have caused a stir.
Greece’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Terens Quick, a candidate for Syriza, has not be re-elected.
Mr Quick had been in charge of dealing with issues of the diaspora, working closely with Australia, and had faced backlash due to his stance on the Prespes Agreement.
Meanwhile George Varemenos, 2nd Deputy Speaker of Greek Parliament, was re-elected.
Mr Varemenos, who travelled to Australia earlier this year to take part in Greek Independence Day commemorations, was confronted by protesters in Melbourne who were vocal about their disagreement of the Greek government’s ratification of the Prespes Agreement.
When it came to Greek Australian candidates, Professor Nick Papastergiadis was unsuccessful. The Director of the Research Unit in Public Cultures at The University of Melbourne was a candidate for the first time, announcing last month that he would be joining Yianis Varoufakis’ party MeRA25.
Fellow Greek Australian Eugenia Arvanitis faced the same fate, unsuccessful as a candidate for the KINAL party.
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