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Stefanos Tamvakis New President of SAE
Stefanos Tamvakis, from Alexandria, was elected as the new president of the World Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE), during the sessions of its 6th World Convention, in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, on Saturday. Tamvakis in the second round of the elections for a new SAE president, garnered 238 votes (55.74 per cent), against 189 votes (44.26 per cent) for Christos Tomaras, from Chicago.
Olga Sarantopoulou, from Vienna, was elected Secretary and Costas Dimitriou, from Cologne, Treasurer. Philip Christopher, from New York, was elected Vice President, representing the overseas Cypriot organizations POMAK and PSEKA. More than five hundred delegates of Hellenes abroad gathered in Thessaloniki for the 6th World Conference, that was concluded yesterday.
Addressing the opening session of the conference on Friday, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis said Greeks living abroad will be able to vote in the general elections to take place in Greece after the next general elections due by March 2008, and voting will be based on the European Parliament election model.
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