Third Hellenic Republic

Hellenic Republic Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Ellīnikī́ Dīmokratía  (Greek)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: «Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος» (traditional) "Freedom or Death"
Anthem: «Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν» "Hymn to Liberty"
Location of  Third Hellenic Republic  (dark green) – in Europe  (green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (green)  –  [Legend]
Capital and largest city	Athens 37°58′N 23°43′E / 37.967°N 23.717°E / 37.967; 23.717
Official language and national language	Greek
Religion	Eastern Orthodoxy; Greek Orthodoxy (prevailing faith)
Demonym	Greek
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic
• President	Prokopis Pavlopoulos
• Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras
• Speaker of the Parliament	Nikos Voutsis
Legislature	Hellenic Parliament
Formation of the Republic
• Independence declared from the Ottoman Empire	25 March 1821 (traditional starting date of the Greek War of Independence), 15 January 1822 (official declaration in the First National Assembly at Epidaurus)
•	3 February 1830
• Current constitution	11 June 1975
Area
• Total	131,957 km2 (50,949 sq mi) (97th)
• Water (%)	0.8669
Population
• 2015 estimate	10,955,000
• 2011 census	10,816,286 (80th)
• Density	82/km2 (212.4/sq mi) (120th)
GDP (PPP)	2016 estimate
• Total	$287.114 billion (51st)
• Per capita	$26,606 (44th)
GDP (nominal)	2016 estimate
• Total	$194.594 billion (44th)
• Per capita	$18,035 (38th)
Gini (2014)	34.5 medium
HDI (2014)	0.865 very high · 29th
Currency	Euro (€) (EUR)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy (AD)
Drives on the	right
Calling code	+30
ISO 3166 code	GR
Internet TLD	.gra
The .eu domain is also used, as in other European Union member states.

– in Europe  (green & dark grey)
– in the European Union  (green)  –  [Legend]

Third Hellenic Republic (Greek: Γ΄ Ελληνική Δημοκρατία) is the period in modern Greek history that stretches from 1974, with the fall of Greek military junta and the final abolition of the Greek monarchy, to the present day.

It is considered the third period of republican rule in Greece, following the First Republic during the Greek War of Independence (1821–32) and the Second Republic during the temporary abolition of the monarchy in 1924–35. The term "Metapolitefsi" (Μεταπολίτευση) is commonly used for this period, but this term concerns more often with the first years immediately after the fall of the military junta. While the First and Second Hellenic Republics aren't in common use except in a historiographic context, the term Third Hellenic Republic is used frequently.

Features of the Third Hellenic Republic are the development of social freedoms, the human growth, the European orientation of Greece and the political dominance of the parties ND and PASOK. On the contrary this period includes high corruption, deterioration of some economic indexes such as the public debt and nepotism mostly in political scene and the state seats.