(VOVworld) – Vassiliki Thanou, the 65-year-old head of Greece’s Supreme Court, was appointed caretaker Prime Minister on Thursday, becoming Greece’s first female Prime Minister.

Vassiliki Thanou will lead Greece until elections that are expected in late September (Photo: AFP)

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos will announce this weekend the date of what will be Greece’s fifth election in the last 6 years. Last Thursday, Alexis Tsipras announced his resignation as Greek Prime Minister and called for early elections.