what form of government does greece use?
Hellenic Parliament
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 Rather than creating a government that was primarily a democracy ( as in ancient Athens ) , an aristocracy ( as in ancient Sparta ) , or a monarchy ( as in the Roman state before and , in many respects , after the Republic ) , the Roman Republic had a mixed constitution , with three separate branches of government : 

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 On 28 November 1864 , he took the oath to defend the new constitution , which created a unicameral assembly ( Vouli ) with representatives elected by direct , secret , universal male suffrage , a first in modern Europe . A constitutional monarchy was set up with George deferring to the legitimate authority of the elected officials , although he was aware of the corruption present in elections and the difficulty of ruling a mostly illiterate population . Between 1864 and 1910 , there were 21 general elections and 70 different governments . 

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 As of early 2008 , the official position of Greece , adopted unanimously by the four largest political parties , has made a more moderate shift towards accepting a " composite name solution " ( i.e. the use of the name " Macedonia " plus some qualifier ) , so as to disambiguate the former Yugoslav Republic from the Greek region of Macedonia and the wider geographic region of the same name . 

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 At the start of the 20th century , France , Switzerland and San Marino were the only European nations to have a republican form of government . The ascent of republicanism to the political mainstream started only at the beginning of the 20th century , facilitated by the toppling of various European monarchies through war or revolution ; as at the beginning of the 21st century , most of the states in Europe are republics with either a directly or indirectly elected head of state . 

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 Each form of government has its own merits and failings : 
