Kleisthenis I Programme ( el, Πρόγραμμα Κλεισθένης Ι, Prógramma Kleisthénis I) is the common name of

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law 4555/2018 of July 2018, a major administrative reform in

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. It brought about the third major reform of the country's

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following the 1997

Kapodistrias reform Kapodistrias reform ( el, Σχέδιο Καποδίστριας, "Kapodistrias Plan") is the common name of law 2539 of Greece, which reorganised the country's administrative divisions. The law, named after 19th-century Greek statesman Ioannis Kapod ...

and the 2010

Kallikratis Programme The Kallikratis Programme ( el, Πρόγραμμα Καλλικράτης, Prógramma Kallikrátis) is the common name of Greek law 3852/2010 of 2010, a major administrative reform in Greece. It brought about the second major reform of the count ...

. Named after ancient Greek legislator

Cleisthenes Cleisthenes ( ; grc-gre, Κλεισθένης), or Clisthenes (c. 570c. 508 BC), was an ancient Athenian lawgiver credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in 508 BC. For these accomplishm ...

, the programme was adopted by the Hellenic Parliament in July 2018 and implemented in September 2019. The goal of the Kleisthenis I Programme was to reform the election procedures and to strengthen the competences of the local administrative units. The main changes were: *municipal elections take place every 4 years (formerly every 5 years) *municipal and regional referendums can be organised *six categories of municipalities were introduced *the distinction between municipal communities and local communities (as subdivisions of municipalities) was abolished Also, five municipalities that were created at the Kallikratis reform ( Corfu,

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, Servia-Velventos,

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and

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) were divided into smaller municipalities.

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External links

ΦΕΚ A 133/2018, Full text of Law 4555/2018 (Kleisthenis I)
in the Government Gazette of the Hellenic Republic Greek legislation Subdivisions of Greece 2018 in Greek politics Reform in Greece Mergers of administrative divisions Public administration

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