Kleisthenis I Programme () is the common name of Greek 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 (, "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 Kapodistrias), passed the Hellenic Parliamen ...

and the 2010 Kallikratis Programme. Named after ancient Greek legislator Cleisthenes, the programme was adopted by the

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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 (

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, Servia-Velventos, Lesbos and Samos) were divided into smaller municipalities.

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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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