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Same-sex marriage has been legal in Greece since 16 February 2024. In July 2023, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, head of the re-elected New Democracy government, announced his government's intention to legalise same-sex marriage.[1][2][3] Legislation was introduced to the Hellenic Parliament on 1 February 2024 and passed on 15 February by 176 votes to 76.[4][5] The Marriage Equality Bill was signed into law by President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and took effect upon publication in the Government Gazette on 16 February.[6] Greece was the 16th member state of the European Union, the 21st country in Europe and the 36th in the world to allow same-sex couples to marry.
Legalisation of same-sex marriage was one of the policy proposals included in the National Strategy for LGBTQI+ Equality[7], drafted by a special committee appointed by Prime Minister Mitsotakis in 2021.
Legislation recognizing cohabitation agreements, providing same-sex couples with a subset of the rights and benefits of marriage, was approved by the Hellenic Parliament on 23 December 2015 and published in the Government Gazette the following day.
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