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Greek Conservatives Oust Leftist Premier Tsipras

Ken Bredemeier

   Conservative Greek opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis rode to a
   landslide victory over leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in
   Sunday's parliamentary elections and is set to become the country's new
   head of government Monday.

   Tsipras, rejected as the Greek leader after four years, said he called
   Mitsotakis, the son of a former prime minister, to congratulate him on
   his victory.

   A combined survey of Greece's main TV stations showed Mitsotakis's New
   Democracy party leading Tsipras' Syriza party by an average of 39.8% to
   31.6%. If the trends hold, the 51-year-old Mitsotakis, a graduate of
   Harvard in the U.S., would have a 158-seat majority in the 300-member
   parliament.

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