Parliamentary republic
1975 - New constitution declares Greece a parliamentary republic with some executive powers vested in a president.
1980 - Conservative Constantine Karamanlis elected president.
1981 - Greece joins EU. Andreas Papandreou's Socialist Party (Pasok) wins elections.
1985 - President Karamanlis resigns in protest at government plans to reduce powers of president. Christos Sartzetakis becomes head of state.
1986 - Constitutional amendment transfers some of president's powers to the legislature
1990 - Centre-right New Democracy party forms government under party leader Constantine Mitsotakis
1991 - Yugoslav former republic of Macedonia declares independence. Greece objects to name and flag of Republic of Macedonia on grounds they imply territorial claims to the Greek province of Macedonia.
1993 - Election returns Papandreou to power.
1995 - Relations with Macedonia normalised.
1996 - Tension flares between Greece and Turkey over disputed Aegean islet