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Municipality
==Municipality==
The modern city of Athens consists of what were formerly distinct towns and villages which gradually expanded to form a single large city; this expansion occurred in the 20th century. The city is now divided into 54 municipalities, the largest of which is the Municipality of Athens or Dimos Athinaion, with about one million people (the next largest are Piraeus, [[Peristeri]] and Kallithea). Athens can therefore refer either to the entire city (also called greater Athens) or to the Municipality of Athens, or even to downtown Athens. Each of the municipalities of Athens has an elected city council and a directly elected mayor. [[Dora Bakoyianni]] of the conservative [[New Democracy]] party was Mayor of Athens (that is, of the Municipality of Athens) from October 2002 until 2006. She was the first woman to be Mayor of Athens and, after her appointment as Greek Foreign Minister, was replaced by [[Theodoros Bechrakis]]. The current mayor is [[Giorgos KaminisKostas Bakoyiannis]].
===Historical Mayors===
*[[Anargiros Petrakis]]

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