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Athens, Greece (CNN) -- Economist Lucas Papademos was formally sworn in Friday as the head of Greece's new unity government, as the nation seeks to regain political and financial stability after weeks of uncertainty.
Papademos, a former banker and European Central Bank vice president, becomes the country's interim prime minister after several days of political wrangling.
His ministers were also sworn in at a ceremony attended by the president and the head of the Greek Orthodox Church.
Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos has retained his post in the new government, the prime minister's office said.
Stavros Dimas, a former EU environment commissioner, is the new foreign minister. He belongs to the New Democracy party, the main opposition to the previous government.
Greece's new defense minister, Dimitris Avramopoulos, is also a New Democracy lawmaker.
(Reuters) - An overwhelming majority of Greeks believe a coalition government, like the one formed on Friday, offers the best solution for Greece to fight economic crisis, a poll published Saturday showed.
The survey by pollsters MRB, published in the newspaper Realnews, found that 68 percent of Greeks were in favor of a unity government like that sworn in Friday and headed by ex-ECB Vice President Lucas Papademos, who was backed by 75 percent of respondents.
If an election were held today, conservative party New Democracy would win 33.1 percent of the vote, but fall short of a parliamentary majority, while socialists PASOK would take 18.1 percent.
The poll was taken on November 10 when Papademos was confirmed as prime minister and on November 11 when his cabinet was sworn in.
Greece's opposition New Democracy party leads the governing Pasok party by 5.1 percent, according to a poll published in the Athens-based Real News newspaper.
Voter support for New Democracy stands at 23.7 percent, compared with 18.6 percent for Pasok, according to the poll by MRB Hellas SA, which interviewed 1,006 people on Aug. 30 and Aug. 31. The margin of error is between 2.4 percentage points and 2.6 percentage points.
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The poll was taken on November 10 when Papademos was confirmed as prime minister and on November 11 when his cabinet was sworn in.
If an election were held today, conservative party New Democracy would win 33.1 percent of the vote, but fall short of a parliamentary majority, while socialists PASOK would take 18.1 percent.
The survey by pollsters MRB, published in the newspaper Realnews, found that 68 percent of Greeks were in favor of a unity government like that sworn in Friday and headed by ex-ECB Vice President Lucas Papademos, who was backed by 75 percent of respondents.