(VOVworld) – Greece has set September 20 for its general election, according to a presidential decree issued on Friday. President Prokopis Pavopoulos signed a decree to dissolve the parliament on Friday and set time for the snap election. The first session of the new parliament is scheduled for October 1. The official declaration of early national polls came eight days after the resignation of the eight-month Leftist government of former Prime Minister Alexi Tsipras and the appointment of a caretaker administration under the Greek constitution. The caretaker government under Supreme Court head Vassiliki Thanou, who on Thursday became Greece's first female premier, was sworn in earlier on Friday.