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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10642
ECONOMY - FINANCES / (ae) greece

Yiannis Stournaras appointed new finance minister

Brussels, 26/06/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 26 June, the Greek prime minister, Antonis Samaras, announced that economist Yiannis Stournaras is taking over as finance minister. Former banker Stournaras is currently director of the country's biggest business think tank. He was development minister in the previous government.

On Monday, Samaras accepted the resignation of Vassilis Rapanos, who had been ill before he had even been sworn in. In a letter to the prime minister, Rapanos...

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