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Profile: Greece's new finance minister Evangelos Venizelos
Greek prime minister George Papandreou appointed current defence minister Evangelos Venizelos as his new finance minister in a reshuffle on Friday. Here are some key facts about Mr Venizelos. A prolific writer, Venizelos was a top constitutional expert before his political career took off, but relatively little is known about his views on finance and economics. • He challenged current Prime Minister George Papandreou for the leadership of the Socialist PASOK party after its second consecutive election defeat in 2007. Papandreou beat him in an open vote of party members by a margin of about 2:1. • In 2001-2004, ... (full story)