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Papandreou Names Evangelos Venizelos as Greek Finance Minister

By Maria Petrakis
June 17, 2011

June 17 (Bloomberg) --Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou named Evangelos Venizelos, the defense minister, to take over at the finance ministry, replacing George Papaconstantinou. The changes were announced by government spokesman George Petalotis, in statements televised live on state-run NET TV.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Maria Petrakis at mpetrakis@bloomberg.net

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