Samaras Names Banker to Cabinet as Troika Prepares Return
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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras appointed Vassilios Rapanos, head of the country’s biggest bank, to lead his finance team as the government prepares for talks with international creditors on relief from austerity measures.
Rapanos, chairman of National Bank of Greece SA, was named as finance minister today after Samaras, the head of the New Democracy party, met with his coalition partners, socialist Pasok chief Evangelos Venizelos and Democratic Left leader Fotis Kouvelis. Demetris Avramopoulos, a former defense and tourism minister and mayor of Athens, was named foreign minister.