Anargyros Simopoulos ( Greek: Ανάργυρος Σιμόπουλος 1837–1908), was Greek politician who served as minister of Finance in the Government of Dimitrios Rallis and Georgios Theotokis. [1] [2]
Anargyros Simopoulos was born in 1837 in Parnassida. [3] He was first elected MP in his hometown in 1882. Simopoulos served as Minister of Justice in the government of Charilaos Trikoupis (1892-1893). In 1897 he participated in the government of Dimitrios Rallis taking over the Ministry of Finance. [4] He held the same position in the government of Georgios Theotokis : in the first term for two years 1899–1901, in the second term in 1903, in the third term for a subsequent two years 1903-1904 and in the last term from 1905 to 1908. [1] [5] Simopoulos had served as deputy governor of the National Bank.
On May 24, 1906, Simopoulos submitted to the Parliament a bill, article 31 of which provided for the establishment in Athens of a school for the education of civil servants of various branches. According to the bill, the condition for enrollment in this school would be the possession of a high school diploma while the students would pay tuition. The school would have four departments, tax, treasury, customs and administration and the graduates would be appointed to a branch of the respective department. Ultimately the bill was not passed by the Parliament. [6]
Political figures that dominated in this period were Georgios Theotokis , Dimitrios Gounaris and Anargyros Simopoulos . Despite the deflation , GDP rose by 18 per cent. ... The minister of finance Anargyros Simopoulos openly admitted that implementation of the national aspirations , and military spending in particular , was the underlying cause of the parlous state of public finances.
He himself took the portfolio of Minister of War, and appointed as his Finance Minister Monsieur Simopoulos , who thus became the occupant of that office
Anargyros Simopoulos ( Greek: Ανάργυρος Σιμόπουλος 1837–1908), was Greek politician who served as minister of Finance in the Government of Dimitrios Rallis and Georgios Theotokis. [1] [2]
Anargyros Simopoulos was born in 1837 in Parnassida. [3] He was first elected MP in his hometown in 1882. Simopoulos served as Minister of Justice in the government of Charilaos Trikoupis (1892-1893). In 1897 he participated in the government of Dimitrios Rallis taking over the Ministry of Finance. [4] He held the same position in the government of Georgios Theotokis : in the first term for two years 1899–1901, in the second term in 1903, in the third term for a subsequent two years 1903-1904 and in the last term from 1905 to 1908. [1] [5] Simopoulos had served as deputy governor of the National Bank.
On May 24, 1906, Simopoulos submitted to the Parliament a bill, article 31 of which provided for the establishment in Athens of a school for the education of civil servants of various branches. According to the bill, the condition for enrollment in this school would be the possession of a high school diploma while the students would pay tuition. The school would have four departments, tax, treasury, customs and administration and the graduates would be appointed to a branch of the respective department. Ultimately the bill was not passed by the Parliament. [6]
Political figures that dominated in this period were Georgios Theotokis , Dimitrios Gounaris and Anargyros Simopoulos . Despite the deflation , GDP rose by 18 per cent. ... The minister of finance Anargyros Simopoulos openly admitted that implementation of the national aspirations , and military spending in particular , was the underlying cause of the parlous state of public finances.
He himself took the portfolio of Minister of War, and appointed as his Finance Minister Monsieur Simopoulos , who thus became the occupant of that office