6 Euro Ioannis Pesmazoglou

Reverse

Portrait of Ioannis (Yangos) Pesmazoglou (1918-2003) a prominent Greek economist, along with the mint mark (palmette) and issue year. The design is encircled by lettering.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΔΙΑΠΡΕΠΕΙΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΟΛΟΓΟΙ
ΓΙΑΓΚΟΣ ΠΕΣΜΑΖΟΓΛΟΥ 1918-2003

Translation:
PROMINENT GREEK ECONOMISTS
YANGOS PESMAZOGLOU 1918-2003

Engraver: Geórgios Stamatópoulos

Edge

Plain

Comment

An academic and politician, Yangos Pesmazoglou was a fervent advocate of Greece’s European course. He was Professor of Political Economy, Economic Advisor and later Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece, Finance Minister in the 1974 national unity government, Member of Parliament, Member of the European Parliament, founder and President of the Party of Democratic Socialism (KODISO), member and President of the Academy of Athens. He was exiled and imprisoned by the military junta. He actively supported the transformation and enlargement of the then EEC, geared towards strong economic growth and less inequality. As head of the cross-party delegation of the Hellenic Parliament, he methodically and persistently negotiated the full EEC membership of Greece – then an associated country. He was a prolific author on a wide range of subjects, most notably the application of advanced methods of statistical analysis to the study of economic phenomena; combining economic growth with social justice; and the theory and practice of economic and monetary unions. He devoted much effort to the advancement of research in Greece. Some of his most important accomplishments in this regard were the establishment of the National Hellenic Research Foundation and the reorganisation of the Economic Research Department of the Bank of Greece to provide policy-relevant analysis.

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Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2018	1500	-	-	-	-	-	-

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