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'''Xenophon Euthymiou Zolotas''' ([[March 26]], [[1904]] – [[June 11]], [[2004]]) an eminent [[Greece|Greek]] [[economist]], served as an interim non-party Prime Minister of Greece.

Born in [[Athens]] in [[1904]], Zolotas studied economics at the [[University of Athens]], and later studied in Leipzig and Paris. He was a scion of a wealthy family of goldsmiths with roots in pre-revolutionary Russia. In [[1928]] he became Professor of Economics at Athens University, a post he held until [[1968]], when he resigned in protest at the military regime which had come to power in [[1967]]. He was a member of the Board of Directors of [[UNRRA]] in [[1946]] and held senior posts in the [[International Monetary Fund]] and other international organistions [[1946]] and [[1981]].

Zolotas was governor of the [[Bank of Greece]] in [[1944]]-[[1945]], [[1955]]-[[1967]] (when he resigned in protest at the regime), and [[1974]]-[[1981]]. He published many works on Greek and international economic topics. He was considered a moderate, a champion of fiscal conservatism and of monetary stability.

When the elections of November [[1989]] failed to give a majority to either the [[PASOK]] party of [[Andreas Papandreou]] or the [[New Democracy]] party of [[Constantine Mitsotakis]], Zolotas, then aged 85, agreed to become Prime Minister at head of a non-party administration until fresh elections could be held. He resigned when the election of April [[1990]] gave Mitsotakis a narrow majority.

He was a workaholic and an avid winter swimmer, making a point of swimming every morning throughout the year even into his nineties.

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-'''Xenophon Euthymiou Zolotas''' ([[March 26]], [[1904]] &ndash; [[June 11]], [[2004]]) an eminent [[Greece|Greek]] [[economist]], served as an interim non-party Prime Minister of Greece.
+'''Xenophon Euthymiou Zolotas''' ([[March 26]], [[1904]] &ndash; [[June 11]], [[2004]]) was an eminent [[Greeks|Greek]] economist who served as an interim non-party Prime Minister of Greece.
-Born in [[Athens]] in [[1904]], Zolotas studied economics at the [[University of Athens]], and later studied in Leipzig and Paris. He was a scion of a wealthy family of goldsmiths with roots in pre-revolutionary Russia.  In [[1928]] he became Professor of Economics at Athens University, a post he held until [[1968]], when he resigned in protest at the military regime which had come to power in [[1967]]. He was a member of the Board of Directors of [[UNRRA]] in [[1946]] and held senior posts in the [[International Monetary Fund]] and other international organistions [[1946]] and [[1981]].
+Born in [[Athens]] in [[1904]], Zolotas studied economics at the [[University of Athens]], and later studied in Leipzig and Paris. He was a scion of a wealthy family of goldsmiths with roots in pre-revolutionary Russia.  In [[1928]] he became Professor of Economics at Athens University, a post he held until [[1968]], when he resigned in protest at [[Junta|the military regime]] which had come to power in [[1967]]. He was a member of the Board of Directors of UNRRA in [[1946]] and held senior posts in the International Monetary Fund and other international organisations between [[1946]] and [[1981]].
-Zolotas was governor of the [[Bank of Greece]] in [[1944]]-[[1945]], [[1955]]-[[1967]] (when he resigned in protest at the regime), and [[1974]]-[[1981]]. He published many works on Greek and international economic topics. He was considered a moderate,  a champion of fiscal conservatism and of monetary stability.
+Zolotas was governor of the [[Bank of Greece]] in [[1944]]-[[1945]], [[1955]]-[[1967]] (he resigned in protest at the regime), and [[1974]]-[[1981]]. He published many works on Greek and international economic topics. He was considered a moderate,  a champion of fiscal conservatism and monetary stability.
 When the elections of November [[1989]] failed to give a majority to either the [[PASOK]] party of [[Andreas Papandreou]] or the [[New Democracy]] party of [[Constantine Mitsotakis]], Zolotas, then aged 85, agreed to become Prime Minister at head of a non-party administration until fresh elections could be held. He resigned when the election of April [[1990]] gave Mitsotakis a narrow majority.
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