Anargyros Simopoulos Explained

Anargyros Simopoulos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ανάργυρος Σιμόπουλος 1837 - 1908), was Greek politician who served as minister of Finance in the Government of Dimitrios Rallis and Georgios Theotokis.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

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.^[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]

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1. Book: Parashu, Dimitrios. König Georgios I. der Hellenen und die Anwendung der griechischen Verfassung von 1864 in praxi. 2020-06-24. Nomos Verlag. 978-3-7489-0938-5. 105. de.
2. Book: Augello. Massimo M.. Economists in Parliament in the Liberal Age (1848-1920). Guidi. Marco Enrico Luigi. 2005. Ashgate. 978-0-7546-3965-7. 231, 246. en. 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..
3. Book: Συγγρός, Ανδρέας. Απομνημονεύματα. 1998. Βιβλιοπωλειον της "Εστιας," Ι.Δ. Κολλαρου. 978-960-05-0777-5. 389. el.
4. Book: Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of. Sessional papers. Inventory control record 1. 1907. 3. en. 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.
5. Book: Office, Great Britain Foreign. Diplomatic and Consular Reports on Trade and Finance: Annual series. 1904. Great Britain Foreign Office. 11. en.
6. Web site: ΑΠΟΠΕΙΡΕΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗ ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΙΑ ΣΧΟΛΗΣ ΠΡΟΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΙΚΗΣ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗΣ ΤΩΝ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΩΝ ΥΠΑΛΛΗΛΩΝ. 2021-08-28. www.eriande.elemedu.upatras.gr.