Anargyros Simopoulos
{{Short description|Greek politician}}
Anargyros Simopoulos ({{langx|el|Ανάργυρος Σιμόπουλος}} 1837–1908), was a Greek politician who served as minister of Finance in the Government of Dimitrios Rallis and Georgios Theotokis.{{Cite book|last=Parashu|first=Dimitrios|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8nL4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA105|title=König Georgios I. der Hellenen und die Anwendung der griechischen Verfassung von 1864 in praxi|date=2020-06-24|publisher=Nomos Verlag|isbn=978-3-7489-0938-5|pages=105|language=de}}{{Cite book|last1=Augello|first1=Massimo M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zMe5AAAAIAAJ|title=Economists in Parliament in the Liberal Age (1848-1920)|last2=Guidi|first2=Marco Enrico Luigi|date=2005|publisher=Ashgate|isbn=978-0-7546-3965-7|pages=231, 246|language=en|quote=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.}}
Biography
Anargyros Simopoulos was born in 1837 in Parnassida.{{Cite book|last=Συγγρός|first=Ανδρέας|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VUYWAQAAMAAJ|title=Απομνημονεύματα|date=1998|publisher=Βιβλιοπωλειον της "Εστιας," Ι.Δ. Κολλαρου|isbn=978-960-05-0777-5|pages=389|language=el}} 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.{{Cite book|last=Commons|first=Great Britain Parliament House of|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uOJGAQAAMAAJ|title=Sessional papers. Inventory control record 1|date=1907|pages=3|language=en|quote=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}} 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.{{Cite book|last=Office|first=Great Britain Foreign|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BYNOAQAAMAAJ|title=Diplomatic and Consular Reports on Trade and Finance: Annual series|date=1904|publisher=Great Britain Foreign Office|pages=11|language=en}} 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.{{Cite web|title=ΑΠΟΠΕΙΡΕΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗ ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΙΑ ΣΧΟΛΗΣ ΠΡΟΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΙΚΗΣ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗΣ ΤΩΝ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΩΝ ΥΠΑΛΛΗΛΩΝ|url=http://www.eriande.elemedu.upatras.gr/eriande/synedria/synedrio3/praltika%2011/doukas.htm|access-date=2021-08-28|website=www.eriande.elemedu.upatras.gr}}
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