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Xenophon Euthymiou Zolotas (Greek: Ξενοφών Ζολώτας; 26 April 1904 – 10 June 2004) was a Greek economist who served as an interim non-party Prime Minister of Greece.
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Xenophon Euthymiou Zolotas (Greek: Ξενοφών Ζολώτας; 26 April 1904 – 10 June 2004) was a Greek economist who served as an interim non-party Prime Minister of Greece.
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Life and career Zolotas was born in Athens on 26 April 1904 to a family of goldsmiths with roots in Russia. He graduated from Rizarios Ecclesiastical School. Zolotas studied law at the University of Athens, and later studied at the Leipzig University and the University of Paris. In 1928, he became a professor of economics at the University of Athens and at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He held these posts until 1968, when he resigned in protest of the military regime which had come to power in 1967. Zolotas was director of the Bank of Greece from 1944–1945, 1955–1967 (when he resigned in protest at the regime), and 1974–1981. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of UNRRA in 1946, and held senior posts in the International Monetary Fund and other international organisations from 1946 to 1981. Zolotas published many works on Greek and international economic topics. He was a Keynesian, and was active in socialist circles with his close friend, Professor Angelos Angelopoulos. In association with his work in international economics, he gave two speeches at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which, in his words, "[used] with the exception of articles and prepositions only…