Tsakalotos to replace Varoufakis as FinMin

Eucleid Tsakalotos will succeed Yanis Varoufakis as the new Greek FinMin, a replacement that was more-or-less expected.
The UK-trained economics professor served as Alternate FM of international economic relations up until Sunday.
He will be sworn-in in the evening.
Tsakalotos’ first test comes as early as Tuesday, where he’ll represent the crisis-battered country in the latest Eurogroup meeting in Brussels, convened to once again focus on the Greek issue.

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