Meet the man with the toughest job in finance

A left-wing former constitutional law professor who was in charge of overseeing the over-budget Athens Olympics, Evangelos Venizelos, is not the most obvious choice as the new Greek finance minister

A left-wing former constitutional law professor who was in charge of overseeing the over-budget Athens Olympics is perhaps not the most obvious choice for taking on one of the toughest jobs in finance.

But Evangelos Venizelos - who also once led a failed coup against the current Greek Prime Minister - has just been appointed as the new finance minister, although admittedly, only after the first choice turned down the job.

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