The new president of Greece's national statistical authority, Andreas Georgiou, talks to SPIEGEL about false figures and his strategy for revamping the agency to create a "culture of excellence" in the wake of the debt crisis that led to an unprecedented multibillion euro bailout for the country.
The creation of an independent statistics agency, now called the Hellenic Statistics Authority, was crucial to Greece's rescue loan package. In July, former International Monetary Fund (IMF) official Andreas Georgiou, 49, who holds a PhD in economics from the University of Michigan, was tasked with heading the new agency. He recently sat down with SPIEGEL to talk about what he found when he got there and his new "culture of excellence."
SPIEGEL: Your last position was as deputy division chief in the statistics department of the IMF, and in August you returned to Athens after 21 years in Washington. Why?
Georgiou: My home country currently has large problems and a shortage of good people who can help in the fight against the crisis and its causes. I want to make a contribution.
Originally Posted by Amnesiac.
Πώς μπορώ να μάθω τα στοιχεία αυτού που είναι υπεύθυνος για την απογραφή στην περιοχή μου και να τον ΤΣΑΚΙΣΩ;
