Background
Varvaressos, Kyriakos was born on March 4, 1884 in Athens, Greece. Son of Charalambos and Hypatia Varvaressos.
Varvaressos, Kyriakos was born on March 4, 1884 in Athens, Greece. Son of Charalambos and Hypatia Varvaressos.
Doctor Law and Economics University of Athens, 1906. Student of University of Munich, Germany, 1908-1909, University of Berlin, 1909-1911. Honorary Doctor of Philisophy, University of Bonn, Germany, 1938.
Chief section, Ministry of National Economy, Greece, 1911-1913, director statistics, 1913-1920. Assistant professor economics, University of Athens, 1918-1923, professor since 1923. Economics adviser Greek National Bank, 1924-1933.
Minister of finance, 1932. Deputy governor Bank of Greece, 1933-1939, governor, 1939-1945. Minister of finance, 1941-1943 (with Greek government in exile, London).
Ambassador at large for economics affairs representing Greece at U.N.R.R.A. Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1943, Bretton Woods, 1944, San Francisco, 1945), 1943-1945. Vice president council of ministers, also minister of coordination for Greece, 1945. Executive director International Bank for Reconstrn. and Development since May 1946.
Member Academy of Athens.
Married Mathilda Rakowitz, July 5, 1923.
