Greece’s Samaras Chosen Politician of the Year by Handelsblatt

By Joseph de Weck - Dec 21, 2012 11:39 AM ET

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has been named politician of the year by Germany’s Handelsblatt business newspaper, which praised his reform efforts.
Samaras is dealing with the “false Greek policies of the past,” said Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Germany’s former foreign minister, in his laudatory speech, according to Handelsblatt. “This gave him the respect of his own people who are now on the stony path to a new beginning.”

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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

The jury drawn from Handelsblatt’s 200-member editorial team selected the winners and losers of the year in 17 categories. Ulf Mark Schneider, chairman of the management board of Fresenius SE, was
chosen as the manager of the year.
To contact the reporter on this story: Joseph de Weck in Berlin at jdeweck@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: James Hertling at jhertling@bloomberg.net
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