Panagis Vourloumis was a Greek

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 politician, lawyer, economist and a finance minister

Minister for Economy and Finance (Greece)

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. He was one of the main collaborators of Eleftherios Venizelos

Eleftherios Venizelos

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. He studied law at the University of Athens and worked in Marseilles as the director of a raisin

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 export company. In 1893, he founded his own business in Patras

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. He was first elected into the Hellenic Parliament

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 on the Liberal Party

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 ticket in the 1910 elections. He served as Food Supply Minister in 1918-1920 and as Minister of National Economy in the last Venizelos cabinet of 1928-1932. His tenure in the Ministry of National Economy was significant, as he promoted the foundation of a number of institutions: the Autonomous Tourism Organization

Greek National Tourism Organisation

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, the Workers' Home and the Textiles Organization. He also led the reorganization of the National Statistical Service of Greece

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, and prepared the legislation for the eventual Social Insurance Institute

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. He failed to be elected in the 1933 elections

Greek legislative election, 1933

Legislative elections were held in the Second Hellenic Republic on 5 March 1933. At stake were 248 seats in the Lower House of the Greek Parliament, the Vouli....

, and withdrew from politics following Venizelos' death in 1936.

He also served for a time as chairman of the Panachaiki

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sports club.