Kyriakos Mitsotakis honors Mino Zombanakis in Chania

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attended an event in Chania to honor the memory and contributions of the late economist and international banker Mino Zombanakis. The event was organized by the Chrysostomos Philological Society of Chania as part of its initiative, ‘Honoring Chania and its People’.

During his speech, Mitsotakis highlighted Zombanakis’s role as an informal advisor to various Greek prime ministers and his ability to connect Greece to international markets. He noted Zombanakis’s academic journey from Apokoronas to Harvard University and praised his foresight regarding credit expansion in the 1970s. The Prime Minister emphasized Zombanakis’s values of ambition, moderation, and social responsibility. Mitsotakis was accompanied by his wife, Mareva Mitsotaki-Grampfouski.