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Konstantinos Pilarinos, born 1934, was appointed to the board of NBG in April 2004. He is a prominent figure in Greek public, political and social life, and serves on various national and international organizations. For instance, he has served as general secretary of the executive committee of the European Youth Movement, member of the board of the European Union of Citizen and Human Rights, founding member of the National Ecology Society, member of the Athens Press Editors Association, and a founding member of the Greek Chamber of Business Science. He was an activist against the dictatorship of 1967-1974, and on returning to Greece after the restoration of democracy served as prefect in both Messinia and Thessaloniki (1974-1979), and later became general secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Technology, general secretary of Press and Information (1990-1991), and general secretary of the National Tourism Organization (1992). He was spokesman for the New Democracy party in 1989 and became a general manager for the party administration in 1993, having been elected a state deputy in the same year. He has received a number of honorary distinctions in Greece and abroad. He is also head of financial and technical affairs of the Church of Greece and an advisor on the Church's financial affairs. Mr Pilarinos studied political science, law, public administration and European business law at the Universities of Athens and Paris. | 