Greek newly appointed interim Finance Minister George Chouliarakis addresses journalists next to outgoing Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos during a handover ceremony at the ministry in Athens, August 28, 2015. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
ATHENS (Reuters) - The appointment of Greek bailout negotiator George Chouliarakis to be finance minister in a caretaker government may help assuage some fears that Greece's bailout programme could go off track while it prepares for elections.
Greece is due to hold elections on Sept.20 after former prime minister Alexis Tsipras resigned in a bid to win popular backing for his decision to accept the 86-billion-euro aid plan from creditors and get rid of leftist rebels opposed to it.
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