The European Court of Human Rights ruled in favor of Georgiou, finding Greece violated his right to a fair trial on violation-of-duty charges. Also, the US State Department included mention of Georgiou for the fourth straight year under a section titled Denial of a Fair Public Trial.

Interviewed recently for The Amherst Student, Georgiou said his legal troubles are “always a little bit tiring to the heart to think about.” But 2023 brings with it hope that justice, long denied, is still in reach.

The ASA and five other statistical organizations joined to commend Andreas Georgiou for upholding the highest professional standards in his public service in the pursuit of integrity of statistical systems.

The August issue of Significance is available. Included is an interview with Andreas Georgiou, the former head of the Greek National Statistics Institute who has faced years of criminal investigations.

Andreas Georgiou asked the Greek judiciary to reopen the 2017 criminal case that examined his role as head of the Hellenic Statistical Authority and found him guilty of “violation of duty.”

The Greek government withdrew its challenge of the European Court of Human Rights ruling in favor of Andreas Georgiou—statistician and former president of the Hellenic Statistical Authority—finding Greece violated his right to a fair trial on violation-of-duty charges.

Following a February Greek appeals court ruling finding former Greek chief statistician Andreas Georgiou liable for slander, ASA leaders denounced the latest legal setback against Georgiou.

The statement calls on the Greek government to immediately halt legal proceedings against Andreas Georgiou and his colleagues and notes the detriment of the Greek authorities’ approach to the country’s economy.

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