Yanis Varoufakis
Ioannis Georgiou "Yanis" Varoufakis (Greek: Ιωάννης Γεωργίου "Γιάνης" Βαρουφάκης, romanized: Ioánnis Georgíou "Giánis" Varoufákis, pronounced [ˈʝaniz varuˈfacis]; born 24 March 1961) is a Greek economist and politician. Since 2018, he has been Secretary-General of Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25), a left-wing pan-European political party he co-founded in 2016. Previously, he was a member of Syriza and was Greece's Minister of Finance between January 2015 and July 2015, negotiating on behalf of the Greek government during the 2009-2018 Greek government-debt crisis.
Yanis Varoufakis | |
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| Γιάνης Βαρουφάκης | |
Varoufakis in 2019 | |
| Secretary-General of MeRA25 | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 27 January 2015 – 6 July 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Gikas Hardouvelis |
| Succeeded by | Euclid Tsakalotos |
| Member of the Hellenic Parliament | |
| In office 8 July 2019 – 21 May 2023 | |
| Constituency | Thessaloniki A |
| In office 25 January 2015 – 20 September 2015 | |
| Constituency | Athens B |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ioannis Georgiou Varoufakis 24 March 1961 Palaio Faliro, South Athens, Kingdom of Greece |
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| Political party | MeRA25 (2018–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Syriza (2015) |
| Spouse | Danae Stratou |
| Children | 1 |
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| Website | Official website |
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Varoufakis was first elected as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament with Syriza, representing the Athens B constituency from January to September 2015. He was appointed Minister of Finance by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, two days after the election, serving in this role between January 2015 and July 2015. Varoufakis then represented Thessaloniki A from July 2019 to May 2023 as a MeRA25 Member of Parliament.