Yanis Varoufakis
Also known as Ioannis Varoufakis, Ioannis Georgiou "Yanis" Varoufakis
Greek economist and politician
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Yanis Varoufakis is a Greek economist and politician who gained international attention as his country's finance minister during negotiations with international creditors over Greece's debt crisis. His economic perspectives and role in Greek politics have made him a notable figure in debates about economic policy and Europe's handling of the financial crisis.
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- Born
- 24 maart 1961
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- 62
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- Milōntas stēn korē mou gia tēn oikonomia
- המינוטאור הגלובלי
- שיחות עם בתי על כלכלה
- Raise Your Soul
- Bargaining and strikes
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Ioannis Georgiou "Yanis" Varoufakis (born 24 March 1961) is a Greek economist, academic, author, and politician. Since 2018, he has served as Secretary-General of Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, the left-wing European political party he co-founded in 2016. Previously, he served as Minister of Finance in the government of Alexis Tsipras in 2015, during the 2009–2018 Greek government-debt crisis, where he became internationally known for opposing EU-imposed austerity measures.
In 2018, Varoufakis founded MeRA25, the Greek wing of DiEM25, and later served in the Hellenic Parliament from 2019 to 2023. He is Professor of Economic Theory at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and has held academic positions at institutions including King's College London, University of Cambridge, and the University of Sydney.
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