Filippos Sachinidis ( el, Φίλιππος Σαχινίδης; born 1963) is a

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politician of the

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. Elected on the list of his former party

PASOK The Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( el, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellínio Sosialistikó Kínima, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK, (; , ) is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012, it ...

, he served as a

Member of the Hellenic Parliament The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule of the Hellenes, label=none), also known as the Parliament of the Hel ...

from 2007 to 2014. In 2012, he briefly served as

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in the

Coalition Cabinet of Lucas Papademos The Cabinet of Lucas Papademos succeeded the cabinet of George Papandreou, as an interim three-party coalition cabinet, leading a coalition government formed by the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) party, New Democracy party and Popular ...

Early life and education

Born in

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to ethnic

parents in 1963, Sachinidis grew up in Larisa. He studied Economics at the

University of Piraeus The University of Piraeus (UniPi; el, Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς, ΠαΠει) is a Greek public university located in Piraeus, Greece with a total of ten academic departments focused mainly on Business Management, Computer science, ...

and received his Master of Arts in Economics from

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. In 1994, he received a Ph.D. from the

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in the

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Career

Sachinidis is an economist for the

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and served as an economic advisor to Greek Prime Minister

Costas Simitis Konstantinos G. Simitis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Γ. Σημίτης; born 23 June 1936), usually referred to as Costas Simitis or Kostas Simitis (Κώστας Σημίτης), is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece a ...

from 2000 to 2004. In

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, Sachinidis was elected on the list of the

Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( el, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellínio Sosialistikó Kínima, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK, (; , ) is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012, it ...

(PASOK) to represent the Larissa constituency in the

Hellenic Parliament The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule (ancient Greece), Boule of the Greeks, Hellenes, label=none), also kno ...

. He was reelected in 2009 and twice in 2012. Following the victory of PASOK in the national elections of 2009, he was made Deputy Minister of Finance under George Papaconstantnou. On 17 June 2011, Sachinidis was appointed Alternate Minister of Finance under

Evangelos Venizelos Evangelos Venizelos (, ; born 1 January 1957) is a Greek academic and politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Greece and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 25 June 2013 to 27 January 2015. Previously, he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister ...

. When Venizelos resigned on 21 March 2012, Sachinidis became Minister of Finance under Prime Minister

Lucas Papademos Lucas Demetrios Papademos ( el, Λουκάς Παπαδήμος; born 11 October 1947) is a Greek economist and academic who served as 12th Prime Minister of Greece from November 2011 to May 2012, leading a national unity government in the wake ...

, serving until May 17, 2012. On 3 January 2015, it was announced that Sachinidis would join former

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in leaving PASOK to found the new

Movement of Democratic Socialists The Movement of Democratic Socialists ( el, Κίνημα Δημοκρατών Σοσιαλιστών, ''Kinima Dimokraton Sosialiston'') is a political party in Greece established on 3 January 2015 by George Papandreou after splitting from the ...

. Sachinidis and

George Petalotis George S. Petalotis ( el, Γεώργιος Σ. Πεταλωτής, born 11 March 1964 in Komotini, Greece) is a Greece, Greek politician of the Movement of Democratic Socialists. Under the former Greek prime minister George Papandreou he served ...

were appointed the media representatives of the new party. Sachinidis is a member of

since its inception.

Personal life

Sachinidis is married to Rania Karageorgou and they have one son, Dimitris.

References

External links

*
Personal profile
on the website of the Hellenic Parliament {{DEFAULTSORT:Sachinidis, Filippos 1963 births Alumni of the University of Manchester Canadian people of Greek descent City College of New York alumni Finance ministers of Greece 20th-century Greek economists Greek government-debt crisis Greek MPs 2007–2009 Greek MPs 2009–2012 Greek MPs 2012 (May) Greek MPs 2012–2014 Living people Movement of Democratic Socialists politicians PASOK politicians Politicians from Larissa 21st-century Greek economists