Nikos Christodoulakis ( el, Νίκος Χριστοδουλάκης) (born 1952) is a

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politician, economics professor and electronics engineer. He was the

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from 2001 to 2004.

Early life and education

Born in

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. Nicos Christodoulakis attended the Gymnasium and Lyceum in Zografou, Athens. In 1970, he received the First Award in the competition by the Hellenic Mathematical Society. He studied in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, and graduated in 1975. During his studies, he actively participated in the resistance movement against the military dictatorship that culminated in the Athens Polytechnic uprising in November 1973. After the fall of the dictatorship, he was elected as chairman of the Students’ Association of the Faculty (1974-1975). In 1976, he testified at the Athens Martial Court against the junta leaders charged with the invasion to the Polytechnic occupation in 1973. In 1977-1979, he completed his military service in the Engineers Corps. During 1974-1980, he worked as a consultant engineer in construction and manufacturing companies, and as adjunct professor in the Technological Institutions (TEI) in Kozani and Athens. Receiving a scholarship from the State Scholarship Foundation (IKY) and the British Council, he attended postgraduate studies at the University of Cambridge (1980-1984), obtaining an MPhil in Control Systems Theory and a PhD on policy design under uncertainty. Member of the Darwin College, Cambridge.https://www.aueb.gr/el/faculty_page/%CE%A7%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%9D%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BF%CF%82

Academic career

Over the following years he worked as a consultant engineer in some companies (1974–1980) he became a teaching professor at the Technological Educational Institutes (TEI) in Greece (1977–1980), a Senior Research Officer at the University of Cambridge (1984–1986), an Assistant Professor at the Athens University of Economics (1986–1989), a Fellow at the

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in Florence (1989–1990), a Visiting Professor at the

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(1996), a Visiting Professor at the

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in Prague (1992–1993) and the Vice-Rector of the

Athens University of Economics and Business Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB; el, Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Oikonomiko Panepistimio Athinon'', abbrev. ΟΠΑ, OPA) was founded in 1920 in Athens, Greece and is the oldest university in Gre ...

(1992–1994), where he's also a teacher since 1990 up to present, currently teaching at the Department of International & European Economic Studies of the university. He was also a researcher in the

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, the

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and the

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, and has also published many economy-related academic books and articles over the last three decades.

Political career

His political career began in 1993, when he became a Secretary General for Research and Technology for three years until 1996, when he was appointed as an Economic advisor to the Prime Minister. From 1999 to 2007 he was elected as a member of the

Greek 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 ...

with the

Socialist Party of Greece The Socialist Party of Greece ( el, Σοσιαλιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, ΣΚΕ) was a political party in Greece. The party was formed in 1920, as an anti-Comintern minority split away at the second congress of the Socialist Labour P ...

(PASOK). He was the Deputy Minister of Finance for four years (1996–2000), the Minister for Development for one year (2000–2001) and, in 2001, he became the

for three years, up to 2004. Furthermore, he was the Chairman of the Eurogroup from June 2002 to July 2003, participating in international meetings with G7, the

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and

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster globa ...

, and the Chairman of the

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(ECOFIN) in the

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, during the Greek presidency (January–June 2003).

External links

Biographical sketch at Athens University of Economics and Business website
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