Yannis Papathanasiou ( el, Γιάννης Παπαθανασίου) (born January 1, 1954) is a Greek politician, former

Minister for Economy and Finance of Greece The Ministry of Finance ( el, Υπουργείο Οικονομικών) is the government department responsible for Greece's public finances. The incumbent minister is Christos Staikouras of New Democracy. Minister's role According to Artic ...

. He is a

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of 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 ...

with the conservative

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party since 2002.

Background, business and political career

Papathanasiou was born in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

on January 1, 1954. He studied

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at the

National Technical University of Athens The National (Metsovian) Technical University of Athens (NTUA; el, Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο, ''National Metsovian Polytechnic''), sometimes known as Athens Polytechnic, is among the oldest higher education institution ...

. He has been chairman and managing director of the company ‘I. D. Papathanassiou SA - Trading of technological equipment for buildings since December 31, 2002. He has been Member of the Board of Directors (1982–1988), Secretary General (1988–1993) and President (1994–2000) of the ''Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI)''. In the period 1991-1992, he was advisor on energy issues, at the ''Minister of Commerce Industry and Energy'' and between 1992–1993, he has been vice-chairman of the Board of Directors of '' Public Gas Corporation (DEPA)''. He was first elected member of the

in 2002, from the state deputies' list, with

party and then was elected member of the parliament in Athens B constituency, in the elections of

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and

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References

External links

Official website of the Greek Ministry of Economy and FinancePersonal Website of Yannis Papathanasiou
, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Papathanasiou, Yannis 1954 births Finance ministers of Greece Greek MPs 2000–2004 Greek MPs 2004–2007 Greek MPs 2007–2009 Greek MPs 2009–2012 Greek MPs 2012 (May) Living people National Technical University of Athens alumni New Democracy (Greece) politicians Politicians from Athens