Greek finance minister who negotiated with the Troika in 2015 and resigned the day after the referendum
Born in Palaio Faliro near Athens, Varoufakis took a PhD in economics at the University of Essex, taught at the University of Sydney, and from 2000 taught economic theory at the University of Athens. In 2010 he and Stuart Holland published A Modest Proposal for overcoming the euro crisis. Elected to parliament for Syriza in January 2015, he became finance minister in the Tsipras government and pressed the creditors for debt restructuring and less austerity. He resigned the day after the "No" vote won the referendum of 5 July, and voted against the third bailout. In 2016 he co-founded DiEM25.
Also known as: Ioannis Varoufakis
Activities and affiliations
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2000–
Greece state institutionsProfessor of Economic Theory, University of Athens
Scholarship and theory -
2015
Greece state institutionsMinister of FinanceMain
Economy, finance and planning -
2015
Greece state institutionsMember of the Hellenic Parliament
Legislature and state representation -
2015
Syriza (Coalition of the Radical Left)
Economy, finance and planning -
2019–2023
Greece state institutionsMember of the Hellenic Parliament
Legislature and state representation
Career Timeline
- 1987PhD in economics, University of Essex
- 2000Associate Professor of Economic Theory, University of Athens
- 2010.11Published A Modest Proposal
- 2015.01–07.06Minister of Finance
- 2016Co-founded DiEM25