Giannis Dragasakis
Giannis Dragasakis ( Greek Γιάννης Δραγασάκης , born January 1, 1947 in Anatoliki Lasithi , Crete ) is a Greek economist and politician. He was Deputy Prime Minister in the Alexis Tsipras I cabinet from January 27, 2015 to August 28, 2015 and was again in the Alexis Tsipras II cabinet from September 23, 2015 to July 8, 2019.
Political career
Dragasakis was already involved as a student in the Lambrakis youth . He studied economics in Greece and at the London School of Economics . Even as a student he was politically active against the Greek military dictatorship , for example as the secretary of the Greek students in London . Until 1991 he was a leading member of the Communist Party , since its inception he has belonged to the left Synaspismos . In the elections in June 1989 he was given a parliamentary mandate for the first time. From November 1989 to April 1990 he was Deputy Minister of Economics in the coalition government of Xenophon Zolota . In the parliamentary elections in 1996 , 2004 , 2007 , May 2012 , June 2012 and January 2015 , he was re-elected as a member of the Synaspismos and since 2004 of the SYRIZA . From 2012 to 2015 he was Deputy Speaker of Parliament .
Dragasakis is a member of the Syriza executive committee and is considered to be its leading economic politician. He is a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and chairman of the sub-committee for the European Social Charter .
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appointed Dragasakis to his government as Deputy Prime Minister on January 27, 2015. As Deputy Prime Minister Dragasakis oversees the entire finance and economy sector.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on Dragasakis' personal website ( memento of July 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ To Vima of January 27, 2015
- ^ Zeit Online from January 27, 2015
Alexis Tsipras (SYRIZA) | Giannis Dragasakis (SYRIZA) | Yanis Varoufakis (independent until July 6, 2015) | Efklidis Tsakalotos (SYRIZA, from July 6, 2015) | Nikos Kotzias (independent) | Nikos Voutsis (SYRIZA) | Panos Kammenos (ANEL) | Giorgos Stathakis (SYRIZA) | Aristidis Baltas (SYRIZA) | Panagiotis Kouroumblis (SYRIZA) | Panos Skourletis (SYRIZA) | Nikos Paraskevopoulos (independent) | Panagiotis Lafazanis (SYRIZA, until July 17, 2015) | Giorgos Katroungalos (SYRIZA, from July 18, 2015) | Nikos Pappas (SYRIZA) | Panagiotis Nikoloudis (independent) | Alekos Flambouraris (SYRIZA)
Alexis Tsipras (SYRIZA) | Giannis Dragasakis (SYRIZA) | Efklidis Tsakalotos (SYRIZA) | Nikos Kotzias (independent) | Panagiotis Kouroumblis (SYRIZA) | Panos Kammenos (ANEL) | Giorgos Stathakis (SYRIZA) | Nikos Filis (SYRIZA) | Nikos Paraskevopoulos (independent) | Giorgos Katroungalos (SYRIZA) | Andreas Xanthos (SYRIZA) | Aristidis Baltas (SYRIZA) | Panos Skourletis (SYRIZA) | Christos Spirtzis (SYRIZA) | Thodoris Dritsas (SYRIZA) | Vangelis Apostolou (SYRIZA) | Nikos Pappas (SYRIZA) | Alekos Flambouraris (SYRIZA) | Olga Gerovasili (SYRIZA)
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| SURNAME | Dragasakis, Giannis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Δραγασάκης, Γιάννης (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek economist and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Anatoliki Lasithi Plateau , Crete |