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Yannis Dragasakis
Γιάννης Δραγασάκης


Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
In office 23 September 2015 – 8 July 2019
Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras
Succeeded by	Panagiotis Pikrammenos
In office 27 January 2015 – 28 August 2015
Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras
Preceded by	Evangelos Venizelos
Minister for Economy and Development
In office 28 February 2018 – 8 July 2019
Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras
Preceded by	Dimitri B. Papadimitriou
Succeeded by	Adonis Georgiadis
4th Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
In office 2012–2014
Preceded by	Tasos Kourakis
Succeeded by	Nikitas Kaklamanis
In office 7 October 2008 – 14 October 2009
Succeeded by	Athanasios Leventis
Alternate Minister of National Economy
In office 13 November 1989 – 13 February 1990
Prime Minister	Xenophon Zolotas
Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens B
In office 22 September 1996 – 7 September 2009
In office 6 May 2012 – 28 August 2015
Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Chania
In office 5 November 1989 – 22 September 1996

Personal details
Born	(1947-01-01) 1 January 1947 (age 77) Anatoli, Lasithi, Greece
Political party	Syriza (2013–2024)
Other political affiliations	Synaspismos

Yannis Dragasakis (Greek: Γιάννης Δραγασάκης; born 1 January 1947) is a Greek politician and who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Greece from 27 January to 28 August 2015 and 23 September 2015 to 8 July 2019. He is a member of the Greek Parliament for the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) for the Athens B constituency.

Early life and education

Dragasakis was born in the village of Anatoli, Lasithi, Crete. He studied political science and economics in Greece and at London School of Economics and has worked as an economist, researcher and business advisor for different companies in Europe. He was a member of the mission of the Greek Parliament in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

Political career

He was a prominent member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece until 1991 when he resigned to join Synaspismos, and became one of their founding members. He later became a member of Syriza.

Dragasakis was first elected as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament (MP) in 1989 for the Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology, in the constituency of Chania. He was re-elected in 1996 for Athens B. At all subsequent elections, he has been re-elected, but since 2004, he has stood for Syriza.

On 13 November 1989, he was appointed Alternate Minister of National Economy in the Ecumenical Cabinet of Xenophon Zolotas, and served in this role until 13 February 1990, when he was removed in a cabinet reshuffle.

On 7 October 2008, he was elected as Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament, the first Deputy Speaker from Syriza's parliamentary group. He served for a one-year period, but was elected again in 2012, serving the whole legislative period until December 2014.

Dragasakis is one of the "economic quartet" of Syriza, the four main economists responsible for their economic policy, alongside Euclid Tsakalotos, Giorgos Stathakis and John Milios.

Deputy Prime Minister

Following the January 2015 legislative election, Syriza formed a coalition government with ANEL. Alexis Tsipras, the leader of Syriza, became Prime Minister, and in turn appointed Dragasakis as Deputy Prime Minister. In March 2015, Dragasakis co-authored an article in the Financial Times with Yanis Varoufakis and Euclid Tsakalotos that asked Greece's creditors to give them a chance.

After Yanis Varoufakis, the Minister of Finance, resigned on 6 July, Dragasakis was named as a potential successor. Varoufakis was later succeeded by Euclid Tsakalotos.

Personal life

Dragasakis speaks English as well as Greek. He has two daughters, Marianna and Rinio. Friends have described him as "rigid and inflexible in terms of socialist perspective", but also tactical as he "the realism of everyday life". He has also been described as "grounded in reality".

According to Stathis Kouvelakis, former Syriza spokesperson, Dragasakis is widely considered to have strong personal relationships with the Greek bankers, going back to his early career.

References

"Who Is Who in the New Greek Government". GreekReporter.com. 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
^ "Ioannis Dragasakis". Hellenic Parliament. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
Who is hiding behind the economic programme of SYRIZA
How British universities helped mould Syriza’s political elite
"Former Deputy Speakers". Hellenic Parliament. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
^ "Who is hiding behind the economic programme of SYRIZA". GR Reporter. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
Dragasakis, Yannis (17 March 2015). "All we ask is that Europe give Greece a chance". Financial Times. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
Brinded, Lisa (6 July 2015). "One of these four people will replace Yanis Varoufakis". Business Insider UK. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
Sebastian Budgen (2015-07-14). "Greece: The Struggle Continues". Jacobin. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
Yanis Varoufakis (3 May 2018). Adults in the room: my battle with europe's deep establishment. Vintage. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-78470-576-3.

External links

Official website (in Greek)
CV and office terms of Yannis Dragasakis at the Hellenic Parliament (in English)

Political offices
Preceded byEvangelos Venizelos	Deputy Prime Minister of Greece 27 January 2015 – 8 July 2019	Succeeded byPanagiotis Pikrammenos

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