Yannis Papathanasiou
| Yannis Papathanasiou MP |
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| Γιάννης Παπαθανασίου | |
| Minister for Economy and Finance of Greece | |
| In office January 8, 2009 – October 7, 2009 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
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| Prime Minister | Kostas Karamanlis |
| Preceded by | Georgios Alogoskoufis |
| Succeeded by | Giorgos Papakonstantinou, Louka Katseli |
| Deputy Minister for Economy and Finance of Greece | |
| In office October 2007 – January 8, 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Kostas Karamanlis |
| Succeeded by | Athanasios Bouras |
| Deputy Minister for Development of Greece | |
| In office March 2004 – September 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Kostas Karamanlis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1, 1954 Athens, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Political party | New Democracy |
| Spouse(s) | Ileana Iliopoulou |
| Residence | Athens, Greece |
| Alma mater | National Technical University of Athens |
| Profession | Electrical Engineer Entrepreneur Civil servant |
| Religion | Greek Orthodox |
| Website | www.papathanassiou.gr |
Yannis Papathanasiou (Greek: Γιάννης Παπαθανασίου) (born January 1, 1954[1]) is a Greek politician, former Minister for Economy and Finance of Greece. He is a member of the Hellenic Parliament with the conservative New Democracy party since 2002.[2]
Background, business and political career
Papathanasiou was born in Athens on January 1, 1954. He studied Electrical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens.[1]
He has been chairman and managing director of the company ‘I. D. Papathanassiou SA - Trading of technological equipment for buildings since December 31, 2002.[1]
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).[1][3]
He was first elected member of the Hellenic Parliament in 2002, from the state deputies' list,[2] with New Democracy party and then was elected member of the parliament in Athens B constituency, in the elections of 2004, 2007 and 2009.[1][4]
References
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External links
- Official website of the Greek Ministry of Economy and Finance
- Personal Website of Yannis Papathanasiou
| Preceded by | Minister for Economy and Finance 2009–2009 |
Succeeded by Giorgos Papakonstantinou, Louka Katseli |
- Articles with dead external links from November 2014
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- 1954 births
- Living people
- National Technical University of Athens alumni
- New Democracy (Greece) politicians
- Greek MPs 2000–04
- Greek MPs 2004–07
- Greek MPs 2007–09
- Finance ministers of Greece
- Greek MPs 2009–12
- Greek MPs 2012 (May)
