Yannis Dragasakis
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| Yannis Dragasakis MP |
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| Γιάννης Δραγασάκης | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Greece | |
| Assumed office 23 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| In office 27 January 2015 – 28 August 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Evangelos Venizelos |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament |
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| In office 2012–2014 |
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| Preceded by | Tasos Kourakis |
| Succeeded by | Alexis Mitropoulos Ioannis Balafas Despoina Charalampidou |
| In office 7 October 2008 – 14 October 2009 |
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| Succeeded by | Athanasios Leventis |
| Alternate Minister of National Economy | |
| In office 13 November 1989 – 13 February 1990 |
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| Prime Minister | Xenophon Zolotas |
| Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens B | |
| Assumed office 22 September 1996 |
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| Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Chania | |
| In office 5 November 1989 – 22 September 1996 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1947 Lasithi, Greece |
| Political party | Syriza |
| Other political affiliations |
Synaspismos |
Yannis Dragasakis (Greek: Γιάννης Δραγασάκης; born 1 January 1947) is a Greek politician and the current Deputy Prime Minister of Greece. He formerly served as Deputy Prime Minister from 27 January to 28 August 2015. He is a member of the Greek Parliament for the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) for the Athens B constituency.
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Early life and education
Dragasakis was born in Lasithi. He studied political and economic sciences at university. During his studies in London, he was Secretary of the Union of Greek Students.[1]
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 in 1989 for the Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology, representing 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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3]
Deputy Prime Minister
Following the January 2015 Greek legislative election, Dragasakis was appointed by Alexis Tsipras as Deputy Prime Minister.
After Yanis Varoufakis, the Minister of Finance, resigned on 6 July, Dragasakis was named as a potential successor.[4] Varoufakis was later succeeded by Euclid Tsakalotos.
Personal life
Dragasakis speaks English as well as Greek. He has two daughters, Marianna and Rinio.[1] 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".[3]
References
External links
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- CV (Greek) and office terms (English) of Yannis Dragasakis at the Hellenic Parliament
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| Preceded by | Deputy Prime Minister of Greece since 27 January 2015 |
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