Yannis Stournaras
| Yannis Stournaras | |
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| Γιάννης Στουρνάρας | |
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| Governor of the Bank of Greece | |
| Assumed office 20 June 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Antonis Samaras Alexis Tsipras Vassiliki Thanou Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | George Provopoulos |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 5 July 2012 – 10 June 2014 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
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| Prime Minister | Antonis Samaras |
| Preceded by | George Zanias |
| Succeeded by | Gikas Hardouvelis |
| Minister for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping | |
| In office 17 May 2012 – 21 June 2012 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
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| Prime Minister | Panagiotis Pikrammenos |
| Preceded by | Anna Diamantopoulou |
| Succeeded by | Kostis Chatzidakis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 December 1956 Athens, Greece |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | University of Athens University of Oxford |
Yannis (or Giannis) Stournaras (Greek: Γιάννης Στουρνάρας; born 10 December 1956), is a Greek economist who has been the Governor of the Bank of Greece since June 2014.[1]
Previously, he had been the Greek Minister of Finance from 5 July 2012[2][3] serving until 10 June 2014.[4] As every Governor of an IMF member country, he is on the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund.[5]
Early life and education
Stournaras received his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Athens in 1978. He received a Master's degree (MPhil) and doctorate (DPhil) in economic theory and policy from the University of Oxford in 1980 and 1982 respectively.[6][7]
Academic career
From 1982 to 1986, Stournaras worked as a lecturer and research fellow at St Catherine's College, Oxford, and as a research fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.[7] He then returned to Greece where he worked as a special advisor to the Ministry of Finance from 1986 to 1989, to the Bank of Greece from 1989 to 1994, and for the Ministry of Finance again from 1994 to 2000.[6]
Stournaras served as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors from 1994 to July 2000.[7] In this capacity he helped formulate the Greece's macroeconomic policy in the run-up to Greece's accession to the European Monetary Union (Eurozone), and represented the Ministry of Finance at the Monetary Committee (now Economic and Financial Committee) of the European Union. He was also responsible for consultations with other international and supranational organisations such as the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.[6]
Stournaras has been a professor of economics at the University of Athens. He is the director of the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE), a Greek think-tank.[6] In 2000, he invited Yanis Varoufakis to become an economics professor at the University of Athens.[8]
References
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| Preceded by | Minister of Finance 5 July 2012 – 10 June 2014 |
Succeeded by Gikas Hardouvelis |
| Preceded by | Governor of the Bank of Greece since 20 June 2014 |
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