Euclid Tsakalotos
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Euclid Tsakalotos Ευκλείδης Τσακαλώτος MP |
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| Minister of Finance | |
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Assumed office 23 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | George Chouliarakis |
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In office 6 July 2015 – 28 August 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Yanis Varoufakis |
| Succeeded by | George Chouliarakis |
| Alternate Minister for International Economic Relations | |
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In office 27 January 2015 – 6 July 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Minister | Nikos Kotzias |
| Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens B |
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Assumed office 6 May 2012 |
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| Born | 1960 (age 56–57) Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Political party | Syriza |
| Spouse(s) | Heather Gibson |
| Alma mater |
Queen's College, Oxford Institute of Development Studies Mansfield College, Oxford |
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University of Kent (1989–1993) Athens University of Economics and Business (1993–2010) University of Athens (2010–present) |
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Monetary economics Managerial economics National accounts |
Euclid Tsakalotos (Greek: Ευκλείδης Τσακαλώτος, officially Ευκλείδης Στεφάνου Τσακαλώτος, transcr. Efklidis Stefanou Tsakalotos, Greek pronunciation: [efˈkliðis steˈfanu t͜sakaˈlotos]; born 1960) is a left-wing Greek economist and politician who has been Minister of Finance of Greece since 2015. He is also a member of the Central Committee of Syriza and has represented Athens B in the Hellenic Parliament since May 2012.
Tsakalotos was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, but moved to the United Kingdom at a young age. He went to St Paul's School in London before studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at The Queen's College, Oxford. He went on to complete a master's degree at the Institute of Development Studies, attached to the University of Sussex and returned to Oxford to complete a doctorate in economics under the supervision of Włodzimierz Brus, which he did in 1989. From 1989 to 1993, Tsakalotos worked at the University of Kent, where he met his partner, Heather D. Gibson. He moved to Greece, and taught at the Athens University of Economics and Business from 1994 to 2010, becoming a professor of economics. Since 2010, he has been a professor of economics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has written a number of books in both Greek and English and has been published in a range of different academic journals.
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