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Giannis Dragasakis

Yannis Dragasakis
MP
Γιάννης Δραγασάκης
Giannis Dragasakis I.JPG
Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
Assumed office
23 September 2015
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
In office
27 January 2015 – 28 August 2015
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
Preceded by Evangelos Venizelos
Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
In office
2012–2014
Preceded by Tasos Kourakis
Succeeded by Alexis Mitropoulos
Ioannis Balafas
Despoina Charalampidou
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
Assumed office
22 September 1996
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 70)
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.

Dragasakis was born in Lasithi. He studied political science and economics at London School of Economics and has worked as a researcher and adviser in 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.

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.


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