Yanis Varoufakis

Ioannis Georgiou "Yanis" Varoufakis (Greek: Ιωάννης Γεωργίου "Γιάνης" Βαρουφάκης, romanized: Ioánnis Georgíou "Giánis" Varoufákis, pronounced [ˈʝaniz varuˈfacis]; born 24 March 1961) is a Greek economist and politician. A former academic, he served as the Greek Minister of Finance from January to July 2015 under Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, where he led negotiations with Greece's creditors during the government-debt crisis. In February 2016, he launched the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25) and has also been Secretary-General of MeRA25, a left-wing political party, since he founded it in 2018. Varoufakis was a member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens B from January to September 2015 representing Syriza while he held a seat for Thessaloniki A from July 2019 to May 2023 representing MeRA25. He was not reelected at the Parliamentary elections of May and June 2023.