10 Facts About Christos Staikouras

Christos Staikouras went on to complete an MBA at Imperial College London and a PhD in banking at City University London.

Christos Staikouras worked as an analyst for the Bank of England and then Eurobank Ergasias before becoming a lecturer at the Athens University of Economics and Business in 2002.

Christos Staikouras continued in this role whilst taking on additional responsibilities, including at the University of Thessaly and the Hellenic Open University.

Christos Staikouras was first elected as a New Democracy MP for Phthiotis at the 2007 election.

Christos Staikouras has been re-elected in all elections since, and in June 2012 was appointed as an alternate minister for finance, serving until January 2015.

Christos Staikouras went on to work as a scientific associate for the Bank of England from January to June 2000 before moving to Greece and working as a strategy analyst for Eurobank Ergasias from August 2000 to June 2002.

In July 2006, Christos Staikouras was made an assistant professor of finance at the Athens University of Economics and Business, ending his role at the Hellenic Open University in August 2007.

Christos Staikouras was re-elected in both the May and June 2012 elections, and following the June election was appointed as an Alternate Minister for Finance in the Cabinet of Antonis Samaras.

From February 2015 until July 2019, Christos Staikouras was Coordinator of Economic Affairs for New Democracy during the party's spell in opposition, serving successively in the shadow cabinets of Antonis Samaras, Evangelos Meimarakis, Ioannis Plakiotakis and Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Shortly after taking office as Minister of Finance in 2019, Christos Staikouras successfully pushed through parliament his first piece of legislation, cutting an annual property tax by an average of 22 per cent per household and reviving a plan for tax arrears to be paid in 120 monthly instalments.