1. Giorgos Papakonstantinou, is a Greek economist and politician and former Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change of Greece and former Minister for Finance.
12 Facts About Giorgos Papakonstantinou
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Giorgos Papakonstantinou is currently a professor at the European University Institute.
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Giorgos Papakonstantinou graduated from the London School of Economics.
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Giorgos Papakonstantinou later obtained a Master of Arts in economics from New York University and a PhD in economics from LSE.
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In 1998, Papakonstantinou returned to Greece and was appointed an adviser to then-Prime Minister Costas Simitis on "information society" issues.
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Between 2004 and 2007, Giorgos Papakonstantinou served as economic advisor to George Papandreou, the president of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement.
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Giorgos Papakonstantinou was a board member of the Institute for Strategic and Development Studies, PASOK's think tank, from 2005 to 2008.
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Between 2003 and 2007, Giorgos Papakonstantinou taught economics at Department of Management Science and Technology of the Athens University of Economics and Business and advised the European Commission on research and information society issues, participating in various international research projects.
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In May 2005, Giorgos Papakonstantinou was elected a member of the National Council of PASOK.
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Giorgos Papakonstantinou headed PASOK's list of candidates for the European Parliament in the 2009 European elections and was elected MEP in June 2009.
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Giorgos Papakonstantinou was one of a number of Papademos' cabinet who failed to be re-elected in the May 6,2012 General election that saw PASOK lose almost 120 seats in the house.
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Giorgos Papakonstantinou has consistently denied all charges and claims he is being made a scapegoat for the inaction of others on this issue as well as for the public's need to punish politicians for the austerity policies in Greece.