1. Yannis Dragasakis is a Greek politician and who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Greece from 27 January to 28 August 2015 and 23 September 2015 to 8 July 2019.
10 Facts About Yannis Dragasakis
1. 2.
Yannis Dragasakis is a member of the Greek Parliament for the Coalition of the Radical Left for the Athens B constituency.
3.
Yannis Dragasakis studied political science and economics in Greece and at London School of Economics and has worked as an economist, researcher and business advisor for different companies in Europe.
4.
Yannis Dragasakis 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.
5.
Yannis Dragasakis 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.
6.
Yannis Dragasakis was first elected as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament in 1989 for the Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology, in the constituency of Chania.
7.
Yannis Dragasakis 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.
8.
Yannis Dragasakis served for a one-year period, but was elected again in 2012, serving the whole legislative period until December 2014.
9.
Yannis Dragasakis is one of the "economic quartet" of Syriza, the four main economists responsible for their economic policy, alongside Euclid Tsakalotos, Giorgos Stathakis and John Milios.
10.
In March 2015, Yannis Dragasakis co-authored an article in the Financial Times with Yanis Varoufakis and Euclid Tsakalotos that asked Greece's creditors to give them a chance.