Yannis Papathanasiou Γιάννης Παπαθανασίου | |
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| Minister of the Economy and Finance | |
| In office 8 January 2009 – 7 October 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Kostas Karamanlis |
| Preceded by | Georgios Alogoskoufis |
| Succeeded by | Louka Katseli (Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping) Giorgos Papakonstantinou (Finance) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1954 Athens, Greece |
| Political party | New Democracy |
| Spouse | Ileana Iliopoulou |
| Alma mater | National Technical University of Athens |
| Website | Official website |
Yannis Papathanasiou (Greek: Γιάννης Παπαθανασίου) (born on 1954, in Athens) is a Greek politician, former Minister for Economy and Finance of Greece. He is a member of the Hellenic Parliament with the conservative New Democracy party since 2002.[1]
Papathanasiou was born in Athens on 1954. He studied Electrical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens.[2]
He has been chairman and managing director of the company ‘I. D. Papathanassiou SA - Trading of technological equipment for buildings since December 31, 2002.[2]
He has been Member of the Board of Directors (1982–1988), Secretary General (1988–1993) and President (1994–2000) of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI).
In the period 1991-1992, he was advisor on energy issues, at the Minister of Commerce Industry and Energy and between 1992–1993, he has been vice-chairman of the Board of Directors of Public Gas Corporation (DEPA).[2][3]
He was first elected member of the Hellenic Parliament in 2002, from the state deputies' list,[1] with New Democracy party and then was elected member of the parliament in Athens B constituency, in the elections of 2004, 2007 and 2009.[2][4]
