Yannis Papathanasiou

Yannis Papathanasiou (Greek: Γιάννης Παπαθανασίου) (born 1 January 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]

Yannis Papathanasiou Γιάννης Παπαθανασίου
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	(1954-01-01) 1 January 1954 (age 71) Athens, Greece
Political party	New Democracy
Spouse	Ileana Iliopoulou
Alma mater	National Technical University of Athens
Website	Official website

Background, business and political career

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]