Yannis Dragasakis [SEP] position held
Yannis Dragasakis
Yannis Dragasakis (; born 1 January 1947) is a Greek politician and the former Deputy Prime Minister of Greece, serving twice from 27 January to 28 August 2015 and 23 September 2015 to 8 July 2019. He is a member of the Greek Parliament for the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) for the Athens B constituency.
Early life and education.
Dragasakis was born in the village of Anatoli, Lasithi, Crete. He studied political science and economics at London School of Economics and has worked
, including Synaspismos.
Shortly after Syriza was formed, Tsakalotos stood as their candidate for the prefecture of Preveza in the 2004 legislative election. The Greek government-debt crisis effectively began in 2009 and was a backdrop for Tsakalotos' involvement in the creation of Syriza's economic policy. Tsakalotos has been credited as the "brains behind" the policy, and as a member of Syriza's "economics quartet", alongside John Milios, Giorgos Stathakis and Yannis Dragasakis. He has also been credited as one author of Syriza's