Yanis Varoufakis

Ioannis Georgiou "Yanis" Varoufakis (, ; born 24 March 1961) is a Greek economist, academic and politician. He was the Greek Minister of Finance from January to July 2015, when he resigned. Varoufakis was a Syriza member of the Hellenic Parliament (MP) for Athens B from January to September 2015.