Hardouvelis, 58, was, until his appointment, a Professor of Finance & Economics at University of Piraeus -at the Department of Banking and Financial Management- as well as a Chief Economist and Director of Research at the EUROBANK Group.
Specifically, Hardouvelis was Director of the Economic Office of Prime Ministers Costas Simitis (1996-2000) and Lucas Papademos (2011-2012). When serving under Simitis, he was also Chief Economist at the National Bank of Greece.
Before coming to Greece in 1993, Hardouvelis was Assistant Professor at Barnard College, Columbia University (1983-1989), Associate Professor and subsequently Full Professor at Rutgers University (1989-1993) and at one point he was also employed as a research Assistant at none other than the Federal Reserve of New York (1987-1993)
He apparently holds a B.A. and M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Economics from UC Berkeley. In short, an all-American and pro-Germany boy...
In the new cabinet, eight ministers out of the former 18 ministers retained their positions. Moreover, 13 ministers are from the ruling conservative New Democracy party, while four are from the minor socialist coalition partner PASOK (including Andreas Loverdos and Angela Grekou - the latter of which could not even get elected in her local electoral region on Corfu).
Here are a few of the appointments made in the main Greek ministries:
- Finance Minister: Gikas Hardouvelis (replaces Yiannis Stournaras)
- Foreign Minister: Evangelos Venizelos (same as before)
- Development Minister: Nikos Dendias (replaces Kostis Hatzidakis)
- Health Minister: Makis Voridis (replaces Adonis Georgiadis)
- Government Spokeswoman: Sofia Voultepsi (replaces Simos Kedikoglou)
Prime Minister
Antonis Samaras
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Evangelos Venizelos
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs: Dimitris Kourkoulas
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs: Akis Gerontopoulos
Ministry of Finance
Minister: Gikas Hardouvelis
Alternate Minister: Christos Staikouras
Deputy Minister: Yorgos Mavragannis
Ministry of Administrative Reform and e-Governance
Minister: Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Deputy Minister: Paraskevi Christophilopoulou
Ministry of Interior
Minister: Argyris Ntinopoulos
Deputy Minister: Theophilos Leontaridis
Deputy Minister: Yorgos Ntolios
Ministry of Defence
Minister: Dimitris Avramopoulos
Alternate Minister: Fofi Genimata
Deputy Minister: Yannis Lambropoulos
Ministry of Regional Development and Competitiveness
Minister: Nikos Dendias
Deputy Minister: Odysseas Konstantinopoulos
Deputy Minister: Gerasimos Giakoumatos
Deputy Minister: Notis Mitarakis
Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks
Minister: Michalis Chryssochoidis
Deputy Minister: Michalis Papadopoulos
Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change
Minister Yannis Maniatis
Alternate Minister: Nicholaos Tagaras
Deputy Minister: Assimakis Papageorgiou
Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
Minister: Andreas Loverdos
Deputy Minister: Alexandros Dermetzopoulos
Deputy Minister: Kostas Koukodimos
Ministry of Culture and Sports
Minister: Konstantinos Tasoulas
Deputy Minister: Angela Gkerekou
Deputy Minister of Sports: Yannis Adrianos
Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Welfare
Minister: Yannis Vroutsis
Deputy Minister: Vasilios Kegeroglou
Deputy Minister: Antonis Mpezas
Deputy Minister: Yannis Plakiotakis
Ministry of Health
Minister: Makis Voridis
Alternate Minister: Leonidas Grigorakos
Deputy Minister: Katerina Papakosta
Ministry of Rural Development and Food
Minister: Yannis Karasmanis
Deputy Minister: Paris Koukoulopoulos
Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights
Minister: Charalambos Athanasiou
Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection
Minister: Vasilis Kikilias
Ministry of Tourism
Minister: Olga Kefalogianni
Ministry of Shipping and Aegean
Minister: Miltiadis Varvitsiotis
Ministry of Macedonia-Thrace
Minister: Giorgos Orfanos
Minister of State
Dimitris Stamatis
Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and Government Spokesperson
Sophia Voultepsi
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