Nikos Pappas (politician)

Nikos Pappas
MP
Νίκος Παππάς
Minister of State
Assumed office
23 September 2015
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
In office
27 January 2015 – 28 August 2015
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
for Athens B
Assumed office
25 January 2015
Personal details
Political party Syriza
Not to be confused with Nikos Pappas (basketball).

Nikos Pappas (Greek: Νίκος Παππάς) is a Greek economist and politician who currently serves as a Minister of State in Alexis Tsipras' second cabinet.[1] He represents the Athens B constituency in the Hellenic Parliament.

Early life and education

Pappas studied at the University of Strathclyde and completed his PhD there in 2013, having written his thesis on the topic of the macroeconomic impact of projected population changes in Greece. In 2015, the University of Strathclyde Students' Association awarded Pappas lifetime membership for doing "inspiring work" to "rebalance the economic injustices facing working people".[2]

Pappas lived in Scotland until he was invited to Greece in February 2008 by Alexis Tsipras. He formerly worked at the Fraser of Allenden Institute, part of the University of Strathclyde, as a researcher.[3]

Political career

Pappas is a "close friend and associate" of Alexis Tsipras.[4] They first met at a meeting of Synaspismos Youth when they were 19.[3] He later became Tsipras' chief of staff.[5] He was appointed as a Minister of State in the First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "New Greek PM Alexis Tsipras forms cabinet". BBC News. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Denholm, Andrew (18 May 2015). "Greek minister honoured by Scottish students". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 "The Who's Who of the new Greek Gov't". Proto Thema. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 Zikakou, Ioanna (1 February 2015). "Who Is Who in the New Greek Government". Greek Reporter. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Hope, Kerin (28 January 2015). "Tsipras picks anti-austerity professor as Greek finance minister". Financial Times. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
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