George Chouliarakis

From May to August 2015 he served as head of the technical negotiations for Greece that led to the third economic adjustment program, an agreement that prevented Greece’s disorderly exit from the European Monetary Union. He subsequently served as interim Finance Minister in the run up to the elections of September 2015. Since then and until the parliamentary elections of July 7th 2019, he had a pivotal role in guiding the economy through one of the most challenging times in its modern history. He oversaw the design and suc-cessful implementation of the fiscal consolidation program 2015-2018, which restored fiscal policy credibility and enabled Greece to regain market access. He also conducted for Greece the technical negotiations that led to the vital debt relief agreement of June 2018. He served as a member of the Eurogroup Working Group (EWG), a member of the Board of Directors of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), and a member of the Economic Policy Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

 

Prior to his public service duties, he was teaching macroeconomics, interna-tional economics and economic history at the University of Manchester and, previously, at the University of Essex. He holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Athens, an MSc in Economics from the University of London and a PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick.