Giannis Vroutsis

Ioannis Vroutsis (1 June 1963, Athens) is a Greek economist, lawyer and politician, serving as the New Democracy MP for Cyclades and serving as Minister of Labor and Social Affairs since 9 July 2019, having previously served as Minister of Labour, Social Security and Welfare between 21 June 2012 and 27 January 2015.

Giannis Vroutsis
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
Assumed office
9 July 2019
Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis
In office
21 June 2013 – 27 January 2015
Prime MinisterAntonis Samaras
MP for Cyclades
Personal details
Spouse(s)Theodora Vagena
Children2
Alma materNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Panteion University
ProfessionLawyer, Economist, Politician
Websitewww.ivroutsis.gr

Early life and education

Vroutsis was born in Athens on 1 June 1963 and is originally from Naxos and Amorgos.[1] He studied economics at the School of Law, Economics and Political Sciences of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where he was awarded a scholarship. He also holds a master's degree from Panteion University. He has previously worked as an economist at the Ministry of Finance.

Political career

He began to participate in politics as a member of the ND Youth. He has twice been a member of the Executive Committee as Secretary of the MAKI and as the Head of Basin organizations.

He had an active and long-standing involvement in local government. He served as a municipal councilor in Vyronas in 1990.

He was first elected Member of Parliament for the Cyclades in 2007, and was re-elected in 2009, 2012 and 2015.

First term as Minister of Labor

He served as New Democracy's Chief Policy Officer from 2009 to 2011, when he was appointed ND's Chief Financial Officer under Antonis Samaras. On 21 June 2012 he took up the post of Minister of Labour, Social Security and Welfare in the coalition government of Antonis Samaras.

In Opposition

Following the 2015 national elections, on February 5, 2015, by decision of the party president, he is appointed along with Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Adonis Georgiadis as a party parliamentary spokesman.

On January 13, 2016, by the decision of the new party president Kyriakos Mitsotakis, a parliamentary spokesman for New Democracy is re-appointed along with Nikos Dendias and Niki Kerameus.

Second term as Minister of Labor

Following the 2019 election and the formation of a government Mitsotakis, Ioannis Vroutsis was appointed Minister of Labor and Social Affairs.[2]

References
  1. Vroutsis, Ioannis (2014). "CV of Ioannis Vroutsis" (PDF). European Parliament.
  2. "H σύνθεση της κυβέρνησης Μητσοτάκη | Kathimerini". www.kathimerini.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2020-01-23.
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