Yanis Varoufakis (, ; born 24 March 1961) is an academic economist who was a member of the
Greek parliament between January and September 2015. He represented the ruling
Syriza party and held the position of
Minister of Finance for seven months. He voted against the terms of the
third bailout package for Greece. In December 2015 he announced plans to launch a pan-European movement the following February.