Christos Staikouras | |
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Χρήστος Σταϊκούρας | |
 Staikouras in 2016 | |
| Minister for Finance | |
| In office 9 July 2019 – 26 May 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
| Preceded by | Euclid Tsakalotos |
| Succeeded by | Theodore Pelagidis |
| Alternate Minister for Finance | |
| In office 20 June 2012 – 27 January 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Antonis Samaras |
| Member of theHellenic Parliament forPhthiotis | |
| Assumed office 16 September 2007 | |
| Minister of Infrastructure and Transport | |
| In office 27 June 2023 – 15 March 2025 | |
| Succeeded by | Christos Dimas |
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| Born | (1973-08-12)12 August 1973 (age 52) |
| Political party | New Democracy |
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| Website | cstaikouras |
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Christos Staikouras (pronounced[ˌxristosstai̯ˈkuras]; born 12 August 1973) is a Greek economist and elected member of the Greek Parliament for the period 2023-2027. Since the2007 legislative election, he has been a Member of theHellenic Parliament (MP) forPhthiotis. After the2019 election, he was appointedminister for finance in theCabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis serving from 2019 to 2023.
Staikouras was born inLamia,Phthiotis, and studiedmechanical engineering at theNational Technical University of Athens. He went on to complete anMBA atImperial College London and aPhD in banking atCity University London. He worked as an analyst for theBank of England and thenEurobank Ergasias before becoming a lecturer at theAthens University of Economics and Business in 2002. He continued in this role whilst taking on additional responsibilities, including at theUniversity of Thessaly and theHellenic Open University. In 2006, he was made an assistant professor of finance at the Athens University of Economics and Business, going on leave in 2007.
He was first elected as a New Democracy MP for Phthiotis at the 2007 election. He has been re-elected in all elections since, and in June 2012 was appointed as analternate minister for finance, serving until January 2015.
Staikouras was born inLamia,Phthiotis, in 1973. In 1991, he graduated from the 39th General Lyceum of Kypseli and from 1991 to 1996 studied aBachelor of Science (BSc) degree inmechanical engineering at theNational Technical University of Athens (NTUA). During his time at NTUA he was a member of the student senate and was President of the Student Association for mechanical engineering students. From 1996 to 1997, he completed aMaster of Business Administration (MBA) atImperial College London. From November 1997 to May 2001 he completed aPhD in banking atCity University London, with the thesis "European banking industry: Sources of income and profitability." For his postgraduate studies, he was the recipient of a scholarship from the Eugenides Foundation, based in Athens.[1]
From September to December 1999, he worked as a visiting lecturer atCity University London. He went on to work as a scientific associate for theBank of England from January to June 2000 before moving to Greece and working as a strategy analyst forEurobank Ergasias from August 2000 to June 2002. Beginning in February 2002, Staikouras also worked as a lecturer in finance at theAthens University of Economics and Business, continuing in this role for several years whilst other jobs took place on the sidelines. From July 2002 to January 2004, he returned to Eurobank Ergasias, working as an advisor to the board of directors.[1]
In February 2004 he took up the role of associate professor of economic sciences at theUniversity of Thessaly, continuing until September 2004, when he became a member of the teaching staff at theHellenic Open University. In July 2006, Staikouras was made an assistant professor of finance at the Athens University of Economics and Business, ending his role at the Hellenic Open University in August 2007. In September 2007, he went on extended leave after his election as a Member of theHellenic Parliament.[1]
In the2007 legislative election, Staikouras was first elected as aNew Democracy Member of theHellenic Parliament (MP) representingPhthiotis. Upon his election, he was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs and became a member of both the Central Committee and Political Committee of New Democracy. Following his re-election in2009, he was also appointed as a member of the Special Standing Committee on the Financial Statement and General Balance Sheet of the State.[2]
Staikouras was re-elected in both theMay andJune 2012 elections, and following the June election was appointed as an Alternate Minister for Finance in theCabinet of Antonis Samaras.[2] In this capacity, he oversaw the national accounts between 2012 and 2014 during Greece'ssecond bailout.[3] In October 2014, Staikouras presented the draft budget before the Hellenic Parliament, predicting a 2.4% rise in growth in 2015. He said: "The conditions for sustained long-term growth are in the process of being created," although doubt was cast on his predictions as they may have been "too optimistic."[4] He served as Alternate Minister for Finance until theJanuary 2015 legislative election, which resulted in a loss for New Democracy.[2]
From February 2015 until July 2019, Staikouras was Coordinator of Economic Affairs for New Democracy during the party's spell in opposition, serving successively in the shadow cabinets ofAntonis Samaras,Evangelos Meimarakis,Ioannis Plakiotakis andKyriakos Mitsotakis.[1] Shortly after taking office as Minister of Finance in 2019, Staikouras successfully pushed through parliament his first piece of legislation, cutting an annualproperty tax by an average of 22 per cent per household and reviving a plan for taxarrears to be paid in 120 monthly instalments.[3]
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