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Kyriakos Pierrakakis | |
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| Κυριάκος Πιερρακάκης | |
.jpg) Pierrakakis in 2025 | |
| Minister for the National Economy and Finance | |
| Assumed office 15 March 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
| Preceded by | Kostis Hatzidakis |
| President of the Eurogroup | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Paschal Donohoe |
| Minister for Education, Religious Affairs and Sports | |
| In office 27 June 2023 – 14 March 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
| Preceded by | Christos Kittas [el](as Minister for Education and Religious Affairs) |
| Succeeded by | Sofia Zacharaki |
| Minister of State andMinister for Digital Governance | |
| In office 9 July 2019 – 26 May 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
| Succeeded by | Vassilios Skouris(as Minister of State) Sokratis Katsikas [el](as Minister for Digital Governance) |
| Member of theHellenic Parliament | |
| Constituency | Athens A (2023–present) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1983-08-08)8 August 1983 (age 42) Athens, Greece |
| Party | New Democracy (since 2016) PASOK (2012–2016) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Lycée Léonin |
| Alma mater | Athens University of Economics and Business (BSc) Harvard Kennedy School (MPP) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MTP) |
Kyriakos Pierrakakis (Greek:Κυριάκος Πιερρακάκης; born 1983) is aGreek computer scientist and political economist who currently serves asMinister for the National Economy and Finance in thesecond cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.[1] He has also served as President of theEurogroup since 12 December 2025, having been elected for a two-and-a-half-year term by hiseurozone counterparts.[2]
He previously served asMinister for Digital Governance in thefirst Mitsotakis cabinet (2019–2023),[3] and asMinister for Education, Religious Affairs and Sports in the second Mitsotakis cabinet from June 2023 to March 2025.
He is aMember of the Hellenic Parliament forAthens since 2023.[4]
Born in 1983 in Athens, he grew up in KatoPatisia. He is the son of physician Stefanos Pierrakakis and lawyer Panagiota Stratakou, with ancestry fromAreopoli andKrokees,Laconia. He is married and has three children. He graduated in 2001 from theLycée Léonin in Patisia and studiedcomputer science at theAthens University of Economics and Business until 2005. He is also a graduate ofHarvard University's Kennedy School of Government (Master in Public Policy, 2007) and theMassachusetts Institute of Technology (Master in Technology Policy, 2009).[5]
In 2014, he married civil engineer Dimitra Moustakatou, with whom he had three children: Stefanos and twins Panagiota and Aikaterini. He speaks Greek, English, and French.[6]
After returning to Greece, he served as president of the Youth Institute, where he was actively involved in youth entrepreneurship issues. He also served as an advisor to then-MinisterAnna Diamantopoulou at theMinistry of Development.
From 2015 to 2019, he served as research director of the independent, non-profit research organization "diaNEOsis", an independent non-profit non-partisan think tank. Pierrakakis produced research papers with a focus on economic growth and understanding the perceptions and beliefs among Greeks.[7]
Pierrakakis began his political career in center-left politics. He was elected member of thePASOK Political Committee in its 9th Congress in 2012 and in 2014 he was a candidate for the European Parliament. Pierrakakis was placed sixth on theElia ballot with a total of 42.814 votes[8] During theNew Democracy – PASOK coalition government he was member of the Greek negotiation delegation with the “Troika”[9] appointed by MinisterEvangelos Venizelos.
The election ofKyriakos Mitsotakis as leader ofNew Democracy brought him closer to the party, and several months before the elections, he undertook the creation of a plan for the digital transformation of Greece. On 9 July 2019, he was sworn in as Minister of State and Digital Governance in the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
In the national election of May 2023, he was a candidate for parliament in the electoral district of Athens, where he was elected first, receiving a total of 55,099 preference votes. He was re-elected in the June elections of the same year.
On 9 July 2019, he was appointed Minister of State and Digital Governance byKyriakos Mitsotakis. During his tenure, Pierrakakis drove a major digital transformation of Greece’s public services. His initiatives, including the development ofgov.gr, Greece’s integrated platform for government services, theGov.gr Wallet app for digital IDs and driving licenses, and theMyHealth app for electronic healthcare records, contributed to a 17.5% annual increase in the digitalization of public services for businesses and citizens alike.
Since his appointment as Minister of Education in July 2023, Pierrakakis has led legislative reform in Greece's education sector. This includes the passage of a bill that establishes a legal framework for the operation of private foreign universities in the country, as well as the creation of a digital educational portal and a digital tutoring system.[10]
During the 2024-2025 school year, daily school life was upgraded with:
With Law 5128/2024, the “Digital Tutoring” was established, through which both synchronous and asynchronous distance learning is provided for subjects examined in national exams, while asynchronous distance education will be provided for all subjects from 5th grade elementary and above. Additionally, career guidance was strengthened, as through the “Digital School” application a pre-formatted questionnaire will be available, as well as the possibility of free individual online sessions. Furthermore, “Autonomous Junior High classes in remote – mountainous areas” were established,[15] an initiative that brought three teachers to border areas, such asGavdos, whose children typically followed private education until now.
Starting from the 2024-2025 school year, reading complete literary works was integrated into Literature classes, instead of excerpted texts as had been the case until now. In the same framework of promoting reading, the eVivlio application was implemented, the first application giving students access to dozens of educational and literary books in audio format (audiobooks). Procedures for establishing multiple book choice were also promoted and the Additional Digital Handbook for Computer Science in all three grades of junior high school was implemented.[16]
Under Pierrakakis, the introduction of the International Baccalaureate (IB) in public Model schools nationwide was launched, starting September 2026.[17] Simultaneously, the “Marietta Giannakou” program began, the largest school infrastructure upgrade program in recent decades, worth 350 million euros with prospects for further expansion through private sector contribution. Finally, with law 5174/2025, Public Onassis Schools were established . These are 22 schools (11 junior high schools and 11 general high schools), which with the support of theOnassis Foundation will operate in areas of the country facing social and economic challenges and will give thousands of male and female students the tools, knowledge, and environment they need to develop their skills.[18]
On 15 March 2025, Kyriakos Pierrakakis assumed the Ministry of National Economy and Finance, emphasizing maintaining fiscal stability, accelerating digitization of the tax system, and reducing bureaucracy.
On 22 April 2025, Greece announced a primary surplus of 4.8% and overall surplus of 1.3% for 2024. On the same day, Pierrakakis announced permanent support measures for families living in rental housing, for students and pensioners, as well as additional strengthening of the Public Investment Program with 500 million euros annually.
On 11 December, Pierrakakis was elected president of theEurogroup.[19]
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