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What was the position of Yannis Dragasakis in Sep 2015?
Yannis Dragasakis Yannis Dragasakis ( ; born 1 January 1947 ) is a Greek politician and the former Deputy Prime Minister of Greece , serving twice from 27 January to 28 August 2015 and 23 September 2015 to 8 July 2019 . He is a member of the Greek Parliament for the Coalition of the Radical Left ( SYRIZA ) for the Athens B constituency . Early life and education . Dragasakis was born in the village of Anatoli , Lasithi , Crete . He studied political science and economics at London School of Economics and has worked as a researcher and adviser in different companies in Europe . He was a member of the mission of the Greek Parliament in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe . Political career . He was a prominent member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece until 1991 when he resigned to join Synaspismos , and became one of their founding members . He later became a member of Syriza . Dragasakis was first elected as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament ( MP ) in 1989 for the Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology , in the constituency of Chania . He was re-elected in 1996 for Athens B . At all subsequent elections , he has been re-elected , but since 2004 , he has stood for Syriza . On 13 November 1989 , he was appointed Alternate Minister of National Economy in the Ecumenical Cabinet of Xenophon Zolotas , and served in this role until 13 February 1990 , when he was removed in a cabinet reshuffle . On 7 October 2008 , he was elected as Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament , the first Deputy Speaker from Syrizas parliamentary group . He served for a one-year period , but was elected again in 2012 , serving the whole legislative period until December 2014 . Dragasakis is one of the economic quartet of Syriza , the four main economists responsible for their economic policy , alongside Euclid Tsakalotos , Giorgos Stathakis and John Milios . Deputy Prime Minister . Following the January 2015 legislative election , Syriza formed a coalition government with ANEL . Alexis Tsipras , the leader of Syriza , became Prime Minister , and in turn appointed Dragasakis as Deputy Prime Minister . In March 2015 , Dragasakis co-authored an article in the Financial Times with Yanis Varoufakis and Euclid Tsakalotos that asked Greeces creditors to give them a chance . After Yanis Varoufakis , the Minister of Finance , resigned on 6 July , Dragasakis was named as a potential successor . Varoufakis was later succeeded by Euclid Tsakalotos . Personal life . Dragasakis speaks English as well as Greek . He has two daughters , Marianna and Rinio . Friends have described him as rigid and inflexible in terms of socialist perspective , but also tactical as he the realism of everyday life . He has also been described as grounded in reality . According to Stathis Kouvelakis , former Syriza spokesperson , Dragasakis is widely considered to have strong personal relationships with the Greek bankers , going back to his early career .