Question: Facts: - successor: antypas karipoglou georgios gennimatas georgios gennimatas - party: drasi - deputy: antypas karipoglou - office: president for finance minister of national economy of drasi member of the hellenic parliament minister - term end: 2012 2007 1993 1993 - term start: 2009 1977 1992 1992 - birth date: 1939 - name: stefanos manos - image: stefanos manos.jpg - birth place: athens , greece - alma mater: harvard university - occupation: politician Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of stefanos manos .
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stefanos manos -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- born athens , 1939 -rrb- is a greek politician , former member of the hellenic parliament , and a former government minister .his political career started in the new democracy party , for which he became a member of parliament in 1977 .during the 1980s he would be the unpopular forerunner of greek privatization .in april 1999 , he formed his own party , the liberals , but following its unsuccessful performance in the elections held in june for the european parliament -lrb- 1,62 % -rrb- , he returned to the hellenic parliament firstly in 2000 as mp in co-operation with the major party of new democracy , and again in the 2004 elections as independent by the statewide list but surprisingly on a rival pasok ticket .after he suspended his liberals ' operation in 2002 , he established in 2009 his new own party , drasi , which he continues to lead .heading drasi , he took part in the 2009 european parliament election -lrb- 0,76 % -rrb- .in may 2012 , drasi merged with the newly formed party recreate greece for the 2012 elections .manos is a notable critic of profligate government spending and waste .he is famous for saying in 1992 , while he was greek finance minister , that '' it would be cheaper for greece to send every rail passenger to their destination by taxi '' , a quote which was used by michael lewis in his book '' '' .