Giorgos Papakonstantinou

Giorgos Papakonstantinou
Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change
In office 17 June 2011 – 17 May 2012
Prime Minister	George Papandreou Lucas Papademos
Preceded by	Tina Birbili
Succeeded by	Gregory Tsaltas
Minister of Finance
In office 7 October 2009 – 17 June 2011
Prime Minister	George Papandreou
Preceded by	Yannis Papathanasiou
Succeeded by	Evangelos Venizelos
Personal details
Born	(1961-10-30) 30 October 1961 (age 63) Athens, Greece
Political party	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Spouse	Jacoline Vinke
Alma mater	London School of Economics New York University
Website	Official website

Giorgos Papakonstantínou (Greek: Γιώργος Παπακωνσταντίνου; born 30 October 1961 in Athens, Greece^[1]), is a Greek economist and politician and former Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change of Greece and former Minister for Finance. Following expulsion from his party PASOK, he received a one-year suspended sentence for misdemeanours over his handling of the infamous “Lagarde list”. The court found him guilty of removing the names of three relatives of about 2,000 Greeks with money overseas. He is currently a professor at the European University Institute.