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1. Varoufakis

   Ioannis "Yanis" Varoufakis (Greek: Ιωάννης Γεωργίου "Γιάνης" Βαρουφάκης, romanized: Ioánnis Georgíou "Giánis" Varoufákis, pronounced [ˈʝaniz varuˈfacis]; born 24 March 1961) is a Greek economist and politician. A former academic, he served as the Greek Minister of Finance from January to July 2015 under Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. He has been Secretary-General of MeRA25, a left-wing political party, since he founded it in 2018. A former member of Syriza, Varoufakis was a member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens B from January to September 2015; he regained a parliamentary seat in July 2019. Varoufakis was born in Athens in 1961. He studied mathematics and economics at the University of Birmingham and the University of Essex, where he obtained a PhD in economics. He then taught economics in the United Kingdom and then at the University of Sydney, before returning to Greece in 2000 to teach at the University of Athens. In January 2015, Varoufakis was appointed Greek Minister of Finance. He led negotiations with Greece's creditors during the government-debt crisis. However, he failed to reach an agreement with the European troika (European Commission, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) leading to the 2015 bailout referendum. The referendum rejected the troika bailout terms, and the day afterwards Varoufakis resigned as Minister of Finance, being replaced by Euclid Tsakalotos. On 24 August, Varoufakis voted against the third bailout package; in the ensuing September snap election, he did not stand for reelection. Varoufakis has since appeared in numerous debates, lectures and interviews. In February 2016, he launched the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25) and subsequently backed a Remain vote in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum. In March 2018, he founded MeRA25, the "electoral wing" of DiEM25 in Greece. In the 2019 legislative election, MeRA25 was the sixth most voted-for party, amassing nine parliamentary seats, with Varoufakis himself returning to the Hellenic Parliament.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of varoufakis in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of varoufakis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of varoufakis in a Sentence

1. Felix Herrmann:

   The Eurogroup meeting in Riga showed Varoufakis was more or less isolated and it seems that Tsipras has understood that, the market is a bit relieved...(that) his influence has decreased.

2. Eckhardt Rehberg:

   I can barely find anyone who still supports helping Greece, tsipras and (former finance minister Yanis) Varoufakis, have destroyed all trust. No one believes them anymore.

3. Lorne Baring:

   Investors have a glimmer of hope from the fact that in Alexis Tsipras' speech he still refers to a deal being struck. And with the removal of Yanis Varoufakis as finance minister, there is clearly an intent to improve relations with the Troika creditor group, however, in the face of the Greek tragedy and China market turbulence, investors still have plenty to worry about.

4. European Economics Commissioner Pierre Moscovici:

   This is perhaps something for domestic politics. It's a career plan, a Plan C for Mr Varoufakis, everything done in a dilettante way is an absurdity.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varoufakis