Tassos Giannitsis
Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, University of Athens
Professor emeritus at the University of Athens, Department of Economics. He studied Law, Economics & Political Sciences in Athens and obtained his PhD in economics at the Free University of Berlin. Professor of Economics at the University of Athens. Ex-Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Alternate Foreign Minister and Foreign Minister, Minister of the Interior. Chief Economic Advisor to the PM (1994-2000). Chairman of the Board of HELPE S.A. (2009-2011) and Lamda Development S.A. (2015-). Author of many books and articles. Most recent: ‘Greece in Crisis’ (2013, in Greek), ‘The pension system and the crisis’ (2016, in Greek), ‘Crisis Management in Greece: the shaping of new economic and social balances’ (with St. Zografakis), ‘The pension problem, development and the macro-economy: the nexus’ (2020), ‘The State and Economic Development (1955-2018)’ (collective Band, Oxford University Press).