Thursday, Oct 16, 2025 | 04:00 PM - 04:50 PM
Location: Meeting Halls A&B HQ1-3-430A&B
OVERVIEW
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Kyriakos Pierrakakis
Minister of Economy and Finance of the Hellenic Republic
Kyriakos Pierrakakis serves as Minister of Economy and Finance of the Hellenic Republic in Prime Minister Mitsotakis' Cabinet since March 2025, and is a Member of Parliament. Previously, he was Minister of Education, Religious Affairs, and Sports (2023-2025), where he Initiated a series of reforms of Greece’s education system, most notably establishing a framework for private universities to formally operate in Greece for the first time and banning mobile phones in classrooms. As Minister of Digital Governance (2019-2023), he led Greece’s digital transformation, with the creation of the government portal gov.gr being the most notable initiative and one of the most popular reforms initiated in Greece. He chaired the OECD's Global Strategy Group since 2021, a position he was re-appointed to in 2024.
Pierrakakis holds degrees from MIT (M.S. Technology and Policy), Harvard Kennedy School (Master in Public Policy), and Athens University of Economics and Business (B.S. Computer Science). Born in Athens in 1983, he is married with three children and speaks English and French
