Giannis Vroutsis

Ioannis Vroutsis (1 June 1963, Athens) is a Greek economist, lawyer and politician, serving as the New Democracy MP for Cyclades and serving as a parliamentary spokesman for New Democracy since 5 January 2021, having previously served as Minister of Labour, Social Security and Welfare in 21 June 2012 - 27 January 2015 and 9 July 2019 - 5 January 2021.

Giannis Vroutsis
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
In office
9 July 2019 – 5 January 2021
Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded byEfi Achtsioglou
Succeeded byKostis Hatzidakis
In office
21 June 2013 – 27 January 2015
Prime MinisterAntonis Samaras
Preceded byAntonis Roupakiotis
Succeeded byPanos Skourletis
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
Assumed office
16 September 2007
ConstituencyCyclades
Personal details
Alma materNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Panteion University
ProfessionLawyer, economist, politician
Websitewww.ivroutsis.gr

Early life and education

Vroutsis was born in Athens on 1 June 1963 and is originally from Naxos and Amorgos.[1] He studied economics at the School of Law, Economics and Political Sciences of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where he was awarded a scholarship. He also holds a master's degree from Panteion University. He has previously worked as an economist at the Ministry of Finance.

Political career

He began to participate in politics as a member of the ND Youth. He has twice been a member of the Executive Committee as Secretary of the MAKI and as the Head of Basin organizations.

He had an active and long-standing involvement in local government. He served as a municipal councilor in Vyronas in 1990.

He was first elected Member of Parliament for the Cyclades in 2007, and was re-elected in 2009, May 2012 and June 2012, January 2015 and September 2015, and 2019.

First term as Minister of Labour

He served as New Democracy's Chief Policy Officer from 2009 to 2011, when he was appointed ND's chief financial officer under Antonis Samaras. On 21 June 2012, he took up the post of Minister of Labour, Social Security and Welfare in the coalition government of Antonis Samaras.

In Opposition

Following the 2015 national elections, on 5 February 2015, by decision of the party president, he is appointed along with Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Adonis Georgiadis as a party parliamentary spokesman.

On 13 January 2016, by the decision of the new party president Kyriakos Mitsotakis, he was re-appointed as parliamentary spokesman of New Democracy alongside Nikos Dendias and Niki Kerameus.

Second term as Minister of Labour

Following the 2019 election and the formation of a Mitsotakis government, Ioannis Vroutsis was appointed Minister of Labour and Social Affairs.[2]

His first act as Minister of Labour was to remove the ability to apply for a social security number from foreigners residing in Greece.[3]

In April 2020, during the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, he announced a voucher program for scientists (lawyers, engineers/architects, educators and others) where they would complete a basic computer training program in exchange for a 600 euro voucher.[4] The implementation of the program was plagued by various technical difficulties and the content was characterized by the opposition as low quality, consisting of scanned and poorly translated pages of books.[5][6] The program was eventually pulled and vouchers were given out without conditions.[7]

He was replaced by Kostis Hatzidakis during the 5 January 2021 cabinet reshuffle.[8]

Member of Parliament (2019-)

After leaving the Mitsotakis cabinet in January 2021, he was once again placed in the position of Parliamentary spokesperson.

In March 2021, he stated in an interview to the Documento newspaper that TV personality Menios Fourthiotis had entered his ministry office with his private security team and threatened him over his attempt to stop a fraud case involving himself. [9]

References
  1. Vroutsis, Ioannis (2014). "CV of Ioannis Vroutsis" (PDF). European Parliament.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "H σύνθεση της κυβέρνησης Μητσοτάκη | Kathimerini". www.kathimerini.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 23 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Με απόφαση Βρούτση καταργήθηκε η εγκύκλιος για απόδοση ΑΜΚΑ σε ξένους υπηκόους | alfavita". www.alfavita.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 5 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Κορονοϊός: Ξεκινά η τηλεκατάρτιση των επιστημόνων - Πότε και πώς θα λάβουν τα 600 ευρώ | Έθνος". www.ethnos.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 5 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Τηλεκατάρτιση επιστημόνων με 'Σκοιλ Ελικικου' και Google translate | news247". www.news247.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 5 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Παραίτηση Βρούτση ζητά ο ΣΥΡΙΖΑ κάνοντας λόγο για "σκάνδαλο" με την τηλεκατάρτιση. | Huffington Post". www.huffingtonpost.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 5 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Καταργείται το πρόγραμμα voucher για τους επιστήμονες, με παρέμβαση Μητσοτάκη -Τι θα γίνει με τα 600 ευρώ | Iefimerida". www.iefimerida.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 5 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "Ανασχηματισμός: Η σύνθεση της νέας κυβέρνησης | Ethnos". www.ethnos.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 5 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "Γιάννης Βρούτσης: «Ηρθε με μπράβους, και απειλούσε για τα λεφτά που έχασε» | Documento". www.documentonews.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 5 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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