Kyriakos Pierrakakis
Kyriakos Pierrakakis currently serves as Minister of Economy and Finance of the Hellenic Republic in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis since March 2025. He is also a Member of the Hellenic Parliament. As Minister of Economy and Finance, he is responsible for shaping Greece's economic and fiscal policy, fostering sustainable economic growth, and representing Greece in European and international financial institutions. His priorities include ensuring Greece's macroeconomic stability, advancing structural reforms, and optimizing public financial management.
From 2023 to 2025, Pierrakakis served as Minister of Education, Religious Affairs, and Sports, where he led major legislative reforms to modernize Greece's education system. His achievements include introducing digital innovations such as the Digital Education Portal and a Digital Tutoring Platform, enhancing accessibility to educational resources nationwide. He also passed groundbreaking legislation that established a legal framework for the operation of branches of private foreign universities in Greece for the first time, strengthened institutional and financial autonomy for public universities, promoted international collaborations, and banned mobile phones in classrooms.
Previously, from 2019 to 2023, he served as the country's Minister of Digital Governance, spearheading Greece's digital transformation during the COVID pandemic. Under his leadership, the government launched gov.gr, Greece's central digital portal, which significantly enhanced the efficiency and accessibility of public services by reducing red tape and streamlining hundreds of new digital services. He also developed the Gov.gr Wallet app for digital IDs and driving licenses, and the MyHealth app for digital healthcare records.
His contributions to digital governance earned him an honorary award from the British Computer Society and recognition as Chair of the OECD's Global Strategy Group in 2021, a role he resumed in 2024. In this capacity, he led a forum of senior officials working to shape the organization's strategic response to global challenges and fostered enhanced cooperation among OECD member states.
Prior to his ministerial appointments, Pierrakakis was the Director of Research at the independent non-profit think tank Dianeosis. Kyriakos Pierrakakis holds a Master of Science in Technology and Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2009), a Master in Public Policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government (2007), and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from the Athens University of Economics and Business. Born in 1983 in Athens, Kyriakos Pierrakakis is married with three children. He speaks English and French.
Alternate Governor: Michael Arghyrou