In his own words, Varoufakis was “thrust onto the public scene by Europe’s inane handling of an inevitable crisis”.
Having been elected to Greece’s Parliament in January 2015 with the largest majority in the country, Varoufakis served as Greece’s Finance Minister from January to July 2015. He resigned the finance ministry when he refused to sign a loan agreement that he believed would perpetuate Greece’s debt-deflationary cycle.