Birth Name: | Θεοχάρης Θεοχάρης |
Birth Date: | 6 August 1970 |
Birth Place: | Athens |
Office: | Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance |
Term Start: | 27 June 2023 |
Office2: | Minister of Tourism |
Termend2: | 31 August 2021 |
Termstart2: | 9 July 2019 |
Primeminister: | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
Minister: | Kostis Hatzidakis |
Successor2: | Vassilis Kikilias |
Predecessor2: | Thanasis Theoharopoulos |
Otherparty: | Democratic Responsibility The River |
Party: | Nea Demokratia |
Native Name Lang: | el |
Cabinet: | Kyriakos Mitsotakis IKyriakos Mitsotakis II |
Harry Theoharis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Χάρης Θεοχάρης; born 6 August 1970) is a Greek politician, member of the Hellenic Parliament for New Democracy, and former head of the department of revenue during the Greek government-debt crisis.[1] He previously served as Minister for Tourism in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.[2] He was first elected to parliament in January 2015 representing The River, but left the party in April 2016 and sat as an independent.[3] He co-founded a small liberal party called Democratic Responsibility with former PASOK minister Alekos Papadopoulos in July 2016, but was expelled in October of the same year.[4] He continued to sit in parliament as an independent before joining New Democracy's parliamentary group in December 2018,[5] and was elected on the party's ticket in the 2019 election. He holds a MEng (Hon) in software engineering-first class from Imperial College, London, and has held high-ranking positions in companies of the private sector in Greece and abroad. [6] During 2011-2012, he served as secretary general for information systems and he is known for introducing new digital services to assist the public, helping reduce bureaucracy and its resulting costs. He later (2013-14) served as a secretary general for public revenues at the Greek Finance Ministry. There, he succeeded in meeting budget revenues and producing a fiscal surplus. He is also known for launching the Publicrevenue platform to increase transparency in public administration.