Yiannos Papantoniou (born 27 July 1949) is a Greek

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 politician, member of the Greek Parliament and former minister of Defence, National Economy and Finance. In the past he has been linked with the pro-European wing of PASOK

Panhellenic Socialist Movement

The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...

. He is the main architect behind Greece's economic reforms in the late 90s that led to the implementation of the euro

Euro

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. His relationship with party chairman Giorgos Papandreou

George Andreas Papandreou

Georgios A. Papandreou , commonly anglicised to George and shortened to Γιώργος in Greek, is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece following his party's victory in the 2009 legislative election...

has suffered due to a public disagreement over matters of economic policy. In 2011, after prosecution's action, a Greek parliamentary committee is investigating Papantoniou's criminal liabilities (bribery) as former defence minister over the purchase of four faulty submarines which the Greek navy received via direct commission to a German manufacturer (German HDV and Skaramagkas Shipyards) in a deal worth $1.8 billion.

External links

• Biography on Greek Parliament website

Bribery probe in Greek submarine purchase