# new leader of Greece **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 6, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-leader-of-greece/714326 "2015-03-06T00:55:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-leader-of-greece/714326/1 "2015-03-06T00:55:14Z")
apparently, [this Yanis Varoufakis guy is a Putin-class bad-ass](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afl9WFGJE0M) ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-leader-of-greece/714326/2 "2015-03-06T02:41:50Z")
That was actually kinda funny. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-leader-of-greece/714326/3 "2015-03-06T04:00:12Z")
I weep for the puppies ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-leader-of-greece/714326/4 "2015-03-06T09:53:58Z")
Point of order: Giannis Varoufakis is not the “new leader of Greece”, but its new Finance Minister. (The new prime minister is Alexis Tsipras, and the new president of the country [his term will begin on March 13th] will be Prokopis Pavlopoulos, ironically from the right-wing party “Nea Demokratia”.) As such, Varoufakis is the one having to deal with the rest of the EU (i.e. Germany) regarding the thorny issue of Greek debt. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-leader-of-greece/714326/5 "2015-03-06T14:57:59Z")
Most of what I see is more claiming he has a bad fashion sense. > **[Greece's new Essex-educated finance minister arrives at Downing Street](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2936484/The-laidback-approach-Greece-s-new-Essex-educated-finance-minister-arrives-talks-George-Osborne-leather-jacket-minus-tie.html)** > > Osborne insisted his meeting with Yanis Varoufakis in London today was 'constructive' but described Greek debt as a 'rising threat to the British economy.' ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-leader-of-greece/714326/6 "2015-03-06T15:31:09Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Most of what I see is more claiming he has a bad fashion sense. > > [Greece's new finance minister Yanis Varoufakis arrives for talks with George Osborne | Daily Mail Online](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2936484/The-laidback-approach-Greece-s-new-Essex-educated-finance-minister-arrives-talks-George-Osborne-leather-jacket-minus-tie.html) As the song says, the jacket is made from the skin of german shepard puppies. But holy crap, that shirt looks like it is about to explode. He could put someone’s eye out. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-leader-of-greece/714326/7 "2015-03-06T17:50:16Z")
Maybe that’s his new diplomatic policy? An international game of “button, button”. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-leader-of-greece/714326/8 "2015-03-06T19:26:32Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > Point of order: Giannis Varoufakis is not the “new leader of Greece”, but its new Finance Minister. (The new prime minister is Alexis Tsipras, and the new president of the country [his term will begin on March 13th] will be Prokopis Pavlopoulos, ironically from the right-wing party “Nea Demokratia”.) > > As such, Varoufakis is the one having to deal with the rest of the EU (i.e. Germany) regarding the thorny issue of Greek debt. Alexis who? No, I’m pretty sure Varoufakis is the new leader over there. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-leader-of-greece/714326/9 "2015-03-06T19:57:31Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > As the song says, the jacket is made from the skin of german shepard puppies. But holy crap, that shirt looks like it is about to explode. He could put someone’s eye out. He probably used Windex to remove wrinkles and the shirt shrank.