He received international attention in February 2012 when during the parliamentary debate he threw his copy of the draft of the austerity bill at the finance minister, Evangelos Venizelos.
On 19 August 2011 the Greek Minister of Finance, Evangelos Venizelos, said that new austerity measures "should not be necessary".
Papakonstantinou’s successor, Evangelos Venizelos, now the current head of the PASOK Socialists, produced a copy on a memory stick and began a limited investigation as to whether any of those listed had evaded taxes.
He is almost the same in appearance with the Greek politician Evangelos Venizelos making the band Grim Reaper very popular in Greece.
Eleftherios Venizelos | Evangelos Venizelos | Lily Venizelos | Eleftherios Venizelos, Crete | Evangelos Rallis | Evangelos & Liza | Evangelos Florakis Naval Base | Evangelos Averoff | Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos" |