​​In 2009 Pavlos Yeroulanos became a Member of Parliament with the ruling Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and joined the Cabinet of the PM George Papandreou as the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Greece. His portfolio also includes Sports and Public Television.Yeroulanos was born in Athens, Greece in 1966. He graduated from Williams College with highest honors a degree in history in 1988. From 1989 to 1992 he served in the Greek Airforce and worked as Financial Director for Photoelection Corporation, a subsidiary of Thermo Electron Corporation. In 1994 he received a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a Master’s in Business Administration from the Sloan School of Management at MIT and gratuated both schools in 1994.From 1994 to 1998 he served as Chief Financial Officer of KEFALONIA Fisheries and oversaw the restructuring of the company. From 1999 through 2004 Yeroulanos served, successively, as Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and as Secretary General for Greeks Abroad.From 2004 to 2006 he was a consultant for Egon Zehnder International. From 2006 to 2009 he was appointed Director of the Political Bureau of the President of PASOK and after that he became Secretary for Communications of the party acting as campaign manager for the European election campaign and the National election campaign in 2009.He speaks English fluently and some French. He is married to Lara Barazi-Yeroulanou with whom he has two daughters, Tatiana and Alexandra.