Harris Georgiades (b. 1972, Nicosia) is Chairman of the Foreign and European Affairs Committee of the Cyprus Parliament and a former Minister of Finance of the Republic of Cyprus (April 2013-December 2019). He holds a BA and an MA in International Relations and Economics from the University of Reading. In 2011 he was elected to the House of Representatives with the Democratic Rally Party.  In 2013 he took over as Minister of Finance, at the height of a severe financial crisis. He was successful in restoring the soundness of the Cyprus economy, placing it on a path of solid economic growth, surplus budgets, rating upgrades and banking sector restructuring. In 2021 he was reelected as a Member of Parliament. He is also Chairman of the “Clerides Institute” a policy think tank, and he is involved in advisory work.