DUBLIN (Reuters) - Economics professor Yanis Varoufakis confirmed he would take up the post of Greek finance minister ahead of a cabinet announcement expected later on Tuesday.
Varoufakis, 53, will become the key negotiator with Greece's creditors after the left-wing, anti-bailout Syriza party agreed to form a coalition government following its victory in Sunday's election. [ID:nL6N0V53P1]
"This is happening today, we shall be sworn in later today," Varoufakis told Irish radio station Newstalk when asked if he would be finance minister. "As the next finance minister, I can assure you that I shall not go into the eurogroup seeking a solution that is good for the Greek taxpayer and bad for the Irish, Slovak, German, French and Italian taxpayer."
(Reporting by Padraic Halpin; Editing by Hugh Lawson)