[1] He also served as Minister of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media in Alexis Tsipras' second cabinet.

Pappas studied at the University of Strathclyde and completed his PhD there in 2013, having written his thesis on the topic of the macroeconomic impact of projected population changes in Greece.

[3] Pappas lived in Scotland until he was invited to Greece in February 2008 by Alexis Tsipras.

He formerly worked at the Fraser of Allander Institute, part of the University of Strathclyde, as a researcher.

[5] On 24 February 2023, Pappas was convicted by a Special Tribunal to two years in prison for the crime of breach of duty relating to his handling of television broadcast licenses during his tenure as Minister of Communications in the government of Alexis Tsipras from 2015 to 2019.