The short and explosive career of Yanis Varoufakis, Greece's rockstar finance minister

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Yanis Varoufakis

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Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis attends a news conference to present the ministry's new general secretaries at the ministry building in Athens March 4, 2015.

Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis stepped down on Monday morning, after the country's bailout referendum delivered the decisive "No" he had campaigned for.

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Varoufakis had a short but remarkable career at the top of European politics, storming from relative obscurity, to headline news, and resigning all within six months.

The anti-austerity economics professor clashed constantly with his European colleagues, and made at least one memorable gaffe.

Now that he's ready to ride his trademark motorbike off into the sunset, take a look at Yanis Varoufakis' half-year in office.