Greek finance minister Varoufakis resigns... but not before becoming unlikely social media sensation

Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis quit today, but not before becoming an unlikely social media sensation.

Numerous memes have appeared online in the hours since he announced his resignation.

The motorbike-riding, leather jacket-wearing politician has been converted into the Terminator, SuperMan, Breaking Bad’s Walter White and Voldemort in some of the images going viral.

He left his post despite Greece overwhelmingly voting to reject the eurozone’s terms for the country remaining in the single currency on Sunday.

“I consider it my duty to help (Prime Minister) Alexis Tsipras exploit, as he sees fit, the capital that the Greek people granted us through yesterday’s referendum,” he wrote on his blog.

“And I shall wear the creditors’ loathing with pride,” he added.

Here are some of the memes: