Kostas Peletidis Explained

Kostas Peletidis
Office:Mayor of Patras
Birth Place:Ryaki, Greece
Party:KKE

Konstantinos Peletidis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κωνσταντίνος Πελετίδης; born 1953) is a Greek cardiologist and politician. A member of the communist party of Greece, he has served as Mayor of Patras since 1 September 2014.[1] He was born in the village of Ryaki in Northern Greece and studied medicine in Italy. Afterwards, he worked as a cardiologist in Edessa before later settling in Patras with his wife and daughter.

Peletidis is notable for his denial of municipal campaign space to the Neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn. In 2015, then-MP candidate Michalis Arvanitis brought charges of dereliction of duty against Peletidis for this, but in 2017 a local misdemeanors court cleared the charges.[2] [3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Δήμος Πατρέων: Πρώτος ο Πελετίδης, δεύτερος ο Αλεξόπουλος. 26 May 2019. ProtoThema . el.
  2. Web site: Newsroom . 2017-02-23 . Patra mayor’s trial over Golden Dawn candidate’s suit starts eKathimerini.com . 2023-06-25 . www.ekathimerini.com . English.
  3. Web site: Newsroom . 2017-02-13 . Patra mayor vows to keep fighting neo-Nazi Golden Dawn eKathimerini.com . 2023-06-25 . www.ekathimerini.com . English.
  4. Web site: Newsroom . 2017-02-23 . Court clears Patra mayor, who denied GD a platform eKathimerini.com . 2023-06-25 . www.ekathimerini.com . English.