Konstantinos Peletidis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Πελετίδης; born 1953) is a Greek cardiologist and politician. A member of the communist
KKE
The Communist Party of Greece ( el, Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, ''Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas'', KKE) is a political party in Greece.
Founded in 1918 as the Socialist Labour Party of Greece and adopted its curren ...
party, he has served as Mayor of
Patras since 1 September 2014. He was born in the village of
Ryaki in
Northern Greece
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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
[https://www.ekathimerini.com/216461/article/ekathimerini/news/court-clears-patra-mayor-who-denied-gd-a-platform ]
References
1953 births
Living people
Mayors of Patras
People from Kozani (regional unit)
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