The

Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...

of Thessaloniki is the head of the Municipality of Thessaloniki, the most populated municipality in the

Thessaloniki Urban Area The Thessaloniki metropolitan area or larger urban zone (LUZ) is the complete area covered and directly influenced by Thessaloniki. The metropolitan area traditionally consisted of the municipality of Thessaloniki and its immediate surroundings, w ...

and centre of the urban area, which makes up the "City of

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

". The current mayor of the city is Konstantinos Zervas, elected into office at the municipal elections of May 2019.

History

Ottoman period *

Suleyman Sudi Bey Suleyman or Süleyman is a variant of Suleiman (the Arabic name ). It means "man of peace". Notable people with the name include: Suleyman *Suleyman I of Rûm or Suleiman ibn Qutulmish (d. 1086), founder of an independent Seljuq Turkish state i ...

(1869) * Anchiach Effendi (1870) *

Ahmed Rauf Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...

(1871-1874) * Mehmet Pasha (1874) * Faik Bey (1875) *

Mehmet Tefik Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad ( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muh ...

(1876) * Akif Bey (1877) * Arif Bey (1878-1880) *

Shukri Bey Shukri ( ar, شكري) ( tr, Şükrü), alternatively Shoukri, Shoukry, Shokri, Choukri, Choucri, Chokri etc., is an Arabic name for males/females meaning "thankful". It is the masculine active participle of the Arabic verb, شَكَرَ, meaning ...

(1880-1882) * Ali Orfi Effendi (1882) * Ali Effendi Musa Zade (1882-1884) * Ali Effendi (1884) * Arif Bey (1885) * Ibrahim Bey (1886-1889) * Ibrahim Namik Bey (1889-1893) * (1893-1895) * Reis Bekili Kerim Bey (1895-1897) * Reis Bekili Hasan Husni Effendi (1897-1901) * Ahmed Hamdi Bey (1901-1907) * Tevfik Bey (1907) * Ahmed Hamdi Bey (1907-1908) * Osman Adil Bey (1908) * Hulusi Bey (1908) *

Osman Said Ibn Haki Bey Osman is the Persian transliteration and derived from the Arabic masculine given name Uthman (name), Uthman ( ar, عُثْمان, , link=no ''‘uthmān'') or an English surname. It may refer to: People * Osman (name), people with the name * Osma ...

(1908-1909) * Ismail Effendi (1909-1910) * Tevfik Bey (1910-1912) Modern period * (1912-1916) * Konstantinos Aggelakis (18 August 1916 – 15 November 1920) * Osman Said Bey (15 November 1920 – 22 September 1922) * Athanasios Kallidopoulos (22 Σεπτεμβρίου 1922-8 Δεκεμβρίου 1922) * (1922 – 1926) * Georgios Zaroukas (20 June 1926 – 28 February 1926) * Minas Patrikios (1926-1929) with pauses due to dictatorial persecutions - dismissed by the dictatorial regime of Theodoros Pangalos * (August 1929-19 October 1930) * Charisios Vamvakas (1931-1933) * (1934-1 April 1936) * (1 April 1937 – 22 February 1943) appointed by the dictatorial regime 1937-41 and then by the Nazi authorities 1941-43. * George Seremetis (23 February 1943 – 28 October 1944) appointed by the Nazi authorities. * (November 1944-January 1945) *

Petros Levis Petros, the original Greek and Coptic version of the name Peter (given name), Peter, meaning "stone" or "rock", may refer to: People * Petros (given name) * Petros (surname) * Petros (footballer), Brazilian footballer Petros Matheus dos Santos Ar ...

(28 February 1945 – 29 May 1946) *

Christos Konstantinou Christos may refer to: * Jesus of Nazareth * Christ (title), a title for the Jewish Messiah in Christianity * Christos (surname) * Christos (given name) *, a Greek owned, Liberian flagged cargo ship in service 1962-71 See also * Christ (disamb ...

(29 May 1946 – 23 August 1950) *

Ioannis Manesis Ioannis or Ioannes ( el, Ιωάννης), shortened to Giannis or Yannis (Γιάννης) is a Greek given name cognate with Johannes and John (given name), John and the Arabic name Yahya (name), Yahya . Notable people with the name include: *John I ...

(23 August 1950 – 7 June 1951) * Aristi Pagiataki (June 1, 1951-7 June 1951), The first elected Mayor in the 1951 elections - she was dismissed and became a simple municipal councilor after a legal appeal of Petrakakis (who was elected 2nd) due to a vague law for women mayors. * Pantelis Petrakakis (1951-1955), Second in votes in the 1951 elections - he was sworn in after Pagiataki's dismissal following his own legal appeal. * Minas Patrikios (1956-1959) * (1959-1964) *

Konstantinos Tsiros Konstantinos or Constantinos (Κωνσταντίνος, ''Konstantínos'') is a Greek male given name. * Konstantinos (born 1972), occultist * Konstantinos "Kosta" Barbarouses (born 1990), New Zealand footballer * Konstantinos Chalkias (born 1 ...

(1964-1967) *

Vyron Antoniadis Vyron or Vyronas may refer to: *The Greek name for George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron *Vyronas, a suburb of Athens, Greece, named after Lord Byron *Vyron (given name) See also

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(5 August 1967 – 12 April 1968) appointed by dictatorial regime *

Alexandros Konstantinidis Alexandros Konstantinidis ( el, Αλέξανδρος Κωνσταντινίδης; born 3 November 1988) is a Greek footballer currently playing for Panserraikos. Club career Konstantinidis began his career with Panathinaikos and played in sea ...

(12 April 1968 – 8 February 1970) appointed by dictatorial regime *

Christos Floridis Christos may refer to: * Jesus of Nazareth * Christ (title), a title for the Jewish Messiah in Christianity * Christos (surname) * Christos (given name) *, a Greek owned, Liberian flagged cargo ship in service 1962-71 See also * Christ (disamb ...

(8 February 1970 – 30 August 1974) appointed by dictatorial regime * (caretaker) (30 August 1974 – 24 September 1974) * Stergios Vallas (judge, caretaker) (24 September 1974 – 1 June 1975) * Michalis Papadopoulos (1 June 1975-January 1982) * Kostis Moskof (caretaker) (6 February 1982 – 17 February 1982) * Athanasios Giannousis (17 February 1982 – 31 December 1982) * Theocharis Manavis (1 January 1983 – 31 December 1986) *

Sotiris Kouvelas Sotiris Kouvelas ( el, Σωτήρης Κούβελας; born May 26, 1936, Amaliada) is a Greek politician. He is a former minister and a former mayor of Thessaloniki The Mayor of Thessaloniki is the head of the Municipality of Thessaloniki, t ...

(1987 – 1989) He resigned * Konstantinos Kosmopoulos (1989 – 1998) He resigned *

Dimitris Dimitriadis Dimitris (Δημήτρης) is the Modern Greek form of the older forms Demetrios, Dimitrios (Δημήτριος, usually Latinized as Demetrius) and may refer to: *Dimitris Arvanitis (born 1980), Greek professional football defender who plays for ...

(1998) *

Vasilios Papageorgopoulos Vasilis Papageorgopoulos ( el, Βασίλης Παπαγεωργόπουλος; born 27 June 1947) is a retired Greek sprinter, former mayor of Thessaloniki and convicted felon. He won two medals at the European Indoor Championships as well as t ...

(1999 – 2010) *

Yiannis Boutaris Yiannis Boutaris ( el, Γιάννης Μπουτάρης; born 13 June 1942) is a Greek businessman and politician, former mayor of Thessaloniki. Biography Yiannis Boutaris was born in Thessaloniki in 1942, the son of winemaker Stelios Boutaris ...

(2011 – 2019) *

Konstantinos Zervas Konstantinos Zervas ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Ζέρβας; born 1964) is the 61st and current mayor of Thessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece. Konstantinos Zervas was born in Thessaloniki in 1964. He is the son of Vasilis Zervas� ...

(2019 – Incumbent)

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