Konstantinos Zervas

Konstantinos Zervas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Ζέρβας; born 10 May 1964) is a Greek businessman and politician who has been the Mayor of Thessaloniki since 2019.[1][2]

Konstantinos Zervas
Κωνσταντίνος Ζέρβας
Zervas in 2019
Mayor of Thessaloniki
Assumed office
1 September 2019
Preceded byYiannis Boutaris
Personal details
Born (1964-05-10) May 10, 1964
Thessaloniki, Greece
Political partyNew Democracy (2015–present)
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (before 2015)
Alma materAristotle University of Thessaloniki
OccupationBusinessman
ProfessionCivil engineer

Biography

Early life

Konstantinos Zervas is born in Thessaloniki in 1964.[1] He is the son of Vasilis Zervas—a civil engineer—and Lilika Zerva-Ologa—a philologist.[3] He has two older sisters.[4]

Zervas attended the German School of Thessaloniki and the Experimental School of Thessaloniki. He graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and received a Masters of Science from Brown University in 1989.[5]

Political career

From 1994 to 1997 he was a member of the board of directors of PAOK. He was a member of the board of directors of Attiko Metro SA between 2010 and 2016. He graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering at the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki.[6]

In 2011 Zervas became the City Coucilor and Deputy mayor for the environment, quality of life and Free Space. In the calendar year of 2014 he got re-elected but instead got the position as a Citizen's Mobility, Youth and Sport deputy. Zervas exited his position in 2015 due to disagreements in major policies.[1]

In 2019 Zervas was elected mayor of Thessaloniki. He received 66.82% of the votes, while his opponent Nikos Tahiaos received 33.18% of the votes.[7] In 2019 he authored a book called "Thoughts for Thessaloniki and politics".[8] Between 2011 and 2014 he was employed as the Chairman of the State Orchestra Board of Thessaloniki (SOB) and in 2013 he was elected as a member of the Central Representation of the Technical Chamber of Greece and the regional department of Central Macedonia.[8]

References

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