Konstantinos Zervas

Konstantinos Zervas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Ζέρβας; born 10 May 1964) is a Greek politician who serves as 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
Succeeded byStelios Angeloudis (Mayor-elect)
Personal details
Born (1964-05-10) 10 May 1964
Thessaloniki, Greece
Political partyND (2015–present)
PASOK (before 2015)
Alma materAristotle University of Thessaloniki
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Civil Engineer

Zervas lost the 2023 mayoral election of Thessaloniki from Stelios Angeloudis and he will be replaced on 1 January 2024.

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

He was a member of the board of directors of Attiko Metro SA between 2010 and 2016.

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.[6] In 2019 he authored a book called "Thoughts for Thessaloniki and politics".[7] In 2019, Zervas used nationalistic rhetoric regarding the Macedonian name dispute to win electoral power through the votes of those against the Prespa Agreement.[8] 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.[7]

Loss of power

In 2023 Zervas won the first round of the Thessaloniki mayoral election receiving 27,3% of the vote.[9] He then went on to lose the second round receiving 32,96% in the second round against Stelios Angeloudis.

References
  1. "Konstantinos Zervas". www.themayor.eu. 25 May 2023.
  2. "Konstantinos Zervas". 25 May 2023.
  3. "Zervas Konstantinos – Thessaloniki Summit".
  4. "Πρωινός καφές με τον δήμαρχο Θεσσαλονίκης". www.makthes.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  5. "Dual Mayors". www.brownalumnimagazine.com. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  6. "Konstantinos Zervas Becomes New Mayor Of Thessaloniki - Greek City Times". June 3, 2019.
  7. "Zervas Konstantinos – Thessaloniki Summit". Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  8. Karyotakis, Minos-Athanasios (2023-07-25). "The use of the Macedonian name dispute on the candidates' websites in Northern Greece's regional and municipal elections of 2019". Mediterranean Politics: 1–26. doi:10.1080/13629395.2023.2240122. ISSN 1362-9395.
  9. "https://twitter.com/GreeceElects/status/1710685761601744986?t=s4aPOdv5nD5i0xpfkDhA6w&s=19". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2023-10-11. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)


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