Kostas Peletidis

Konstantinos Peletidis (Greek: 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.

Kostas Peletidis
Κώστας Πελετίδης
Mayor of Patras
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 September 2014 (2014-09-01)
Personal details
Born	Ryaki, Greece
Political party	KKE

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]