Grigoris Konstantellos
Grigoris Konstantellos was born in Voula in April 1967. He is married to Konstantina Giatsis and they have three children (Athena, Pelli and Dimitris). His parents are Dimitris Konstantellos, Lieutenant General (retired) and Athena Karlou .
He attended the Athens College and graduated from the Lyceum of Voula in 1985. He was trained at the "FLIGHT SAFETY" Aviation Academy of the United States, where he received a Commercial Pilot License.
He is a graduate of the Department of Public Administration of Panteion University and holds a Master's degree (MASTER) in Air Transport Management from the University of London "CITY". He holds a Ph.D. in Management Science from the INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT (I.S.M.) of Paris.
In April 2022 he successfully completed the postgraduate programme at the National Defence School (S.E.THA), the highest military training institution in Greece, and the Postgraduate Studies programme of Panteion University and National Defence School (S.E.THA) on Security Strategy.
From January 1988 to December 2009, he worked at Olympic Airways and Olympic Airlines, as Co-Pilot for nine years and as Captain for thirteen years. He retired after the closure of the company in December 2009 as a Boeing 737-400 Instructor Captain. He was then employed for a relatively short period of time at the Civil Aviation Authority and in 2011 he returned to his flying duties, participating as a Boeing 737/300-400 Captain in United Nations (UN) operations around the world. He then worked as a Boeing 737/800-900 Captain for Turkish Airlines until December 2013.
He is currently a Falcon 900/DX EASy 2 Captain.
He was a Member, Treasurer, General Secretary and President of the Civil Aviation Operators' Association (CAOA) for fifteen years. He has also participating for six years in the Management Committee of the O.A. Pilots' Pension Fund. He was also a member of the European Airline Pilots Association for three years (2004-2007).
During his student years he was President of the 15-member Board of the 1st Lyceum of Voula for two years (83-84 and 84-85).
He was actively involved in Local Government and served as a Municipal Councillor of Voula 1990-94 and 2002-06, as well as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors 1990-1994.
He was elected for the third time in the 2006 elections and served as Deputy Mayor for Administration and Finance and Deputy Mayor from January 2007 to February 2010.
In the municipal elections of November 2010 he claimed the position of Mayor of the new Callicratic Municipality of Vari Voula Vouliagmeni and received 45% of the preference of the local electorate in the second round of the elections.
In the Municipal Elections of 25 May 2014, as head of the party "Vari Voula Vouliagmeni - City to Live", he took the first place and since 1 September he has been Mayor of the Municipality of Vari Voula Vouliagmeni.
In the Municipal Elections of 26 May 2019, as head of the party "Vari Voula Vouliagmeni - City to Live", he took the first place with a percentage of 72.04% and 24 of the 33 seats and since 1 September he has been Mayor of the Municipality of Vari Voula Vouliagmeni.
He is a member of the Board of Directors (2019-2023) of the Regional Union of Municipalities of Attica and a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece.