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Grigoris Konstantellos

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Grigoris Konstantellos is a Greek politician who has been involved in public affairs since 1991 as an elected member of local government. In the elections of 25 May 2014 he was elected mayor of the municipality of Vari Voula Vouliagmeni.

Biography
He was born on 25 April 1967 in Voula. His parents are the late Lieutenant General (retired) Dimitris Konstantellos and Athena Karlou Konstantellou. He is married to Konstantina Giatsi and they have three children, Athina, Pelli and Dimitris.
He attended the Athens College and graduated from the Lyceum (High school) of Voula in 1985. He served his military service as a reserve Sergeant in the Army Air Force.
In 1987 he trained at the “Flight Safety” Aviation Academy of the United States, where he received a commercial as a professional multi – engine aircraft pilot.
He is a graduate of the Department of Public Administration of Panteion University of Social and Political Studies and holds the following postgraduate degrees:
• (MSc) in Air Transport Management from City University London.
• (MSc) in Strategic Security Studies from the Department of International European & Security Studies. Regional Studies of Panteion University in cooperation with the Hellenic National Defense College (HNDC)
• (MSc) in Risk, Disaster & Disaster Management Crises, Department of Geology & Crisis Management Geology and Geoenvironment of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
He also holds a PhD in Management Science from the ISM International School of Management in Paris.
From September 2021 to April 2022 he attended the 74th Educational Series of the Hellenic National Defense College (HNDC) and received his degree, graduating second, with a grade of Excellent (98.63%). His degree was awarded by the then political and military leadership of Greece, the Minister of national Defense Nikos Panagiotopoulos and the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces General Konstantinos Floros.

Professional career
From January 1988 to September 2009, he worked for Olympic Airways and Olympic Airlines, as Co-Pilot for nine years and as Captain for thirteen years. His career at Olympic ended after the closure of the company in October 2009 as a Boeing 737-400 Instructor Pilot.
He was then employed for a relatively short period of time at the Civil Aviation Authority, while in 2011 -2012 he returned to his flying duties by participating as a Boeing 737/300-400 Captain in the United Nations (UN) operations in the transportation of UN peacekeeping forces to and from the war zones of the world.
He also worked as a Boeing 737/800-900 Captain for Turkish Airlines until December 2013. From the end of 2013 until 2020 he was Captain on FALCON 900 DX and FALCON 7X VIP Flights.
He is currently a Captain and Instructor on Boeing 767-300 ER and Boeing 737-200/900 aircraft.

He was a Member, Treasurer, General Secretary, member of the Board of Directors, and chairman of the Hellenic Civil Aviation Pilots’ Association for twenty years, also participating for six years in the Management Committee of the Olympic Airways Pilots’ Pension Fund, as well as a member of Board of Directors of the European Airline Pilots’ Association for two years (2005-2007).
He holds a degree in Air Traffic Control from the Army Air Force School (1986) and a Certificate in Air Accident Investigation from Cranfield University, UK (1999).

Political Career
He was actively involved in local government and served as a member of the City Council of Voula 1990 - 1994 and 2002 – 2006. From 1990 to 1994 he was elected vice chairman of the Council. From January 2007 to February 2010 he served as Deputy Mayor the Municipality of Voula. His duties consisted of Public Administration and Financial affairs.
In the municipal elections of November 2010, he contested the position of Mayor of the then newly established Municipality of Vari Voula Vouliagmeni (which included the merging of three smaller municipalities) and received 44,28% of the preference of the local electorate in the second round of the elections, assuming and exercising until August 2014 the duties of Leader of opposition on the City Council.
In the municipal Elections of 25 May 2014, as head of the local party, “Vari Voula Vouliagmeni – City to Live” he won first place and since 1 September 2024 he has been Mayor of the Municipality of Vari Voula Vouliagmeni.
In 2019, he was elected for his second term from the first round of the elections with 72,04% and in the 2023 municipal elections, he was re-elected for the third time again from the first round, with 71,57%.
In the 2014-2019 and 2019-2023 municipal terms he was elected member of the Board of Directors of the Regional Union of Municipalities of Attica (PEDA) and in 2019-2023 he was elected as Chairman of the Energy Environment and Waste Management committee of PEDA.
In 2019-2023 he was elected member of the Board of Directors of the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece (KEDE) and elected Chairman of the Committee on Institutions & Transparency. In the elections for the election of the Board of Directors of the KEDE in March 2024, he was elected second in votes in the new Board of Directors of the KEDE and he holds the position of First Vice – Chairman of the Board of Directors. In this capacity he represents the leading body of local government in Greece in a number of National Councils and Committees.
From 2020 to 2023 he was Vice – Chair of the political Advisory Committee (PAC) of the European body CIVITAS whose mission was to provide advice and convey the positions and views of European cities to the European Transport Commission (DGMOV) on smart and sustainable mobility and micro-mobility in cities.