Spyridon Galinos

Spyros Galinos (* March 1952 in Athens) had been Mayor of Lesbos (population 87,000) from May 2014 to September 2018, he was awarded 2016 with the Olof Palme Prize for his work to help people fleeing from war and terror.[1][2]

Galinos was born in Athens in March 1952 and raised in Mytilene, the capital of the Island of Lesbos. In 1990, 1994 and 1998 he was elected City Councillor of Mytilene. In 2002, he was elected prefectural councillor, assuming the duties of Vice-Prefect at the Prefecture of Lesbos.[3] In 2009, he was elected to the Greek Parliament as a member of the centre-right New Democracy party. On 11 March 2012,[4] Spiros Galinos together with 10 parliamentary colleagues fled from the New Democracy party and founded with Panos Kammenos the ultra-conservative Independent Greeks party.[5][6]

References
  1. "Mayors of Lesbos and Lampedusa awarded Olof Palme Prize". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  2. "2016 – Spyridon Galinos and Giusi Nicolini | OLOF PALMES MINNESFOND" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  3. "World Mayor: Profile Lesbos Mayor Spiros Galinos". www.worldmayor.com. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  4. "13th Parliamentary Term Statistics". www.hellenicparliament.gr. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  5. "The Greek island of Lesbos is coping with up to 7,000 new refugees per day". The Independent. 2015-10-24. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  6. "EveryPolitician: Greece - Hellenic Parliament - 13th Hellenic Parliament". EveryPolitician. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
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