Efstathios Kannis

10
Oct

Efstathios Kannis

desc
Mayor of Pyrgos
Hellenic Republic

The Mayor of Pyrgos, Mr. Stathis Kannis, was born and raised in Pyrgos Ilias where he completed his studies at the Primary and the six-form High School. This was followed by his admission to the Law School of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens from where he graduated with the degree of Lawyer and has maintained a law office in Pyrgos for over 40 years. From 1994 he started his engagement with the public and from then until 2023 he was elected Municipal Councilor, while during the mayorship of Makis Paraskevopoulos he was the president of the Municipal Council of Pyrgos (2006-2014). He contested for the Municipality of Pyrgos for the first time in 2019, where as the head of the “We Can” faction, while on October 15, 2023 he was elected Mayor with a percentage of 56.3%. He is married to Notary Ioanna Bitha and has two children, Thanos (Lawyer). and Stella (Politics of Science)