Savvas Chionidis

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Oct

Savvas Chionidis

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Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior
Hellenic Republic

Savvas Chionidis was elected Mayor of the City of Katerini from 2007 to 2019.

As mandated counsel (1999 – 2003), Managing Director (2003-2015) and Vice President (2015-2019) of Pieriki Development S.A. – OTA, actively participated in the planning and implementation of Local Authorities development policy programs and beyond. He has experience in matters of human resources management and development, strategic planning, environment, he has participated in numerous working groups, workshops and conferences as keynote speaker.

As Mayor, he was elected President of the Local Union of Municipalities & Communities (T.E.D.K.) of the Prefecture of Pieria, member of the Board of Directors of the Regional Union of Municipalities (P.E.D.) of the Region of Central Macedonia, as well as member of the Board of Directors of the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece (K.E.D.E.) and Chairman of the Environmental and Infrastructure and Committee of K.E.D.E.

In 2019 – 2023 he was elected Member of Parliament for Pieria district.

President of the Technical Council of the Parliament between 2019 and 2023.

Before his engagement with the public, he worked from 1984 as a civil engineer in the private sector of constructions and research, and in the tourism sector while maintaining a hotel unit (founding member of the Hotel Association).

He was born and worked in Katerini Pieria, he is a graduate of the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Thrace Mc and he is married with three children.