Theodosis Nikitaras with faith in principles and values, he never stopped fighting for the unity of our society,
which is a basic condition for the common targeting and activation of all
of the creative forces of our place.
The Mayor
Municipality of Kos
Nikitaras A. Theodosis
Biography:
He was born in December 1966 in Asfendiou, where he grew up as a member of a large family.
He took his first steps in education in the single-seat Primary School of Evangelistria, where he completed the first two classes, and then in the three-seat, then, primary school of Zipari.
The high school years find him as a student of Hippocrates High School and Lyceum.
Theodosis Nikitaras had intense social and political concerns from an early age. In his teenage years he was active in the newly established cultural association “Theocritus”. Participates in the foundation of the football team “Renaissance of Asfendios”. At the same time, as a Student of DG Lyceum, he is elected president of the fifteen-member student council.
- Higher education: Polytechnic School of the University of Patras.
- In 1991 he received his degree as a civil engineer and enlisted in the army. Serves 23 months as a reserve Engineer Officer.
- Since 1992 he has been active as a freelancer.
- At the age of 28 he is elected, for the first time in a row, a councilor in the Community of Asfendi. He is appointed vice-president of the Community while, at the same time, he participates in the three-member Executive Secretariat of the Regional Council, the forerunner of the unified Municipality of Kos.
- In the five years 2000-2005 he was elected Chairman of the Standing Committee of TEE Kos and a member of the Regional Department of TEE Dod / sou.
- He returns to the local government with the establishment of the unified Municipality of Kos, in the period 2010-2014, assuming the duties of Deputy Mayor for Development and Funded projects.
- In addition, he assumes the duties of Mayor, in the period June - September 2014.
Election:
Theodosis Nikitaras is elected Mayor of Kos, leader of the “Strong Kos” faction in the 2019 municipal elections.
- In the first round of elections, on May 26, 2019, he took the first place with a percentage of 45.17%, 7662 votes and 15 seats.
- In the second round, June 2, 2019, he emerged victorious, with a percentage of 61.55% and 9177 votes, against his opponent Georgios Kyritsis, taking office from September 1, 2019.
