Periklis Papapetrou (

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: Περικλής Παπαπέτρου; 1947–2012) was a

architect and politician. He served as

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of Eleusis and he was the first elected prefect of Western

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, serving the prefectural government from 1994 to 2002.

Life and work

He was born in Eleusis. He then studied

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at the

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and from his early student years he was active in politics and communal self-administration. He was elected in 1987 as mayor of Eleusis, acting as such until 1994. There he is known for his ecologically friendly policies including the carrying out of a referendum in 1991 against the expansion of the operating

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of Hellenic Petroleum in Eleusis, which he won.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Papapetrou, Periklis Greek architects Prefects of Greece Mayors of places in Greece 1947 births 2012 deaths People from Elefsina