George N. Cretekos
Mayor
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Mayor George N. Cretekos (Seat 1)
A lifelong resident of Pinellas County, George N. Cretekos grew up in Tarpon Springs and graduated from Tarpon Springs High School. During his junior year at Davidson College, he was selected for the "Washington Semester" program at American University in Washington, D.C. He returned to Davidson to receive an AB degree in Political Science in 1969. Mr. Cretekos earned a Master of Public Administration from the University of Pittsburgh in 1970.
On Jan. 3, 1971, Mr. Cretekos began his career as a legislative staff assistant for Pinellas County's newly elected U.S. Representative C. W. Bill Young. After several years in Washington, Mr. Cretekos was transferred to Pinellas County to assume the position as Congressman Young's district assistant. He went back to Washington in the mid-1980s, and in 1986 he returned to Pinellas County again to direct the congressman's local offices. Following his retirement in May 2006, Mr. Cretekos served as a missionary in Medan, Indonesia for the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
Mr. Cretekos was unopposed in his bid to fill the remaining term of a vacated council seat in 2007. He was re-elected to a four-year term in January, 2008 and was elected Mayor on January 31, 2012. He is also President of the Barrier Islands Government Council and Vice-President of the Pinellas County Mayors’ Council. Mr. Cretekos, a multi-gallon blood donor, serves on the Board of Directors of Florida Blood Services and is on the "President's Associates" committee of Eckerd College.
Having moved to Clearwater's Sand Key in 1976, Mr. Cretekos and his wife Carolyn, also a Tampa Bay native, still reside there.
Contact Mayor Cretekos at: George.Cretekos@myClearwater.com |
