George N. Cretekos
Vice-Mayor |
Vice-Mayor George N. Cretekos (Seat 3)
A lifelong resident of Pinellas County, George N. Cretekos moved to
Clearwater's Sand Key in 1976. Vice-Mayor Cretekos grew up in Tarpon
Springs and graduated from Tarpon Springs High School. After graduation,
Cretekos attended Davidson College where he was selected for the "Washington
Semester" program at American University in Washington, DC. He
returned to Davidson for his senior year and graduated with an AB degree
in Political Science. Vice-Mayor Cretekos earned a Masters of Public
Administration from the University of Pittsburgh.
On January 3, 1971, Vice-Mayor Cretekos began his career -- working
as a legislative staff assistant for U.S. Representative C. W. Bill
Young in the nation's capital. This was the same day the congressman
was sworn in as the Representative in Congress for the district that,
then, included all of Pinellas and Pasco Counties. After several years
in Washington, Vice-Mayor Cretekos transferred to Pinellas County to
assume the position as the congressman's district assistant. Vice-Mayor
Cretekos went back to Washington in the mid-1980s; and, in 1986 returned
to Pinellas County again to direct the congressman's local congressional
offices. Vice-Mayor Cretekos retired in May 2006 and was unopposed
in his bid to fill the remaining one-year term of the council seat
previously held by Hoyt Hamilton. He was re-elected to a four-year
term in January 2008.
Vice-Mayor Cretekos' wife Carolyn is also a Tampa Bay native. |
