George N. Cretekos
Councilmember |
Councilmember George N. Cretekos (Seat 3)
A lifelong resident of Pinellas County, George N. Cretekos moved to Clearwater's Sand Key in 1976. Mr. 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. Mr. Cretekos earned a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Pittsburgh.
On January 3, 1971, Mr. 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, Mr. Cretekos transferred to Pinellas County to assume the position as the congressman's district assistant. He went back to Washington in the mid-1980s; and, in 1986 returned to Pinellas County again to direct the congressman's local congressional offices. Following his retirement in May, 2006, Mr. Cretekos went on a mission trip to Medan, Indonesia for the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
Mr. Cretekos 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. The councilman served as the city's vice-mayor in 2008 and is currently the Secretary-Treasurer of the Barrier Island Government Council.
Councilman Cretekos and his wife Carolyn, also a Tampa Bay native, continue to live on Sand Key. |
