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Yiannis Boutaris
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| Γιάννης Μπουτάρης | |
Boutaris in 2011
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| Mayor of Thessaloniki | |
| In office 1 January 2011 – 31 August 2019 |
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| Preceded by | Vasilis Papageorgopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Konstantinos Zervas |
| Municipal Councilor of Thessaloniki | |
| In office 1 January 2024 – 9 November 2024 |
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| In office 1 January 2003 – 1 January 2011 |
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| Born | 13 June 1942 Thessaloniki, German occupation zone of Greece/ Hellenic State |
| Died | 9 November 2024 (aged 82) Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Political party | Independent |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Wine Institute of Athens |
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Yiannis Boutaris (Greek: Γιάννης Μπουτάρης; 13 June 1942 – 9 November 2024) was a Greek Winemaker and politician who served as Mayor of Thessaloniki from 2011 to 2019. From January 2024 and until his death in November he served as a municipal councilor of Thessaloniki, a position he held again from 2003 tο 2011.
Biography
He was born in Thessaloniki in 1942, as son of the winemaker Stelios Boutaris and Fanny Vlachos. His parents were from Aromanian background. His mother's family, the Nichota family, has its roots in the town of Kruševo, now in North Macedonia, while his father's family originates from the town of Vithkuq, now in Albania.
His primary education was at the Experimental elementary school of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, his secondary education at Anatolia College, and he graduated in chemistry from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1965 and in oenology from the Wine Institute of Athens in 1967. In his youth he was associated with the Communist Party of Greece (KKE).
From 1969 to 1996 he worked for the family wine company Boutari, based in Naoussa. He left the family company to create the Kir-Yianni wine company, based on two estates in abandoned village of Giannakochori and in Amyntaio, in 1998.
He died on 9 November 2024 at the age of 82.
60th Mayor of Thessaloniki (2011–2019)
During the 2010s he was one of the prominent figures of progressive views and politics in Greece as well as a founding member of the ecological organization Arcturos.
In 2012 he was chosen as 'the best mayor of the world' for the month of October, by the City Mayors Foundation, based in the UK.
In his program was the restoration of Agias Sofias Square and Eleftherias Square, as well as the construction of a Holocaust Museum in the city.
Boutaris also declared his wish to build an Islamic mosque, monuments to Thessaloniki's Jews and to the Young Turk Revolution. According to Boutaris, the construction of these monuments will attract Jewish and Turkish tourists to Thessaloniki, who will want to visit their fathers' hometown.
See also
In Spanish: Yiannis Boutaris para niños
