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Kris Pavlidis is an Australian social worker and former elected representative in local government in Australia. She served as a councillor of the City of Whittlesea from 2005 until 2020. She was elected Mayor of the City of Whittlesea from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2017 to 2018.[1]
Early life and career
[edit]Pavlidis is of Greek heritage and grew up in Australia in a Greek-speaking household.[2]
She worked with Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities (ADEC) between 1989 and 1998.[3]
Whittlesea City Council
[edit]Pavlidis was first elected to Whittlesea City Council in 2005 and served four consecutive terms. She was elected mayor by fellow councillors in 2006 and again in 2017.[4] [5] In August 2018, she was among a group of Victorian mayors who signed an open letter supporting members of the South Sudanese community.[6] Her term on council concluded in March 2020 when the Victorian Government dismissed the City of Whittlesea Council following a governance inquiry.[7]
Pavlidis served as Chair of the Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria from 2017 to 2019.[8] In December 2020, she was elected President of PRONIA.[9] She has also served in a leadership role with the Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia.[10]
In 2015, Pavlidis received a Ten-Year Service Award from the Municipal Association of Victoria.[11] She was included in the publication Greek Women of Influence: 1821–2021 (2021).[12] [13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Kris Pavlidis elected Whittlesea mayor". Northern Star Weekly. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ↑ "Kris Pavlidis on Greek language and sandwiches in Immigration Museum's 'Becoming You'". Neos Kosmos. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ↑ "Annual Report 1996–1997" (PDF). Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ↑ "Kris Pavlidis elected Whittlesea mayor". Northern Star Weekly. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ↑ "Greek Australian Mayor Kris Pavlidis Vows to Increase Women's Role in Politics". Greek Reporter. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ↑ Webb, Carolyn (13 August 2018). "End 'racist fearmongering' say mayors as they back Sudanese community". The Age. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ↑ "Whittlesea council sacked over 'dysfunction', replaced with interim administrator". ABC News. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ↑ "Mayor of Whittlesea City Council, Cr. Kris Pavlidis is the new ECCV Chairperson" (PDF). Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ↑ "PRONIA unanimously elects Kris Pavlidis as President". Neos Kosmos. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ↑ "Pavlidis no longer ECCV chief, but continues her work with FECCA". Neos Kosmos. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ↑ "Past Councillor Service Award Winners: 10 Year Service Awards – Kris Pavlidis, 2015". Municipal Association of Victoria. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ↑ Andrinopoulos, Peter (2021). Greek Women of Influence: 1821–2021. Society of Kalamata.
- ↑ "Greek Women of Influence: a bilingual book celebrates the contribution of women". SBS Greek. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
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