Theophilos Kamberidis

Theophilos Kamberidis (Greek: Θεόφιλος Καμπερίδης; 2 April 1930 – 13 September 2022) was a Greek politician who served as a Member of Parliament in Pieria from 1964 to 1967 and Mayor of Katerini from 1 January 1987 to 31 December 1990. His childhood was spent at the village of Aronas and he was moved to Katerini at a very early age. He took up athletics and won medals. He finished his economic studies in Thessaloniki and then came into politics, with George Papandreou. He was elected as an MP in district of Pieria with Centre Union in 1964 and denounced the attempt to get bribes in return for leaving his party. After the start of the military regime of 1967, he fled Greece to Boston, US, where he organised the struggle against the military regime in his country. After returning to Greece, he was elected mayor of Katerini in 1986.