Periklis Papapetrou

Periklis Papapetrou (Greek: Περικλής Παπαπέτρου; 1947–2012) was a Greek architect and politician. He served as mayor of Eleusis and he was the first elected prefect of Western Attica, serving the prefectural government from 1994 to 2002.

Life and work He was born in Eleusis. He then studied Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens and from his early student years he was active in politics and communal self-administration. He was elected in 1987 as mayor of Eleusis, acting as such until 1994. There he is known for his ecologically friendly policies including the carrying out of a referendum in 1991 against the expansion of the operating oil refinery of Hellenic Petroleum in Eleusis, which he won.