The last goodbye to Giannis Butaristhe former mayor of Thessaloniki, businessman and winemaker, who passed away last Saturday at the age of 82, relatives, friends, colleagues, employees and citizens say today.

The civil funeral of Yannis Boutaris takes place in his atrium City Hall of Thessaloniki, where his body will be exposed, from 11 in the morning to 2 in the afternoon, so that the people of Thessalonica can say goodbye to him on his last journey.

At his political funeral, the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou and the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be present, who will address speeches as well as the president of PASOK – KINAL, Nikos Androulakis.

The mayor of Thessaloniki, Stelios Angeloudis, will also make speeches, as will also the Greek Wine Association and a member of the family of Yannis Boutaris.

Afterwards, the body of Yannis Boutaris, who breathed his last on Saturday night, in a private hospital in Thessaloniki, will be cremated – a choice he had made while alive.

Graduated in chemistry from AUTH, qualified oenologist, worked for years with wines and was elected as the 60th mayor of Thessaloniki in 2010, for two consecutive terms, until 2019. He was president of the Holocaust Museum of Greece, founding member of the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and Addiction Support Center “Oasis”, as well as founder of “Arcturos”. He was honored with many international and national distinctions.

Instead of Stephen

A heartfelt request from the family of the deceased, in lieu of wreaths, that donations be made in his memory to the following institutions:

ARGO SOCIAL COOPERATIVE ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE https://argokoinsep.gr/

ARKTOUROS https://www.arcturos.gr/

CHILD ASYLUM https://asylopaidiou.gr