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Angelica Panopoulos is an Australian politician, currently the incumbent mayor of Merri-bek city council. She is the youngest elected member of that council, having been elected at the age of 23.

She was the Victorian Greens candidate for Pascoe Vale at the 2022 Victorian state election, narrowly losing to Anthony Cianflone.

Angelica is a member of the Greek-Australian community.

Mayoralty

As mayor she is known for her involvement in having discontinued citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day. Following this decision the council was targeted by racist extremists. She was also involved in renaming the Merri-Bek council from its previous name, the city of Moreland.

In May 2023 her council's resolutions were overruled by Victoria's planning minister in order to green-light apartment development.

References

  1. Herald, The Greek (2022-11-30). "Angelica Panopoulos elected youngest Mayor of Merri-bek City Council". Greek Herald. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  2. "Panopoulos: new 23 year old Mayor of Merri-bek (Moreland)". NEOS KOSMOS. 2022-12-02. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  3. Phillips, Mark (2022-11-29). "Panopoulos elected youngest Mayor in city's history". Brunswick Voice. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  4. "'Greens-slide': Greens Leader takes victory of key inner-Melbourne seats". www.9news.com.au. 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2023-07-13. There was also major movement in the seat of Pascoe Vale, while the seat was retained by Labor MP Anthony Cianflone, it was nearly taken by Greens candidate Angelica Panopoulos.
  5. "Angelica Panopoulos: Our community must be rebuilt after COVID". SBS Greek.
  6. "Victorian Greens support recognition of genocide of Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians". NEOS KOSMOS. 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2023-07-13. There are at least two Greek Australians candidates representing Victorian Greens in the upcoming election: Angelica Panopoulos running for the seat of Pascoe Vale and Kim Samiotis for Albert Park.
  7. "'January 26 not the right date to celebrate': Angelica Panopoulos". NEOS KOSMOS. 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  8. "Extremists storm Merri-bek First Nations mourning ceremony". News.com.au. Merri-bek City Council, formerly Moreland, was targeted by protesters on Thursday morning who have been described by the city's mayor as "racist extremists".
  9. Voutos, John (2021-12-14). "Greek Australian councillors vote in move to change 'racist' Moreland council name". Greek Herald. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  10. Waters, Cara (2023-05-25). "Minister approves Brunswick development that will swallow heritage-listed substation". The Age. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
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