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George Dimitriou Seremetis (Greek: Γεώργιος Σερεμέτης) (1879 in Skamnia Elassonas - 1950) was a prominent lawyer. Seremetis was born in 1879 in Skamnia Elassonas, then ruled by the Ottoman Empire. Shortly after his birth, the city of Larissa was liberated and his family moved there. In 1897, George Seremetis started his studies at a law school of the University of Athens. He graduated in 1902. He was a lawyer in Larissa for ten years. He moved to Thessaloniki in 1913 when the city was liberated by the Ottoman rule. From 1914 to 1922, he participated at the administration of the Thessaloniki BAR (Lawyers association) and from 1922 to 1926 as general secretary of the above BAR. In 1922, Seremetis married Calliope Tatti and raised two children. From 1926 to 1945, he was elected president of the Thessaloniki BAR voted by almost everyone due to his honesty and politeness. He later succeeded with the help of D. Vlachos to establish a "Lawyers' Fund of Welfare" (Greek: Tαμείο Προνοίας Νομικών) in Thessaloniki. In 1943, the mayor K. Merkouriou of Thessaloniki died. Thessaloniki was at that time occupied by the axis forces. Genadios who was the bishop of asked for a secret meeting with the representatives of the resistance organizations and they asked Seremetis to become mayor of Thessaloniki. Seremetis with the help of the Red Cross managed to provide the hospitals with medicines. He also managed, with the cooperation of the doctors and the medical staff, to help resistance fighters escape. In 1944, again with the cooperation of bishop Genadios and the Red cross representatives, managed to convince the German authorities to leave facilities of the harbour of Thessaloniki intact and not destroy them according to their retreat plans. Shortly after the liberation, he served for a while at the presidency of BAR of Thessaloniki but later resigned due to a to heart problem. He died in 1950 of a heart attack.
References Armenopoulos, p. 47 of 1993 Preceded by: K. Merkouriou Mayor of Thessaloniki 1943/44 Succeeded by: Petros Levis
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