Tony Petelos
{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Tony Petelos
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|7|22}}
|birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Republican
|alma_mater = University of Alabama,
Birmingham
}}
Tony Petelos is an Alabama politician, having served as a state legislator, the mayor of Hoover, Alabama, and the county manager for Jefferson County.
Political career
A Republican, Petelos served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1986 to 1997. After his career in the legislature, he served as the state's Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources after his appointment by Governor Fob James in 1997.
Petelos was mayor of Hoover, Alabama. He was elected to the office in September 2004.
Petelos was selected by the county commission to serve as commissioner of Jefferson County in September 2011.Walton, Val (September 25, 2011) "Hoover Mayor Petelos on brink of another adventure." Birmingham News
He sat on the human resources state board, having been appointed by Governor Bob Riley.[http://www.dhr.state.al.us/page.asp?pageid=779 Alabama DHR: Hoover Mayor Tony Petelos Appointed to DHR State Board] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813184139/http://www.dhr.state.al.us/page.asp?pageid=779 |date=2007-08-13 }}
Personal life
Petelos grew up in Birmingham's Ensley neighborhood.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}
He is married to the former Teresa Bearden, a circuit judge in neighboring Bessemer. They met while both were students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.[http://main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=94623 UAB National Alumni Society: Teresa and Tony Petelos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023075533/http://main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=94623 |date=2007-10-23 }}
See also
References
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Category:Mayors of places in Alabama
Category:Republican Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives
Category:People from Hoover, Alabama
Category:University of Alabama at Birmingham alumni
Category:People from Ensley, Alabama
Category:20th-century members of the Alabama Legislature
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