*RHODES* - Stelios Kotiadis (1912-1971)

I saw this bust of a rather dour looking politician-type when I was on holiday in Rhodes. It was in some gardens near the ferry port and I assumed it was a Greek Prime Minister or similar and would be quite easy to identify, but despite loads of searching no one obvious came up.

Finally after using Google translate and copy and pasting each individual Greek letter from the inscription on the statue, I managed to come up with the name Stelios Kotiadis and after another search, also found this article from a Greek newspaper.

The translation is basic to say the least but the article is dated 2011 and begins with:- 'The unveiling of the bust of Stelios Kotiadis made forty years after his untimely and unexpected death.' This ties in with the dates 1912-1971 so I think we have found our man and it seems Stelios was an MP and Dodecanese Minister.

Can't find anything else about him so he can't have been much of a big shot and the bust itself is basic and not very inspiring to say the least (the weather was sunny though). Below is it's exact location taken from Google street-view.

Overall:- 3/10