Spiro Cheriogotis
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University of Alabama (JD)
Spiro Cheriogotis | |
|---|---|
| 109th Mayor of Mobile | |
| Assumed office November 3, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Sandy Stimpson |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Lucy Greer Cheriogotis |
| Education | University of Alabama (BS) University of Alabama (JD) |
Spiro Cheriogotis is an American politician who is the 109th and current mayor of Mobile, Alabama, serving since November 2025. In the 2025 Mobile Mayoral Election, he won against state representative Barbara Drummond with 51.4% of the votes in the runoff election. [1][2] He was previously a Mobile County district judge from 2019 to 2025.[3][4] His father was convicted of manslaughter and was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 1988.[5] After becoming a judge himself, Cheriogotis said this experience helped him in the legal profession.[5]
Raised in Dothan, Alabama, Cheriogotis graduated with a Juris Doctor from the University of Alabama School of Law. Upon graduating, he went to work as a prosecutor for the Mobile County District Attorney’s office. In 2018, he was elected a District Court Judge for Mobile County, a position he held until elected mayor in 2025. In 2022, he became Presiding District Judge.[6]
In 2012, Cheriogotis married Lucy Greer Cheriogotis. They have four children.[7][8] Lucy is Vice President of Deli, Bakery, and Catering for her family's grocery chain, Greer's Markets.[9]
They support organizations including the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama, Light of the Village, and the Mobile Lions Club.[10]
