Stavros Anthony | |
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37th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada | |
Assumed office January 2, 2023 | |
Governor | Joe Lombardo |
Preceded by | Lisa Cano Burkhead |
Mayor pro tempore of Las Vegas | |
In office June 16, 2020 – December 7, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Michele Fiore |
Succeeded by | Brian Knudsen |
Member of the Las Vegas City Council from Ward 4 | |
In office July 1, 2009 – December 7, 2022 | |
Preceded by | David Steinman |
Succeeded by | Francis Allen-Palenske |
Personal details | |
Born | January 13, 1957 |
Political party | Republican |
Children | 2 |
Education | Wayne State University (BA) University of Nevada, Las Vegas (MA, PhD) |
Stavros S. Anthony (Greek: Σταύρος Αντωνίου; born January 13, 1957)[1] is an American politician and retired law enforcement officer who is the 37th lieutenant governor of Nevada, since 2023. Anthony won the 2022 Nevada lieutenant governor election, defeating incumbent Democrat Lisa Cano Burkhead.[2][3] A member of the Republican Party, he served as Member of Las Vegas City Council from 2009 to December 2022.[4] He was appointed Mayor Pro Tem of Las Vegas by Mayor Carolyn Goodman, and served in that capacity from July 2011 to April 2015 and was re-appointed June 8, 2020.[5] Anthony unsuccessfully ran in the 2015 Las Vegas mayoral election.