Paul Klisaris was elected (for a third time) as Monash mayor for the next 12 months.
Paul was first elected to Monash Council in March 2000 and served as mayor in 2008 and 2009.
For many years, Paul owned and operated a childcare centre in Monash. He began his career as a secondary college teacher. He has dedicated most of his adult life to educating and caring for children. One high point was working with migrant children from Sudan, teaching them to speak English and introducing them to Australian culture.
As an experienced councillor in the City of Monash, Cr Klisaris believes in open and accountable government and would like to see a council that always embraces a communicative process with its residents.
“I believe creativity, innovation and working in partnership must be the focus of local government,” he says. “Our City’s way of doing things must produce local solutions that preserve the unique character of our community.”
Cr Klisaris wants to further develop his involvement with community groups in order to be able to work closely with them to understand and seek mutually beneficial outcomes for their issues.
He is particularly interested in assisting children and their representative groups achieve their full potential as members of the Monash community.
Councillor Klisaris is 47 years old, is married and has three children. He holds a degree in Social Sciences and a Diploma of Education.