[2] Born on Kos, Greece,[3] Pavlidis studied physics and mathematics at the University of Athens and business administration in London.
[2] Pavlidis served as a member of parliament from the Dodecanese Islands following each general election from 1977,[2] with the exception of 1996–2000.
[3] In the Cabinet of Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, Pavlidis became Minister of the Aegean and Island Policy on 10 March 2004.
[4] Allegations of corruption by a shipowner over the allocation of subsidised ferry route were made in 2007 and denied by Pavlidis.
[5] After investigation, on 11 May 2009 a Greek parliament committee voted 146–144 in favour of indicting him on bribery charges, five votes short of the 151 required to remove his parliamentary immunity.