A member of the communist party of Greece, he has served as Mayor of Patras since 1 September 2014.

[1] He was born in the village of Ryaki in Northern Greece and studied medicine in Italy.

Afterwards, he worked as a cardiologist in Edessa before later settling in Patras with his wife and daughter.

Peletidis is notable for his denial of municipal campaign space to the Neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn.

In 2015, then-MP candidate Michalis Arvanitis brought charges of dereliction of duty against Peletidis for this, but in 2017 a local misdemeanors court cleared the charges.