Mitch Skandalakis | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Georgia House of Representatives | |
| In office 1992–1993 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Demetrios John Skandalakis |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Kay (Saffo) Skandalakis |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Emory University (BA) University of Georgia (JD) |
Demetrios John "Mitch" Skandalakis is an American lawyer and former Republican Party politician from Georgia who rose quickly to national prominence in the early-1990s. He upset Martin Luther King III to become chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and in 1998, was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for lieutenant governor of Georgia. Afterward, he became subjected to a wide-ranging federal corruption investigation of Fulton County government and admitted lying to an FBI agent. He was disbarred but later reinstated as an attorney.