Petros Clerides (born 20 February 1946) is the former attorney general of Cyprus. He resigned in 2013, after widespread criticism of his handling of high-profile cases.^{[citation needed]}

Petros Clerides was born on 20 February 1946 in Nicosia.^[1] He was educated at the Pancyprian Gymnasium, and the University of Athens, where he graduated in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in law.^[1]

Clerides was appointed deputy attorney general of Cyprus in 2000,^[2] and attorney general in 2005, resigned in June 2016, effective in September, and was replaced with Supreme Court judge Costas Clerides.^[3][4]

Clerides had faced calls to resign after reports that he had used his position to have a drink-driving prosecution against his son suspended. His son was over the alcohol limit, and the car did not have a MOT or road tax.^[4] Clerides "openly admitted on television that he had used his nolle prosequi powers to drop charges against his son related to driving offences."^[2]

Clerides was also criticised for his handling of the 2005 Helios air crash and Mari explosion trials, and over comments he made about an attempt to publicly seize a ministerial car for an unpaid government debt.^[2]

He is married to Danae Michaelidou, and they have two sons, both of whom are lawyers.^[1]