Despoina Charalampidou
Despoina Charalampidou was born in Kilkis in 1959. She is a Greek politician. She was elected as a congresswoman in the elections of 6th May and re-elected in the Congressional Elections of 17th June 2012 for Syriza.
Political Career
From an early age she has taken part in syndicalistic political and social races. She has been a member of the Greek Communist Youth and the Greek Communist Party since 1978. She is now a member of Coalition (Synaspismos) in the central political committee. She remained Chairwoman of the Clothing Syndicate (1981-1988), the Industrial Corporation of the clothing business TOPS A.E (1985-1992) and the administrative committee of the Labour Center in the Administration of the General Confederation of Greek Workers in Thessaloniki(1996-1999). She has been the Deputy Secretary of Labour Center of Thessaloniki since 2002 and Deputy Chairwoman of the Clothing-Textile and Knitting Syndicate of Northern Greece. She is a member of the secretariat of the political committee of Coalition (Synaspismos) in Thessaloniki and member of the Department of Workers’ Policy of Syriza.
Education Career
Graduate of the Department of Business Administration and Management at the University of Macedonia.
