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[edit]
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[edit]
Graduate of the Department of Business Administration and Management at the University of Macedonia.
