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Despoina Charalampidou

3rd Deputy Speaker

Member of Parliament Thessaloniki A

Personal Info

Place and Date οf Birth:

Born in Kilkis ,Greece in 1959 by farmers, works continuously in the private sector.

Marital Status:

Married to Dimitris Kapousides, assistant of the Municipality of Evosmos, has a daughter and a son.

Studies:

Graduate of the Department of Business Administration and Management of the University of Macedonia.

Parliamentary Activities

Elected as congresswoman in the elections of 6th May and re-elected in the Congressional Elections of 17th June 2012 in the ballot of Syriza.

Political/Social Activities

From an early age takes part in syndicalistic political and social races. A member of the Greek Communist Youth and the Greek Communist Party since 1978. Now a member of Coalition (Synaspismos) since its foundation, in the central political committee of it.
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).
A Deputy Secretary of Labour Center of Thessaloniki since 2002 and Deputy Chairwoman of the Clothing-Textile and Knitting Syndicate of Northern Greece. A member of the secretariat of the political committee of Coalition (Synaspismos) in Thessaloniki and member of the Department of Workers’ Policy of Syriza.

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