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Sotiris Charalampis (Greek: Σωτήρης Χαραλάμπης) was a fighter and politician from Achaea who participated in the Greek Revolution.

Biography

He was an important power broker in the Peloponnese before the Revolution and was the son of Anastasios Charalampis. He was born in about 1770 in Zarouchla, Achaea, he married Victoria Sisini, sister of Georgios Sisinis, and lived in the province of Kalavryta. When the Revolution, of which he was an organiser, started, he was elected general of the local captains by the people of Kalavryta. He had been initiated in the Filiki Eteria. He fought in Saravali, in Pournarokastro and in the siege of Patras with a military force which he himself provided for.

He was elected in the Peloponnesian Senate in 1821 and took part as deputy of the province of Kalavryta in the First National Assembly at Epidaurus and the Second National Assembly at Astros. After the First Assembly he was part of the Vouleftiko ("Legislative [body]") in 1822 and after the Second Assembly, he was elected vice president in the Ektelestiko ("Executive [body]"). He died in 1826 in Nafplio.

Sources

Fotios Chrisanthopoulos, ed. (1888). Lives of Peloponnesian men, and of the clerics, military men and politicians who came to the Peloponnese, who fought in the revolutionary struggle. Athens: Stavros Andropoulos, Printing house P. D. Sakellarios. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
Athanasios T. Fotopoulos, The Kodjabashis of the Peloponnese during the Second Turcocracy (1715-1821), Doctoral Thesis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, 1995.

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 '''Sotiris Charalampis''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Σωτήρης Χαραλάμπης) was a fighter and politician from [[Achaea]] who participated in the [[Greek War of Independence|Greek Revolution]].
 == Biography ==
-He was an important power broker in the Peloponnese before the [[Greek War of Independence|Revolution]] and was the son of Anastasios Charalampis. He was born in 1770 in Zarouchla, Achaea, he married Victoria Sisini, sister of [[Georgios Sisinis]], and lived in the province of [[Kalavryta]]. When the Revolution, of which he was an organiser, started, he was elected general of the local captains by the people of Kalavryta. He had been initiated in the [[Filiki Eteria]]. He fought in Saravali, in Pournarokastro and in the [[Siege of Patras (1821)|siege of Patras]] with a military force which he himself provided for.
+He was an important power broker in the [[Peloponnese]] before the [[Greek War of Independence|Revolution]] and was the son of Anastasios Charalampis. He was born in about 1770 in Zarouchla, Achaea, he married Victoria Sisini, sister of [[Georgios Sisinis]], and lived in the province of [[Kalavryta]]. When the Revolution, of which he was an organiser, started, he was elected general of the local captains by the people of Kalavryta. He had been initiated in the [[Filiki Eteria]]. He fought in Saravali, in Pournarokastro and in the [[Siege of Patras (1821)|siege of Patras]] with a military force which he himself provided for.
 He was elected in the [[Peloponnesian Senate]] in 1821 and took part as deputy of the province of Kalavryta in the [[First National Assembly at Epidaurus]] and the [[Second National Assembly at Astros]]. After the First Assembly he was part of the Vouleftiko ("Legislative [body]") in 1822 and after the Second Assembly, he was elected vice president in the Ektelestiko ("Executive [body]"). He died in 1826 in [[Nafplio]].
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 * {{Cite book|last=|first=|url=http://www.archive.org/details/vioipeloponnsin00chrygoog|title=Lives of Peloponnesian men, and of the clerics, military men and politicians who came to the Peloponnese, who fought in the revolutionary struggle|publisher=Stavros Andropoulos, Printing house P. D. Sakellarios|year=1888|isbn=|editor-last=[[Fotios Chrisanthopoulos]]|location=Athens|pages=|access-date=10 April 2010}}
 * Athanasios T. Fotopoulos, ''The Kodjabashis of the Peloponnese during the Second Turcocracy (1715-1821)'', Doctoral Thesis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, 1995.
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 [[Category:Members of the Greek Senate]]
 [[Category:Greek people of the Greek War of Independence]]
 [[Category:People from Akrata]]
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 [[Category:1826 deaths]]