Sotiris Charalampis (

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: Σωτήρης Χαραλάμπης) was a fighter and politician from Achaea who participated in the

Greek Revolution The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. The Greeks were later assisted b ...

Biography

He was an important power broker in the Peloponnese before the

Revolution In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...

and was the son of Anastasios Charalampis. He was born in 1770 in Zarouchla, Achaea, he married Victoria Sisini, sister of

Georgios Sisinis Georgios Sisinis ( el, Γεώργιος Σισίνης, 1769–1831) was a Greek revolutionary leader and politician of the Greek War of Independence. Biography He was born in Gastouni in Elis, to a rich and historic family of the area. Georgios, ...

, and lived in the province of

Kalavryta Kalavryta ( el, Καλάβρυτα) is a town and a municipality in the mountainous east-central part of the regional unit of Achaea, Greece. The town is located on the right bank of the river Vouraikos, south of Aigio, southeast of Patras and ...

. 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 Filiki Eteria or Society of Friends ( el, Φιλικὴ Ἑταιρεία ''or'' ) was a secret organization founded in 1814 in Odessa, whose purpose was to overthrow the Ottoman rule of Greece and establish an independent Greek state. (''ret ...

. 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 The Senate of the entire People of the Peloponnese provinces ( el, Γερουσία όλου του Δήμου των επαρχιών της Πελοποννήσου), commonly known as the Peloponnesian Senate (), was a provisional regime that ...

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 The Second National Assembly at Astros ( el, Βʹ Εθνοσυνέλευση στο Άστρος) was the second Greek National Assembly, a national representative body of the Greeks who had rebelled against the Ottoman Empire. It convened at As ...

. After the First Assembly he was part of the Vouleftiko ("Legislative ody) in 1822 and after the Second Assembly, he was elected vice president in the Ektelestiko ("Executive ody). He died in 1826 in

Nafplio Nafplio ( ell, Ναύπλιο) is a coastal city located in the Peloponnese in Greece and it is the capital of the regional unit of Argolis and an important touristic destination. Founded in antiquity, the city became an important seaport in the ...

Sources

* * Athanasios T. Fotopoulos, ''The Kodjabashis of the Peloponnese during the Second Turcocracy (1715-1821)'', Doctoral Thesis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, 1995. {{DEFAULTSORT:Charalampis, Sotiris Members of the Greek Senate Greek people of the Greek War of Independence People from Akrata 1770 births 1826 deaths