Ioannis Charalambopoulos

Ioannis Charalambopoulos ( Greek Ιωάννης Χαραλαμπόπουλος , born February 10, 1919 in Psari , Messenia ; † October 16, 2014 ) was a Greek politician ( PASOK ). He was Foreign Minister and Defense Minister under Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou .

Charalambopoulos studied engineering at the Military Academy and the Royal Military Academy Woolwich in London .

During the Second World War he took part as the commander of an infantry unit on the Albanian front and in the Middle East. As a colonel, he retired from the army in 1963. During his military career, he joined the Center Union in 1961 . During the military dictatorship (1967–1974) he founded the resistance group "Democratic National Resistance Movement" (EKDA). In May 1967 he was arrested and exiled to Syros . He was released through amnesty, but was arrested again in August 1968. Three years in prison and in exile followed. He joined the National Liberation Movement (PAK). After the uprising at the Athens Polytechnion, he was arrested again and tortured by the military police, then deported to Gyaros , where he stayed until the collapse of the dictatorship. As a founding member of PASOK, he held various party offices. In the parliamentary elections in 1963 and 1964 Charalambopoulos was for the Center Union and in the following ten elections from 1974 to 2000 for PASOK in the Parliament elected. He was also a Member of the European Parliament for the period from Greece's accession to the EU on January 1, 1981, until the first European elections. From October 21, 1981 to July 26, 1985 he was Foreign Minister, then Deputy Prime Minister until November 1988, and Minister of Defense from April 1986 to July 1989.

Awards

1983: Large gold medal on ribbon for services to the Republic of Austria

Web links

Biography (greek)
Entry on Ioannis Charalambopoulos in the European Parliament 's database of MEPs

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Charalambopoulos, Ioannis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Χαραλαμπόπουλος, Ιωάννης (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek politician (PASOK), MEP
DATE OF BIRTH	February 10, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH	Psari , Messenia
DATE OF DEATH	October 16, 2014

[1] Πέθανε ο Γ.Χαραλαμπόπουλος, υπουργός των κυβερνήσεων Ανδρέα Παπανδρέου

[2] List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)