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Sotiris Charalampis (Greek: Σωτήρης Χαραλάμπης) was a fighter and politician fromAchaea who participated in theGreek Revolution.
He was an important power broker in thePeloponnese before theRevolution and was the son of Anastasios Charalampis. He was born in about 1770 in Zarouchla, Achaea, he married Victoria Sisini, sister ofGeorgios Sisinis, and lived in the province ofKalavryta. 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 theFiliki Eteria. He fought in Saravali, in Pournarokastro and in thesiege of Patras with a military force which he himself provided for.
He was elected in thePeloponnesian Senate in 1821 and took part as deputy of the province of Kalavryta in theFirst National Assembly at Epidaurus and theSecond 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 inNafplio.