KYRIAKOS CHARAKIDIS 
Mayor of Drama

Biography

Married with two children, a son and a daughter

Education

Masters Degree in Business Administration (Thessaloniki, Greece) 2002 - 2003
Studies in Economics (Munich, Germany) 1979 – 1981
Accounting Graduate 1978 – 1979
Trilingual: German (well), English (average)
_____________________

Business Experience

• Businessman
1988 – Present

• Accountant -- Responsible for Accounts & Sales as well as the economic activity of Production & Trade for the Akrita Com. (located in Lower Neurokopi, Drama, Greece)
1985 – 1987

• Independent Speculator -- Responsible for the sustainability and economical studies regarding statute 1262/82. Management of proposals, implementation and monitoring of studies and accounting programs
1983 – 1985
_____________________

Involvement / Participation

• Drama Chamber of Commerce
President
January 2001 – Present

• Eastern Macedonia – Thrace Region / ΥΠΕΘΟ
May 2001 – Present
Member of the Regional Committee
2001 – Present

• Member of the Board of the Regional Treasury of Eastern Macedonia – Thrace 2010 - Euroregion Nestos – Mesta
Deputy Chairman of the Board
2001 – Present

• Association of European Border Regions (ΣΕΣΠ)
Deputy Chairman of Association
November 2001 – Present
Main office: Gronau, Germany

• Work Group of 28 European Border Chamber of Commerce – ARGE 28
Member of the Executive Committee
January 2001 – Present
Main office – Germany

• Union of Border Regions of Eastern Macedonia – Thrace
President
March 2001 – Present

• Knit and Clothing Business Association of Greece
Vice President
2004 – Present

• Member of the Board of Intermediary Administration on Community Programs (ΔΕΣΜ – ΟΣ, Α.Μ.Θ.)
January 2001 – Present

• Member of the Board of the Center for Business & Technology Development (ΚΕΤΑ, Α.Μ.Θ.)
January 2001 – Present

_________________________________

Interests

• Keynote speaker at the Annual ΣΕΣΠ Conference which took place in Karlovi Vari, November 2003
Coordinator of the discussion with topic “Labor Market and Border Cooperation”

• Invited speaker to a Conference which was organized by “Euroregion Sicily”
Palermo, Italy - March 2003
Topic: Organizing Actions along the Framework of ΣΕΣΠ

• Invited speaker to a Conference which was organized by “Euroregion Corinthians”
Petrarch, Austria
Topic: Expansion of the European Union in South – Eastern Europe

• Keynote speaker at the Conference along the Greek – Turkey border which was held in Komotini, Greece and Adrianoupoli, Turkey
April 2003
Topic: Organization and Operation of Border Cooperation concerning Small Businesses

• Keynote speaker at the Forum of Balkan Countries in Smirni
2004
Topics: 1) Trade 2) Tourism