He was an important power broker in the Peloponnese before the 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 with a military force which he himself provided for.