Rallia Christidou

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Rallia Christidou
Member of the Greek Parliament
for Athens B3
20th session
Assumed office
July 2023
19th session
In office
May 2023 – July 2023
18th session
In office
July 2019 – April 2023
Personal details
Born (1979-11-14) 14 November 1979 (age 45)
Neo Irakleio, Athens, Greece
Political partyIndependent (2024 - )
SYRIZA (2011 - 2024)
Residence(s)Ilioupoli, Athens
Professionmusician

Rallia Christidou (Greek: Ραλλία Χρηστίδου, pronounced [raˈlia xrisˈtiðu]) is a Greek politician and a former popular singer. Ralia Christidou became known to the wider public through her participation in the tv show Fame Story in 2004 where she took second place behind the winner Kalomoira.[1] A singer with a remarkable musical education, (classical guitar lessons, music theory) she released 8 personal albums until 2019 when she decided to stop singing to devote herself to politics.[2]

Since 2011 and the outbreak of the economic crisis in Greece, she began to participate in public life by joining SYRIZA, and in 2015 she was a SYRIZA candidate in the Athens B2 constituency of Athens, albeit in an ineligible position.[1] She was first elected MP with SYRIZA in the Athens B3 constituency in the 2019 parliamentary elections[3] She was re-elected in both the May 2023 and June 2023 parliamentary elections.
On 11 November 2024, during the new crisis that erupted in SYRIZA ahead of the elections for new leadership, Ralia Christidou announced her resignation from the party and her independence as an MP, denouncing the procedures followed for the election of a new party presidenτ.[4]

Discography

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  • Mi Mou Les Andio [OST] (2004)
  • Me To Vlemma Tis Kardias (2005)
  • Gia Tin Anna [OST] (2006)
  • Ena Hadi Zesto (2007)
  • Live: Mono Mia Nihta (2008)
  • Etoimi (2009)
  • Stin Apenanti Plevra (2012)
  • Me oplo tin agapi (2013)

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