Background
Lambrakis, Christos was born on February 24, 1934 in. Educated, London School of Economics. Public, editor weekly Tachydromos (Courier), since 1955.
journalist and newspaper proprietor
Lambrakis, Christos was born on February 24, 1934 in. Educated, London School of Economics. Public, editor weekly Tachydromos (Courier), since 1955.
Educated, London School of Economics.
The Lambrakis family originates from Chania in Western Crete. From 1954 to 1957 he worked as a journalist at the To Vima newspaper and was editor of the weekly magazine Tachydromos. In 1957, at the age of 23, he took over the management of Lambrakis Press when his father Dimitrios died.
Since 1970, when Lambrakis Press became a limited company, he has been chairman of the board.
Lambrakis was one of the most powerful men in Greece, and despite his great wealth and social position, his many publications always supported progressive and left-wing causes. Lambrakis underwent heart surgery on 30 November 2009 at the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center in Athens.
He died from multiple organ failure in Athens on 21 December 2009.