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Andreas Papandreou escaped to the roof of his house, but surrendered after one of the soldiers held a gun to the head of his then-fourteen-year-old son George Papandreou. [20] Papadopoulos' junta attempted to re-engineer the Greek political landscape by coup. Papadopoulos as well as the other junta members are known in Greece by the term ...
Georgios Papadopoulos (/ ˌ p æ p ə ˈ d ɒ p ə l ə s /; [1] [2] Greek: Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος [ʝeˈorʝi.os papaˈðopulos]; 5 May 1919 – 27 June 1999) was a Greek military officer and dictator who led a coup d'etat in Greece in 1967 and became the country's Prime Minister from 1967 to 1973.
The junta on trial. Ioannidis standing up while Papadopoulos, Makarezos and Pattakos watch the proceedings from the front row. The Greek junta trials (Greek: Οι Δίκες της Χούντας translated as: The Τrials of the Junta) were the court trials involving members of the military junta that ruled Greece from 21 April 1967 to 23 July 1974.
This revelation created a major crisis for the junta leadership. In a move which would bolster his own authority, Papadopoulos sought to depose the king. On 1 June, a Constituent Act was proclaimed, which declared Greece a presidential republic, with Papadopoulos as president. The act was to be confirmed by a plebiscite held on 29 July 1973.
A military junta, presided over by Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos, had ruled Greece since a group of middle-ranking officers staged a coup on 21 April 1967. King Constantine II reluctantly endorsed the coup, but started preparing for a counter-coup by elements of the armed forces loyal to him.
The nation-saving Revolution meaning The Junta Dictatorship that saved Greece: Otan ego apofasiso tha ginoun ekloges ('Οταν εγώ αποφασίσω θα γίνουν εκλογές) When I decide there will be elections (in Greece): Papadopoulos' announcement to the Greek press in 1969. Front-page news on Vradyni and other newspapers.
Greek junta (1967–1974) Constantine Kollias Κωνσταντίνος Κόλλιας (1901–1998) — 21 April 1967 13 December 1967 236 days Independent: Senior Judge. Appointed Prime Minister by the military regime after a compromise between the leader of the Greek junta Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos and King Constantine II. Georgios ...
Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos, the self-appointed Regent of Greece, abolished the Greek monarchy in June 1973 and declared himself President. Along with the new office of president, the office of vice president was also established and General Odysseas Angelis, then Chief of the Armed Forces, was chosen to occupy the seat.