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The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels [a] was a right-wing military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974. On 21 April 1967, a group of colonels overthrew the caretaker government a month before scheduled elections which Georgios Papandreou 's Centre Union was favoured to win.
Between 1822 and 1978, this flag was flown on Greek vessels and also used for foreign service. In 1978, it was established as the sole National Flag of Greece, and as the war and civil Ensign, and has been used in that capacity ever since. Nine horizontal stripes of equal width; five blue alternating with four white.
This seal gave Greece's first currency, the Phoenix, its name. [7] The phoenix was also used as a symbol by later Greek non-monarchical governments, including the Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935) and the junta-proclaimed republic of 1973–1974. [8]
The ideology of the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974 was followed by the creation and/or use of special terms that were employed by the junta as propaganda tools and to transmit its message to the Greek people as well as influence their way of thinking and attack the anti-junta movement. The terms of the lexicon include unique ...
Flag of Greece (1970–1975), adopted by the Greek military Junta; Aspect ratio: 7:12: ... Flag of the Greek Junta (1967 - 74) and the Hellenic Republic (1975-).
English: Flag of the President of Greece during the republican phase of the Military Junta (1973-74). Proportions 4:5 Proportions 4:5 Ελληνικά: Σημαία του Προέδρου της Ελληνικής "Δημοκρατίας" κατά την περίοδο της δικτατορίας (1973-74).
Articles relating to the Greek junta (1967–1974), a series of far-right military juntas that ruled Greece. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
^On 1 June 1973, the Greek military junta unilaterally abolished the monarchy, then held a rigged referendum on 29 July 1973. This decision was ratified in 1974. ^ Katharevousa was the conservative form of the Modern Greek language used both for literary and official purposes, though seldom in daily language.