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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.
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.
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.
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 ...
(Appointed by the Greek junta following the failed royal counter-coup of 13 December 1967 and the King's flight to Italy) — Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος (1919–1999) 21 March 1972 31 May 1973 1 year, 71 days Regent For Constantine II (Strongman of the Greek junta, declared himself regent)
On 15 August 1909, the Goudi coup was staged against the government of Dimitrios Rallis, which brought Eleftherios Venizelos to the Greek political scene;; On 17 August 1916, the National Defence coup d'état of Venizelos supporters in Thessaloniki led to the establishment of the Provisional Government of National Defence;
One of the leaders of the Regime of the Colonels, head of the Greek Military Police (1967–73). De facto dictator from November 1973 until the junta's overthrow in August 1974, when he was forcibly retired. Tried and convicted of high treason to life imprisonment. Lieutenant General: Dimitrios Ioannou: 1861 1926
Name Took office Left office Party Stephanos Skouloudis: 18 April 1897 21 September 1897 New Party (1873) Athos Romanos: 14 April 1899 24 November 1901 Alexandros Zaimis: 25 November 1901 6 December 1902 Alexandros Skouzes: 7 December 1902 27 June 1903 Georgios Theotokis: 28 June 1903 11 July 1903 Nationalist Party: Dimitrios Rallis: 11 July 1903