Greek military junta of 1967–1974

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The Greek military junta of 1967–1974 was an authoritarian right-wing dictatorship led by a group of colonels that suspended democratic institutions, repressed political opposition, and ruled Greece until the restoration of democracy in 1974.

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf authoritarian regime ⓘ
military dictatorship ⓘ
right-wing regime ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Greek junta ⓘ
Regime of the Colonels ⓘ
banned political parties ⓘ
cameToPowerBy coup d'état ⓘ
collapsedAfter Turkish invasion of Cyprus ⓘ
constitutionalChange abolition of monarchy ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
coupDate 1967-04-21 ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1973-11-17 ⓘ
endDate 1974-07-24 ⓘ
foreignRelations NATO ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Western Bloc ⓘ
linked to: NATO
headOfGovernment Adamantios Androutsopoulos ⓘ
Georgios Papadopoulos ⓘ
Spyros Markezinis ⓘ
headOfState Georgios Papadopoulos ⓘ
King Constantine II ⓘ
Phaedon Gizikis ⓘ
heldReferendum 1973 Greek republic referendum ⓘ
humanRightsRecord widely condemned ⓘ
ideology Greek nationalism ⓘ
anti-communism ⓘ
authoritarianism ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ
leader Dimitrios Ioannidis ⓘ
Georgios Papadopoulos ⓘ
Nikolaos Makarezos ⓘ
Stylianos Pattakos ⓘ
legacy symbol of authoritarianism in modern Greek history ⓘ
notableEvent Athens Polytechnic uprising ⓘ
opposedBy Communist Party of Greece ⓘ
Panhellenic Socialist Movement ⓘ
student movements ⓘ
overthrewGovernmentOf Kingdom of Greece ⓘ
overthrewPrimeMinister Panagiotis Kanellopoulos ⓘ
politicalPosition far-right ⓘ
restorationOfDemocracyLeader Konstantinos Karamanlis ⓘ
startDate 1967-04-21 ⓘ
succeededBy Metapolitefsi ⓘ
Third Hellenic Republic ⓘ
suppressed political opposition ⓘ
suspended civil liberties ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
used censorship ⓘ
political imprisonment ⓘ
torture ⓘ
yearOfCollapse 1974 ⓘ

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Communist Party of Greece → bannedDuring → Greek military junta of 1967–1974 ⓘ
King of the Hellenes → abolishedBy → Greek military junta (1967–1974) ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
Constitution of 1952 (Greece) → suspendedBy → Greek military junta of 1967–1974 ⓘ
Constitution of 1952 (Greece) → relatedEvent → Regime of the Colonels ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
Mikis Theodorakis → detainedBy → Greek military junta of 1967–1974 ⓘ
PASOK → foundedAfter → Greek military junta (1967–1974) ⓘ
subject linked to: Greek PASOK
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
Greek military junta of 1967–1974 → alsoKnownAs → Regime of the Colonels ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
Greek military junta of 1967–1974 → alsoKnownAs → Greek junta ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
Greek military junta of 1967–1974 → notableEvent → Athens Polytechnic uprising ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
Makarios III → opponent → Greek military junta of 1967–1974 ⓘ
Political crisis of 1965 in Greece → precedes → Greek military junta of 1967–1974 ⓘ
Political crisis of 1965 in Greece → relatedEvent → Greek military junta of 1967–1974 ⓘ
Phaedon Gizikis → participatedIn → Greek military junta ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
Phaedon Gizikis → participatedIn → Regime of the Colonels ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
Phaedon Gizikis → wasPresidentDuring → Greek military junta ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
First Provisional Government → followed → Greek military junta of 1967–1974 ⓘ
First Provisional Government → precededBy → Greek military junta of 1967–1974 ⓘ
1974 Greek referendum → relatedTo → Greek military junta of 1967–1974 ⓘ
Georgios Papadopoulos → participatedIn → Greek military junta of 1967–1974 ⓘ
Georgios Papadopoulos → movement → Greek military junta ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
Metapolitefsi → followed → Greek military junta of 1967–1974 ⓘ
Metapolitefsi → followed → Greek military dictatorship ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
1973 Greek republic referendum → organizedBy → Greek military junta ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
1973 Greek republic referendum → partOf → Greek military junta period ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
1973 Greek republic referendum → relatedEvent → 1967 Greek military coup d'état ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
Dimitrios Ioannidis → involvedIn → Greek military junta of 1967–1974 ⓘ
Third Hellenic Republic → follows → Greek military junta of 1967–1974 ⓘ
Stylianos Pattakos → memberOf → Greek military junta of 1967–1974 ⓘ
Stylianos Pattakos → participatedIn → 1967 Greek coup d'état ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
Stylianos Pattakos → movement → Greek military junta ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
Nikolaos Makarezos → participantIn → Greek military junta of 1967–1974 ⓘ
Nikolaos Makarezos → politicalRegimeSupported → Greek military dictatorship (1967–1974) ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
Adamantios Androutsopoulos → memberOfPoliticalParty → Greek military junta (1967–1974) ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
Adamantios Androutsopoulos → partOf → Greek military junta (1967–1974) ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
Adamantios Androutsopoulos → wasPrimeMinisterDuring → Greek military junta (1967–1974) ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos → wasLastDemocraticallyElectedLeaderBefore → Greek military junta of 1967–1974 ⓘ
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos → wasArrestedBy → Greek military junta of 1967–1974 ⓘ
Operation Atilla → triggeredBy → 1974 Cypriot coup d’état ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
EOKA B → relatedTo → Greek military junta (1967–1974) ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
Apostasia of 1965 → followedBy → Greek military coup d’état of 21 April 1967 ⓘ
linked to: Greek military junta of 1967–1974
Apostasia of 1965 → relatedTo → Greek military junta of 1967–1974 ⓘ
Greek military junta resistance → opposed → Greek military junta of 1967–1974 ⓘ