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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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