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1967 Greek coup d'état

Kingdom of Greece (1967–73)
Βασίλειον τῆς Ἑλλάδος
Hellenic Republic (1973–74)
Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
1967–1974
Flag (1970–74) Coat of arms (1973–74)
Capital Athens
Languages Greek
Religion Greek Orthodoxy
Government Military junta, De jure monarchy (1967–73), republic (1973–74)
Monarch
 •  King
1967–73

King Constantine II
 •  Regent
1967–72

Georgios Zoitakis
 •  1972–73 Georgios Papadopoulos
President
 •  1973 Georgios Papadopoulos
 •  1973–74 Phaedon Gizikis
Prime Minister
 •  1967 Konstantinos Kollias
 •  1967–73 Georgios Papadopoulos
 •  1973 Spyros Markezinis
 •  1973–74 Adamantios Androutsopoulos
Historical era Cold War
 •  Coup d'état 21 April 1967
 •  Constantine II exiled 13 December 1967
 •  Constitutional referendum 15 November 1968
 •  Republic declared 1 June 1973
 •  Republic referendum 29 June 1973
 •  Metapolitefsi 24 July 1974
Currency Greek drachma
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Greece
Third Hellenic Republic

The Greek military junta of 1967–74, commonly known as the Regime of the Colonels (Greek: καθεστώς των Συνταγματαρχών, kathestós ton Syntagmatarchón [kaθesˈtos ton sin'daɣ.matarˈxon]), or in Greece simply The Junta (/ˈʌntə/ or /ˈhʊntə/; Greek: Χούντα, [ˈxunda]), The Dictatorship (Η Δικτατορία, I Diktatoría) and The Seven Years (Η Επταετία, I eptaetía), was a series of right-wing military juntas that ruled Greece following the 1967 Greek coup d'état led by a group of colonels on 21 April 1967. The dictatorship ended on 24 July 1974 under the pressure of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus establishing the Third Hellenic Republic.


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