Kingdom of Greece (1967–73) Βασίλειον τῆς Ἑλλάδος Hellenic Republic (1973–74) |
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Ελληνική Δημοκρατία | ||||||||||
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Capital | Athens | |||||||||
Languages | Greek | |||||||||
Religion | Greek Orthodoxy | |||||||||
Government | Military junta, De jure monarchy (1967–73), republic (1973–74) | |||||||||
Monarch | ||||||||||
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King 1967–73 |
King Constantine II |
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Regent 1967–72 |
Georgios Zoitakis |
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• | 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 | |||||||||
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The Greek military junta of 1967–1974, 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 (/ˈdʒʌntə/ 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.