Regime of the Colonels (Greece)
| Kingdom of Greece (1967–73) Βασίλειον τῆς Ἑλλάδος Hellenic Republic (1973–74) |
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 Coat of arms (1973–74)
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Anthem Anthem of the 21st of April |
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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 far-right 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. The fall of the junta was followed by the Metapolitefsi, and the establishment of the Third Hellenic Republic.
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