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Also known as Geórgios Papadópulos

Greek military dictator from 1967 to 1973

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Georgios Papadopoulos (1919–1999) was a Greek military officer and politician. Born in Elaiochori, he was educated at the Hellenic Military Academy and served as a colonel. He participated in the Greek Civil War and the Battle of Greece. Papadopoulos held the positions of Prime Minister and President of Greece. He was a participant in the 1967 Greek coup d'état.

Papadopoulos was convicted of high treason and mutiny. He died of cancer in Athens and was buried in the First Cemetery of Athens. He had three children and was a member of the Greek Orthodox faith.

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Works
7

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Greece

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Listeners
258
Total plays
435

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Quotes

  • Ασθενή έχομεν. Εις τον γύψον τον εβάλαμεν. Τον δοκιμάζομεν εάν ημπορεί να περπατάει χωρίς τον γύψον. Σπάζομεν τον αρχικόν γύψον και ξαναβάζομεν ενδεχομένως τον καινούργιο εκεί όπου χρειάζεται [...] Ας προσευχηθώμεν να μη χρειάζεται ξανά γύψον. Εάν χρειάζεται, θα του τον βάλομεν. Και το μόνον που ημπορώ να σας υποσχεθώ, είναι να σας καλέσω να ειδήτε και σεις το πόδι χωρίς γύψον!

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Key facts

Prime minister
Himself , Spyros Markezinis
Vice president
Odysseas Angelis
Preceded by
Constantine II , (as King of the Hellenes )
Succeeded by
Phaedon Gizikis
Monarch
Constantine II (until 1973)
President
Himself (from 1973)
Regent
Georgios Zoitakis (until 1972), Himself (1972–1973)
Deputy
Stylianos Pattakos
Born
( 1919-05-05 ) 5 May 1919, Elaiohori , Kingdom of Greece
Died
27 June 1999 (1999-06-27) (aged 80), Athens , Greece
Resting place
First Cemetery of Athens
Party
National Political Union , (1984–1996)
Spouses
Niki Vasileiadi ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1942 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1969 ) ​ Despina Gaspari ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1970 ) ​
Parent s
Christos Papadopoulos (Father), Chrysoula Papadopoulos (Mother)
Alma mater
Hellenic Military Academy
Allegiance
Kingdom of Greece (1940–1941, 1944–1973) Hellenic State (1943–1944)
Branch service
Hellenic Army (1940–1941, 1944–1973) Security Battalions (1943–1944) (allegedly)
Years of service
1940–1973

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Encyclopedic overview

Georgios Papadopoulos (/ˌpæpəˈdɒpələs/ PAP-ə-DOP-əl-əs; Greek: Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος [ʝeˈorʝi.os papaˈðopulos]; 5 May 1919 – 27 June 1999) was a Greek military officer and dictator who led a coup d'etat in Greece in 1967 and became the country's Prime Minister from 1967 to 1973. He also was the President of Greece under the junta in 1973, following a referendum. However, after causing a massacre by deploying military riflemen and a tank brigade to attack non-violent protestors to suppress the Athens Polytechnic uprising, he was, in turn, overthrown by hardliner Dimitrios Ioannidis, in a string of events that would culminate in the fall of the regime in 1974. His and the dictatorship's legacy, as well as its methods he constructed and effects on Greek economy and society as a whole, are still fiercely debated.

He joined the Hellenic Army during the Second World War and initially helped resist the Italian invasion of Greece in the Greco-Italian War. He is widely believed to have later collaborated as a member of the Axis-aligned Security Battalions. After the war, he rose to the rank of colonel in the army.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Georgios Papadopoulos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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