Georgios Papadopoulos
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Georgios Papadopoulos was a Hellenic Army officer and military dictator who ruled Greece from 1967 to 1973. He led the military junta that overthrew Prime Minister Panagiotis Kanellopoulos in 1967 and
Papadopoulos in 1973
Alexandros Panagoulis on trial by the junta.
Greek junta
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The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels was a right-wing military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974. On 21 April 1967, a group of colonels overthrew a caretaker government a month before sch
Georgios Papadopoulos
…Παπαδόπουλος, pronounced ; 5 May 1919 – 27 June 1999) was a Hellenic Army officer and military dictator who ruled Greece from 1967 to 1973. He led the military junta that overthrew Prime Minister Panagiotis Kanellopoulos in 1967 and established his dictatorship. He was proclaimed Prime Minister of Greece from 1967…
Gyaros, a prison island for dissidents
The cell of officer Spyros Moustaklis in EAT-ESA building. During a torture session, he suffered brain trauma and was left paralyzed.
Later President of Greece, Magistrate Christos Sartzetakis was discharged and imprisoned by the junta due to his investigation on Lambrakis' murder.
Protest against the junta by Greek political exiles in Germany, 1967