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Kingdom of Greece (1967–1973)
Βασίλειον τῆς Ἑλλάδος
Vasíleion tís Elládos

Hellenic Republic (1973–1974)
Ἑλληνικὴ Δημοκρατία
Ellinikí Dimokratía
1967–1974
Flag of Greece
Flag
(1970-1975)
Coat of Arms (1973–1974) of Greek junta
Coat of Arms
(1973–1974)
Anthem: Hymn to Freedom

Anthem of the 21st of April (unofficial)

Map of Europe in 1973, showing Greece highlighted in green
Map of Europe in 1973, showing Greece highlighted in green
CapitalAthens
Common languagesGreek
Religion
Greek Orthodoxy
Demonym(s)Greek, Hellene
GovernmentUnitary constitutional monarchy under a military dictatorship (1967–1973)
Unitary semi-presidential republic under a military dictatorship (1 June to 25 November 1973)
Unitary quasi-parliamentary republic under a military dictatorship (25 November 1973 to 24 July 1974)
Monarch 
• King
1967–1973

Constantine II
• Regent
1967–1972
1972–1973

Georgios Zoitakis
Georgios Papadopoulos
President 
• 1973
Georgios Papadopoulos
• 1973–1974
Phaedon Gizikis
Prime Minister 
• 1967
Konstantinos Kollias
• 1967–1973
Georgios Papadopoulos
• 1973
Spyros Markezinis
• 1973–1974
Adamantios Androutsopoulos
LegislatureHellenic Parliament (nominal, suspended)
Rule by decree (actual)
Historical eraCold War
• Coup d'état of 21 April
21 April 1967
• Constantine II exiled
13 December 1967
• Constitutional referendum
15 November 1968
• Republic declared
1 June 1973
• Republic referendum
29 July 1973
• Polytechnic Uprising
17 November 1973
• Democratization
24 July 1974
Area
• Total
131,957 km2 (50,949 sq mi)
Population
• 1971 census
8.768.372
CurrencyGreek drachma (GRD)
Driving sideright
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Greek junta Kingdom of Greece
Third Hellenic Republic Greek junta

The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels[a] was a right-wing military dictatorship that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974. On 21 April 1967, a group of colonels overthrew the caretaker government a month before scheduled elections which Georgios Papandreou's Centre Union was favoured to win.

The dictatorship was characterised by policies such as anti-communism, restrictions on civil liberties, and the imprisonment, torture, and exile of political opponents. It was ruled by Georgios Papadopoulos from 1967 to 1973, but an attempt to renew its support in a 1973 referendum on the monarchy and gradual democratisation was ended by another coup by the hardliner Dimitrios Ioannidis, who ruled it until it fell on 24 July 1974 under the pressure of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, leading to the Metapolitefsi ("regime change") (Greek: Μεταπολίτευση) to democracy and the establishment of the Third Hellenic Republic.
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