Phaedon Gizikis
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Phaedon Gizikis Φαίδων Γκιζίκης | |
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.jpg) Gizikis in 1968 | |
| President of Greece | |
| In office 25 November 1973 – 17 December 1974 | |
| Appointed by | Dimitrios Ioannidis |
| Prime Minister | Adamantios Androutsopoulos Konstantinos Karamanlis |
| Preceded by | Georgios Papadopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Michail Stasinopoulos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 June 1917 Volos, Kingdom of Greece |
| Died | 26 July 1999 (aged 82) Athens, Greece |
| Alma mater | Hellenic Military Academy |
| Awards |  Gold Cross of Valour Grand Commander of the Order of George I Grand Commander of the Order of the Phoenix War Cross Medal of Military Merit |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | |
| Branch/service |  General |
| Battles/wars | World War II
1967 Greek coup d'état |
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Phaedon Gizikis (Greek: Φαίδων Γκιζίκης [ˈfeðon ɟiˈzicis]; 16 June 1917 – 26 July 1999) was a Greek army general who was the last President of Greece under the junta from 1973 to 1974.
Early life and military career
Born in
coup d'état and received a number of senior military posts during the dictatorship that followed.[2][3][4][5]
Later life
He was given the title of
Constantine Karamanlis.[8] After the fall of the dictatorship in 1974, he retained his post for four months pro tempore, until a new constitution could be enacted during metapolitefsi; he was then replaced by Michail Stasinopoulos
.
Gizikis retired from the army in 1974, on the same day he resigned from his position as head of state. In 1976, a military judicial council dropped proceedings against him and 88 other former officers charged with treason and mutiny for collaborating with the former junta.[2]
He died on 26 July 1999 at the NIMTS military hospital in Athens, just one month after his predecessor, Georgios Papadopoulos.[9]
References
- ^ a b Legislative Decree 238/1973, as published in ΦΕΚ (Government Gazette Issue) Α 315/1973
- ^ a b "Phaedon Gizikis 1917–1999". 2002. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ISBN 978-0-85935-056-3.
Phaedon Gizikis (b. Volos 16 Jun 1917)
- ^ "Phaidon Gizikis - Munzinger Biographie". www.munzinger.de (in German). Munzinger-Archiv. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Clogg, Richard (23 October 2011). "Obituary: General Phaedon Gizikis". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Ferrari, Antonio (30 April 2016). "Alekos, Oriana Fallaci e la storia d'amore spezzata quarant'anni fa". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Dimitris Ioannidis The end of the "invisible dictator"". To Vima (in Greek). 17 August 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "L'ultimo referendum in Grecia". Il Post (in Italian). 3 July 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ Pace, Eric. "Phaidon Gizikis, '73 Greek Junta Officer, 82." The New York Times 30 July 1999
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