Stylianos Pattakos

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Major general
Stylianos Pattakos
Στυλιανός Παττακός
Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
In office
13 December 1967 – 8 October 1973
Serving with Nikolaos Makarezos from 26 August 1971
Preceded byGrigorios Spandidakis
Succeeded byCharilaos Mitrelias
Minister of the Interior
In office
21 April 1967 – 25 August 1971
Preceded bySpyros Theotokis
Succeeded byAdamantios Androutsopoulos
In office
10 May 1973 – 8 October 1973
Preceded byAdamantios Androutsopoulos
Succeeded byIoannis Agathangelos
Personal details
Born8 November 1912
in 1975)
Battles/warsWorld War II
  • Greco-Italian War
  • Battle of Greece
1967 Greek coup d'état

Stylianos Pattakos (

coup d'état on 21 April 1967.[5][6][7][8][9]

Biography

Pattakos was born on 8 November 1912,

Greco-Italian War (1940-1941) and as cavalry captain and cavalry major during the Greek Civil War (1946-1949).[16] He was a deeply religious man.[17]

Pattakos eventually rose to the rank of Brigadier and was assigned to the tank training centre at Goudi in Athens.[18]

He, along with

Dimitrios Ioannides overthrew Papadopoulos.[28] The following year, the 7-year Junta came to an end in the aftermath of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.[29]

The newly restored democratic government of

Golden Dawn) and many others.[37]

Other info

Pattakos was nicknamed "trowel" since he frequently appeared at project inaugurations with a trowel in hand. A staunch non-smoker, he had ordered also all the restaurants in Greece to serve fried potatoes.[38]

References

  1. ^ For his propensity for officiating at the dedication of public works across the country
  2. ^ "Ο Παττακός και το "μυστρί"". gazzetta.gr. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Στυλιανός Παττακός 1912–2016". sansimera.gr. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  4. ^ a b c IEFIMERIDA.GR, NEWSROOM (November 8, 2012). "Ο δικτάτορας Στυλιανός Παττακός έγινε την Πέμπτη 100 χρονών". iefimerida.gr.
  5. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7864-1091-0
    . Retrieved 17 March 2013. Within 24 hours, and before the generals could move on their plan, the colonels launched their own coup.62 Thus, the ... as leaders of the group: Colonel George Papadopoulos, Colonel Nicolaos Makarezos and Brigadier Stylianos Pattakos.
  6. ^
    ISBN 978-0-521-27459-3
    . Retrieved 17 March 2013. ...contingency plan designed to protect the government from a Communist takeover. ... Pattakos, in charge of the tank corps in Athens, had little difficulty in securing the capital, and the coup proceeded without outright opposition or bloodshed.
  7. ^ Israel Peace Research Society, Makhon le-ḥeḳer ha-shalom (Givʻat Ḥavivah, Israel), Jewish-Arab Institute (Givat Haviva, Israel) - 1968 (1968). New Outlook. Tatzpiot. Retrieved 17 March 2013. The three principal authors of the conspiracy — Colonels Georges Papadopoulos and Nicolaos Makarezos and Brigadier General Stylianos Pattakos had, at one time or another in their careers, been intelligence officers. ..{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ISBN 978-0-7546-1964-2
    . Retrieved 17 March 2013. Furthermore, despite his close relations with the Americans in the past, Nixon refused to see the King during Eisenhower's funeral in 1966, but he did meet with Pattakos, one of the principal members of the Junta (Woodhouse, 1982: 191).
  9. ^
    ISBN 978-0-521-00479-4
    . Retrieved 17 March 2013. The original troika behind the coup, Colonels Papadopoulos and Makarezos and Brigadier Pattakos, were sentenced to death. ...
  10. ^ a b "Ο Στυλιανός Παττακός έγινε 100".
  11. ^ Rudolf Augstein (1970). Der Spiegel. Spiegel-Verlag. Retrieved 17 March 2013. Zuweilen verbreitet Pattakos nicht Schrecken, sondern Segen — zum Beispiel in seinem Heimatdorf Aghia Paraskevi...
  12. ^ Henry Robinson Luce (1969). Time. Time, Inc. Retrieved 17 March 2013. Deputy S. Pattakos. Aghia Paraskevi village, p. 18
  13. ISBN 978-3-525-36202-0
    . Retrieved 17 March 2013. Pattakos,. Stylianos. geb. 1912, Agia Paraskevi, Kreta
  14. ISBN 978-0-7864-1091-0
    . Retrieved 17 March 2013. All were military academy graduates with seven completing their studies in 1943, four in 1940 and one in 1939. As the ... as leaders of the group: Colonel George Papadopoulos, Colonel Nicolaos Makarezos and Brigadier Stylianos Pattakos.
  15. ^ "Αυτή ήταν η τελευταία επιθυμία του Στυλιανού Παττακού!". Athens Magazine. 10 October 2016.
  16. ^ a b c d Σήμερα .gr, Σαν. "Στυλιανός Παττακός". Σαν Σήμερα .gr.
  17. ^ "Ο ΣΤΥΛΙΑΝΟΣ ΠΑΤΤΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΑ". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14.
  18. ISBN 978-0-8078-8794-3
    . Retrieved 17 March 2013. Brigadier Stylianos Pattakos, the most senior plotter, had command of tank units at the Goudi military reservation in Athens. ...
  19. ISBN 978-0-8078-8794-3
    . Retrieved 17 March 2013. Pattakos labeled Kanellopoulos's April 3 assumption of power a "coup." The conspirators began final planning. They chose the night of April 20–21 because most key political leaders would be in Athens where they could be rounded up ...
  20. ^ "Η μαρτυρία του Μανώλη Γλέζου για τη σύλληψη του από τη Χούντα". 30 March 2020.
  21. ^ Greece: The First 100 Days Time Magazine "Brig. Gen. Stylianos Pattakos Minister of the Interior"
  22. ^ Newsweek. Newsweek. 1967. Retrieved 17 March 2013. Greek word for honey (rneli), but there was acid in her throaty voice last week as vibrant Melina Mercouri condemned Brig. Gen. Stylianos Pat- takos, strong man of the Greek revolutionary junta which had just stripped her of citizenship and property ... Mr. Pattakos was born a Fascist; he will die a Fascist," said the passionate performer who until the recent coup did as ...
  23. ^ Newsweek. Newsweek, Incorporated. 1967. Retrieved 17 March 2013. "I was born Greek. I will die Greek. Mr. Pattakos was born a Fascist. He will die a Fascist," said the passionate performer who until the recent coup did as much to spur Creek tourism as all the ancient ruins combined. Curled barefoot in a ...
  24. ^ Books and Bookmen. Hansom Books. 1971. Retrieved 17 March 2013. When asked if she had any comment on this she replied : 'I was born Greek. I shall die Greek. Mr Pattakos was born a fascist. He will die a fascist.' C ASANOVA (trans WILLARD TRASK) History of My Life 4.W PP II I I S LONGMAN 14.
  25. ^ Labor Today. National Center for Trade Union Action and Democracy. 1965. Retrieved 17 March 2013. No wonder the talented actress Melina Mercouri, after being stripped of her Greek citizenship in absentia, said of junta member Colonel Pattakos : "I was born a Greek and I will die a Greek. Pattakos was born a Fascist and will die a Fascist.
  26. ISBN 9780902999008
    . Retrieved 17 March 2013. He repeated it. And my answer came like water from a fountain: 'I was born a Greek, I will die a Greek; Pattakos was born Fascist, he will die Fascist . . .' "And now what will happen, Melina?" I am asked. Now there will be a trial at some ...
  27. ^ Balkania. Balkania Publishing Company. 1967. Retrieved 17 March 2013. ... Patakos was born a fascist and will die a fascist," Miss Mercouri said at a press conference she called shortly after hearing that her citizenship had been ...
  28. ISBN 978-0-8108-6312-5
    . Retrieved 17 March 2013. On 25 November 1973, Brigadier Dimitris Ioannides replaced Papadopoulos with his loyal officers. ... On 20 July 1974, Turkey invaded Cyprus, and on 24 July the junta's president of Greece, General Phaidon Gizikis, appointed Konstantinos ...
  29. ISBN 978-1-74220-342-3
    . Retrieved 17 March 2013. 1974 A botched plan to unite Cyprus with Greece prompts the invasion of Cyprus by Turkish troops and results in the fall of the military junta. This acts as a catalyst for the restoration of...
  30. ^ The Colonels on Trial Time Magazine Retrieved 15 August 2008 Quote: "Along with 19 other former members of the ousted military junta, the ex-dictator was charged with acts of high treason and insurrection that had subjected Greece to 7½ years of dictatorship, from 1967 to 1974."
  31. ^ Answering to History Time magazine Retrieved 18 August 2008
  32. ^ Book: The Trials of the Junta, 12 Volumes Pericles Rodakis (publisher), The Trials of the Junta: A: The Trial of the Instigators, B: The Trial of the Polytechnic, C: The Trials of the Torturers (Περικλής Ροδάκης (εκδ.), Οι Δίκες της Χούντας: Α: Η Δίκη των Πρωταιτίων, Β: Η Δίκη του Πολυτεχνείου, Γ: Οι Δίκες των Βασανιστών, 12 τόμοι, Αθήνα 1975-1976)
  33. ^ "Στυλιανός Παττακός". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14.
  34. ^ "Ποιός ήταν ο Στυλιανός Παττακός". 8 October 2016.
  35. ^ "Παττακός: Δεν μετανιώνω για όσα έκανα – Η Χρυσή Αυγή είναι η ελπίδα". 24 November 2012.
  36. ^ "ΕΛΛΑΔΑ | ΕΙΔΗΣΕΙΣ". in.gr. 21 May 2023.
  37. ^ "Κρήτη: Η κηδεία του Παττακού – Οι παρουσίες που συζητήθηκαν και η σκηνή που προκάλεσε αίσθηση". 11 October 2016.
  38. ^ Ο Παττακός και οι πατάτες τηγανητές

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Political offices
Preceded by
Minister for the Interior of Greece

21 April 1967 – 25 August 1971 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
13 December 1967 – 8 October 1973
(from 26 August 1971 along with Nikolaos Makarezos) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister for the Interior of Greece
(interim)
10 May – 8 October 1973 		Succeeded by
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