1967 Greek coup d'état

When

21 Apr 1967

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

37.98° N, 23.73° E

Military rulers of Greece, 1967–1974 of the Greek Junta

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 scheduled elections which Georgios Papandreou's Centre Union was favoured to win.

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