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'''Phaedon Gizikis''' (Greek: Φαίδων Γκιζίκης). Army officer and president of [[Greece]] ([[1973]]-[[1974]])
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'''Phaedon Gizikis''' (Greek: Φαίδων Γκιζίκης) was a Greek Army officer and president of [[Greece]] ([[1973]]-[[1974]]).
  
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Born in [[1917]], Phaedon Gizikis was a career [[Greece|Greek]] army officer. In [[1967]] he supported the [[Georgios Papadopoulos]]' [[coup d'etat]] and received a number of senior military posts during [[Greek military junta of 1967-1974|the dictatorship that followed]] . He was given the figurehead title of President of the Republic in [[November]] [[1973]], after Papadoupoulos was ousted by [[Dimitrios Ioannides]] as head of the regime in an internal power struggle.  
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Born on [[June 13]], [[1917]], Phaedon Gizikis was a career [[Greece|Greek]] army officer. In [[1967]] he supported the [[Georgios Papadopoulos]]' coup d'etat and received a number of senior military posts during [[Junta|the dictatorship that followed]] . He was given the figurehead title of [[List of Presidents of Greece|President of the Republic]] on [[November 25]], [[1973]], after Papadopoulos was ousted by [[Dimitrios Ioannides]] as head of the regime in an internal power struggle.  
  
 
After the fall of the dictatorship in [[1974]], he retained his post for four months until a new constitution could be enacted; he was then replaced by [[Michail Stasinopoulos]].
 
After the fall of the dictatorship in [[1974]], he retained his post for four months until a new constitution could be enacted; he was then replaced by [[Michail Stasinopoulos]].
  
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After his fall from power he went into seclusion; he died impoverished and blind in [[1999]].
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After his fall from power he went into seclusion; he died impoverished and blind on [[July 17]], [[1999]].
  
 
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Born in [[1917]], Phaedon Gizikis was a career [[Greece|Greek]] army officer. In [[1967]] he supported the [[Georgios Papadopoulos]]' [[coup d'etat]] and received a number of senior military posts during [[Greek military junta of 1967-1974|the dictatorship that followed]] . He was given the figurehead title of President of the Republic in [[November]] [[1973]], after Papadoupoulos was ousted by [[Dimitrios Ioannides]] as head of the regime in an internal power struggle.
 
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After the fall of the dictatorship in [[1974]], he retained his post for four months until a new constitution could be enacted; he was then replaced by [[Michail Stasinopoulos]].
 
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Latest revision as of 21:24, October 14, 2012

Phaedon Gizikis (Greek: Φαίδων Γκιζίκης) was a Greek Army officer and president of Greece (1973-1974).

Born on June 13, 1917, Phaedon Gizikis was a career Greek army officer. In 1967 he supported the Georgios Papadopoulos' coup d'etat and received a number of senior military posts during the dictatorship that followed . He was given the figurehead title of President of the Republic on November 25, 1973, after Papadopoulos was ousted by Dimitrios Ioannides as head of the regime in an internal power struggle.

After the fall of the dictatorship in 1974, he retained his post for four months until a new constitution could be enacted; he was then replaced by Michail Stasinopoulos.

After his fall from power he went into seclusion; he died impoverished and blind on July 17, 1999.


Preceded by:
Georgios Papadopoulos 		President of Greece
1973 - 1974 		Succeeded by:
Michail Stasinopoulos


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