Phaedon Gizikis

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Phaedon Gizikis

Konstantinos Karamanlis taking the oath of office during metapolitefsi as Phaedon Gizikis watches, on 24th July 1974 at 4:15 a.m.

Phaedon Gizikis (Greek: Φαίδων Γκιζίκης) (June 17, 1917 – July 26, 1999), was a Greek Army officer and President of Greece from 1973 to 1974.

Born on 16 June 1917, in Volos, Greece, 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 25 November 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 pro tempore until a new constitution could be enacted during metapolitefsi; he was then replaced by Michail Stasinopoulos.

Later he retired from the army. 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. ^[1]. He died on Monday July 26, 1999 at the NIMTS military hospital in Athens.

Preceded by Georgios Papadopoulos	President of Greece 25 November 1973 - 18 December 1974	Succeeded by Michail Stasinopoulos

v • d • e Heads of State of Greece

First Hellenic Republic (1827–1832):	Ioannis Kapodistrias · Augustinos Kapodistrias · Governing Council

First Period of Monarchy (1832–1924):	Otto · George I · Constantine I · Alexander · Pavlos Kountouriotis§ · Queen Olga§ · Constantine I · George II

Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935):	Pavlos Kountouriotis · Theodoros Pangalos† · Pavlos Kountouriotis · Alexandros Zaimis

Second Period of Monarchy (1935–1974):	Georgios Kondylis§ · George II · Paul · Constantine II*

Military Junta (1967–1974):	Georgios Zoitakis† · Georgios Papadopoulos† · Phaedon Gizikis†

Third Hellenic Republic (1974–present):	Michail Stasinopoulos§ · Konstantinos Tsatsos · Constantine Karamanlis · Ioannis Alevras§ · Christos Sartzetakis · Constantine Karamanlis · Konstantinos Stephanopoulos · Karolos Papoulias

§ denotes Regency or interim Presidency † denotes head of state appointed by military regime * fled Greece in 1967; de jure Zoitakis and Papadopoulos were regents acting on his behalf until the monarchy was abolished in 1973 during the latter's regency The junta-proclaimed Republic (1973-1974) is not officially recognised, and the monarchy is considered to have continued de jure until 1974

Persondata
NAME	Giziks, Phaedon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Greek president
DATE OF BIRTH	June 16, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH	Volos, Greece
DATE OF DEATH	July 26, 1999
PLACE OF DEATH	Athens, Greece