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In 1974, Karamanlis returned to Athens and democracy for Greece returned with him




HISTORY OF ATHENS

The Greek Military Junta
(Regime of the Colonels)
1974: Return to Democracy

 


Junta-appointed President Phaedon Gizikis called a meeting of former politicians, including Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Spiros Markezinis, Stephanos Stephanopoulos, Evangelos Averoff and others. The Members of New Democracy, the party that won the first elections after the dictatorship, in 1974. In the photo, among others: Stefanopoulos, E. Averof, G. Rallis, A. Papadogonas, I. Varvitsiotis, Υ. Panagiotopoulos. - Photographic Archives of  K. Megalokonomou, Athensagenda was to appoint a national unity government that would lead to country to elections. Although former Prime Minister Panagiotis Kanellopoulos was originally backed, Gizikis finally invited former Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis, who resided in Paris since 1963, to assume that role.

Karamanlis returned to Athens on a French Presidency jet made available to him by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, a close personal friend. He was sworn-in as Prime Minister under President Phaedon Gizikis. Karamanlis' newly organized party, New Democracy (ND). Karamanlis won the elections held in November 1974 and became Prime Minister.

The collapse of the junta was triggered by the Cyprus debacle. Some argue that the Athens Polytechnic uprising in 1973 was the event that most discredited the military government and acted as a key catalyst for its eventual collapse.

  

  HISTORY OF ATHENS
  ATHENS IN MODERN TIMES
  POST-WAR PERIOD
  MILITARY JUNTA
  RETURN TO DEMOCRACY

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