Stylianos Pattakos
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Stylianos Pattakos (Greek: Στυλιανός Παττακός; 8 November 1912[4] – 8 October 2016) was a Greek military officer. Pattakos was one of the principals of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974 that overthrew the government of Panagiotis Kanellopoulos in a coup d'état on 21 April 1967.[5][6][7][8][9]
Quick Facts Major general, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece ...
Major general Stylianos Pattakos | |
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Στυλιανός Παττακός | |
Deputy Prime Minister of Greece | |
In office 13 December 1967 – 8 October 1973 | |
Preceded by | Grigorios Spandidakis |
Succeeded by | Charilaos Mitrelias |
Minister of the Interior | |
In office 21 April 1967 – 25 August 1971 | |
Preceded by | Spyros Theotokis |
Succeeded by | Adamantios Androutsopoulos |
In office 10 May 1973 – 8 October 1973 | |
Preceded by | Adamantios Androutsopoulos |
Succeeded by | Ioannis Agathangelos |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 November 1912 Agia Paraskevi, Rethymno, Crete, Kingdom of Greece |
Died | 8 October 2016 (aged 103) Athens, Greece |
Alma mater | Hellenic Military Academy |
Awards | Gold Cross of Valour Order of George I Order of the Phoenix War Cross Medal of Military Merit |
Nickname(s) | "The Trowel" ("μυστρί"),[1][2] "The man with the trowel" ("Ο άνθρωπος με το μυστρί")[3] |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Second Hellenic Republic Kingdom of Greece Greek Junta |
Branch/service | Hellenic Army |
Years of service | 1930–1974 |
Rank | Major general (Cashiered in 1975) |
Battles/wars | World War II
Dekemvriana Greek Civil War 1967 Greek coup d'état |
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