Stylianos Pattakos
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Stylianos Pattakos
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| Nickname(s) | "μυστρί" (trowel) |
| Born | November 8, 1912 Agia Paraskevi, Rethymno, Crete |
| Allegiance |  Greece |
| Service/ |
 Hellenic Army |
| Years of service | 1937-1974 |
| Rank | 16px Brigadier |
Stylianos Pattakos (Greek: Στυλιανός Παττακός) (born 8 November 1912)[1] is a Greek military man who 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 April 21, 1967.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
He was born on 8 November 1912,[1][8] in the village of Agia Paraskevi in Rethymno Prefecture,[9][10][11] Crete,[1] and studied at the Hellenic Military Academy.[12]
He eventually rose to the rank of Brigadier and was assigned to the tank training centre at Goudi in Athens.[13] He along with George Papadopoulos and Nikolaos Makarezos planned and executed the coup on the night of April 20 to April 21, 1967, claiming political anomaly had made them to do so.[4][14] Pattakos was assigned the Ministry of the Interior.[15] As head of that post, Pattakos made the decision to strip Greek actress and political activist, Melina Mercouri, of her Greek citizenship and to also confiscate her property.[16] Mercouri retorted "I was born a Greek and I will die a Greek. Mr. Pattakos was born a fascist and he will die a fascist" .[17][18][19][20][21] On 25 November 1973, Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannides overthrew Papadopoulos.[22] The following year, the 7-year Junta came to an end in the aftermath of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.[23]
The newly restored democratic government of Constantine Karamanlis put junta officials on trial with charges of high treason and insurrection against Georgios Papadopoulos and other co-conspirators.[24] The principal leaders of the 1967 coup, Georgios Papadopoulos, Stylianos Pattakos and Nikolaos Makarezos,[2] were sentenced to death for high treason, following the trial.[7][25] Shortly after the sentences were pronounced, they were commuted to life imprisonment by the Karamanlis government.[26] He was released from jail in 1990 due to health reasons.[8] As he has stated, he doesn't regret any of his actions during the dictatorship.[27] He turned 103 in November 2015.[8][28]
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- ↑ Greece: The First 100 Days Time Magazine "Brig. Gen. Stylianos Pattakos Minister of the Interior"
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- ↑ The Colonels on Trial Time Magazine Retrieved 15 August 2008 Quote: "Along with 19 other former members of the ousted military junta, the ex-dictator was charged with acts of high treason and insurrection that had subjected Greece to 7½ years of dictatorship, from 1967 to 1974."
- ↑ Answering to History Time magazine Retrieved 18 August 2008
- ↑ Book: The Trials of the Junta, 12 Volumes Pericles Rodakis (publisher), The Trials of the Junta: A: The Trial of the Instigators, B: The Trial of the Polytechnic, C: The Trials of the Torturers (Περικλής Ροδάκης (εκδ.), Οι Δίκες της Χούντας: Α: Η Δίκη των Πρωταιτίων, Β: Η Δίκη του Πολυτεχνείου, Γ: Οι Δίκες των Βασανιστών, 12 τόμοι, Αθήνα 1975-1976)
- ↑ http://www.newsbomb.gr/politikh/story/255985/pattakos-den-metaniono-gia-osa-ekana-%E2%80%93-i-hrysi-aygi-einai-i-elpida
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| Preceded by | Minister for the Interior of Greece 21 April 1967 – 25 August 1971 |
Succeeded by Adamantios Androutsopoulos |
| Preceded by | Deputy Prime Minister of Greece 13 December 1967 – 8 October 1973 (from 26 August 1971 along with Nikolaos Makarezos) |
Succeeded by Charilaos Mitrelias |
| Preceded by | Minister for the Interior of Greece (interim) 10 May – 8 October 1973 |
Succeeded by Ioannis Agathangelos |
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