Phaedon Gizikis

His Excellency Phaedon Gizikis Φαίδων Γκιζίκης


President of Greece
In office 25 November 1973 – 17 December 1974
Preceded by	Georgios Papadopoulos
Succeeded by	Michail Stasinopoulos
Personal details
Born	(1917-06-16)June 16, 1917 Volos, Greece
Died	July 27, 1999(1999-07-27) (aged 82) Athens, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Alma mater	Hellenic Military Academy
Religion	Greek Orthodox
Military service
Allegiance	Greece
Service/branch	Hellenic Army
Years of service	1939–1974
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Greco-Italian War Greek Civil War 1967 Greek coup d'état

Phaedon Gizikis (Greek: Φαίδων Γκιζίκης [ˈfeðon ɟiˈzicis]; June 16, 1917 – July 27, 1999) was a Greek army general, and the second and last President of Greece under The Junta, from 1973 to 1974.

Early life and military career

Born on June 16, 1917, in Volos, Greece, Phaedon Gizikis was a career Hellenic Army officer. He graduated from the Hellenic Military Academy in 1939, achieving the rank of second lieutenant in artillery, and participated in the Greco-Italian War and the Greek Civil War. In 1967, he supported the Georgios Papadopoulos coup d'etat and received a number of senior military posts during the dictatorship that followed.^[1]

Later life

He was given the 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.

Gizikis retired from the army in 1974, on the same day he resigned from his position as head of state. 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.^[2] He died on July 27, 1999 at the NIMTS military hospital in Athens.^[3]

References

↑ "Phaedon Gizikis 1917 - 1999". 2002. Retrieved November 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ Pace, Eric. "Phaidon Gizikis, '73 Greek Junta Officer, 82." The New York Times 30 July 1999
↑ "Phaedon Gizikis 1917 - 1999". 2002. Retrieved November 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

Political offices
Preceded by Georgios Papadopoulos	President of Greece 25 November 1973 – 17 December 1974	Succeeded by Michail Stasinopoulos

Heads of state of Greece

1st Republic (1827–1832)	Ioannis Kapodistrias Augustinos Kapodistrias Governing Councils

Monarchy (1832–1924)	Otto Regency Council George I Constantine I Alexander Pavlos Kountouriotis¹ Queen Olga¹ Constantine I George II Pavlos Kountouriotis¹

2nd Republic (1924–1935)	Pavlos Kountouriotis Theodoros Pangalos² Pavlos Kountouriotis Alexandros Zaimis

Monarchy (1935–1973)	Georgios Kondylis^{1 2} George II Archbishop Damaskinos¹ George II Paul Constantine II³

Military Junta (1967–1974)	Georgios Zoitakis^{1 2} Georgios Papadopoulos^{1 2} Phaedon Gizikis²

3rd Republic (since 1974)⁴	Michail Stasinopoulos¹ Konstantinos Tsatsos Constantine Karamanlis Ioannis Alevras¹ Christos Sartzetakis Constantine Karamanlis Konstantinos Stephanopoulos Karolos Papoulias Prokopis Pavlopoulos

¹ Regent or interim President ² Heading or appointed by military regime ³ Fled Greece on 13 December 1967; de jure head of state until the abolition of the monarchy in 1973/74 ⁴ The 1973–74 junta-proclaimed Republic is not officially recognised.

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