Faidon Gizikis
Faidon Gizikis ( Greek Φαίδων Γκιζίκης Fedon Gizikis also Phaidon Gizikis , born June 16, 1917 in Volos ; † July 27, 1999 in Athens ) was a Greek army general and president of Greece during and after the military dictatorship .
Life
Faidon Gizikis supported the coup against Georgios Papadopoulos after the uprising in the Polytechnio in November 1973. He was appointed President of Greece on November 25, 1973. When the military dictatorship collapsed, he recalled Konstantin Karamanlis from exile in Paris on July 24, 1974 and charged him with the formation of a democratic government. Gizikis was president until December 18, 1974 after the end of the dictatorship. Mikhail Stasinopoulos was his successor .
After losing power, he lived a very withdrawn life. In 1999 he died impoverished and blind.
literature
- Klaus-Detlev Grothusen. Foreign policy. In: Klaus-Detlev Grothusen (Hrsg.): Südosteuropa-Handbuch. Volume III: Greece . Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1980, pp. 181ff. ISBN 3-525-36202-1 .
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SURNAME | Gizikis, Faidon |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Γκιζίκης, Φαίδων (Greek); Gizíkis, Fedon; Gizikis, Phaedo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek Army General and President of Greece |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1917 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Volos |
DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 1999 |
Place of death | Athens |