Stylianos Pattakos

Stylianos Pattakos
Στυλιανός Παττακός
Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
In office
13 December 1967 – 8 October 1973
Serving with Nikolaos Makarezos
MonarchConstantine II
Prime MinisterGeorgios Papadopoulos
Preceded byGrigorios Spandidakis
Succeeded byCharilaos Mitrelias
Minister of the Interior
In office
21 April 1967 – 25 August 1971
MonarchConstantine II
Prime MinisterConstantine Kollias
Georgios Papadopoulos
Preceded bySpiros Theotokis
Succeeded byAdamantios Androutsopoulos
In office
10 May 1973 – 8 October 1973
MonarchConstantine II
Prime MinisterGeorgios Papadopoulos
Preceded byAdamantios Androutsopoulos
Succeeded byIoannis Agathangelou
Personal details
Born
Stylianos G. Pattakos

(1912-11-08)8 November 1912
Agia Paraskevi, Rethymno, Crete, Kingdom of Greece
Died8 October 2016(2016-10-08) (aged 103)
Patisia, Athens, Attica, Greece
Resting placeAgia Paraskevi, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
CitizenshipGreece
Spouse
Dimitra Nikolaidou
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(m. 1940; died 2013)​
Children
  • Roza
  • Rena
Parent(s)George Pattakos
Maria Pattakos
Alma materHellenic Military Academy
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionOfficer
AwardsCross of Valour
Order of George I
Order of the Phoenix
War Cross
Medal of Military Merit
Nickname"The man with the trowel"
Military service
Allegiance
Branch/serviceHellenic Army
Years of service1930–1967
RankMajor General
UnitHellenic Armed Forces
Battles/wars

Stylianos G. Pattakos (Greek: Στυλιανός Γ. Παττακός; 8 November 1912 – 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.[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ Terence Roehrig (2002). The Prosecution of Former Military Leaders in Newly Democratic Nations: The Cases of Argentina, Greece, and South Korea. McFarland. pp. 98–. ISBN 978-0-7864-1091-0. Retrieved 17 March 2013. Within 24 hours, and before the generals could move on their plan, the colonels launched their own coup.62 Thus, the ... as leaders of the group: Colonel George Papadopoulos, Colonel Nicolaos Makarezos and Brigadier Stylianos Pattakos.
  2. ^ Barbara Jelavich (1983). History of the Balkans: Twentieth Century. Volume 2. Cambridge University Press. pp. 427–. ISBN 978-0-521-27459-3. Retrieved 17 March 2013. ...contingency plan designed to protect the government from a Communist takeover. ... Pattakos, in charge of the tank corps in Athens, had little difficulty in securing the capital, and the coup proceeded without outright opposition or bloodshed.
  3. ^ Israel Peace Research Society, Makhon le-ḥeḳer ha-shalom (Givʻat Ḥavivah, Israel), Jewish-Arab Institute (Givat Haviva, Israel) - 1968 (1968). New Outlook. Tatzpiot. Retrieved 17 March 2013. The three principal authors of the conspiracy — Colonels Georges Papadopoulos and Nicolaos Makarezos and Brigadier General Stylianos Pattakos had, at one time or another in their careers, been intelligence officers. ..{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ M. Fati̇h Tayfur (2003). Semiperipheral Development and Foreign Policy: The Cases of Greece and Spain. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-7546-1964-2. Retrieved 17 March 2013. Furthermore, despite his close relations with the Americans in the past, Nixon refused to see the King during Eisenhower's funeral in 1966, but he did meet with Pattakos, one of the principal members of the Junta (Woodhouse, 1982: 191).
  5. ^ Richard Clogg (20 June 2002). A Concise History of Greece. Cambridge University Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-521-00479-4. Retrieved 17 March 2013. The original troika behind the coup, Colonels Papadopoulos and Makarezos and Brigadier Pattakos, were sentenced to death. ...