Phaedon Gizikis

Phaedon Gizikis
Φαίδων Γκιζίκης
Gizikis in 1968
President of Greece
In office
25 November 1973 (1973-11-25) – 17 December 1974 (1974-12-17)
Appointed byDimitrios Ioannidis
Prime MinisterAdamantios Androutsopoulos Konstantinos Karamanlis
Preceded byGeorgios Papadopoulos
Succeeded byMichail Stasinopoulos
Personal details
Born(1917-06-16)16 June 1917
Volos, Kingdom of Greece
Died26 July 1999(1999-07-26) (aged 82)
Athens, Greece
Alma materHellenic Military Academy
Awards Gold Cross of Valour
Grand Commander of the Order of George I
Grand Commander of the Order of the Phoenix
War Cross
Medal of Military Merit
Military service
Allegiance
Branch/service Hellenic Army
Years of service1939–1974
Rank General
Battles/warsWorld War II Greek Civil War
1967 Greek coup d'état

Phaedon Gizikis (Greek: Φαίδων Γκιζίκης [ˈfeðon ɟiˈzicis]; 16 June 1917 – 26 July 1999) was a Greek army general who was the last President of Greece under the junta from 1973 to 1974.