Odysseas Angelis

Odysseas Angelis Οδυσσέας Αγγελής
Vice-President of Greece
In office June 1, 1973 (1973-06-01) – November 25, 1973 (1973-11-25)
President	Georgios Papadopoulos
Personal details
Born	1912
Died	March 22, 1987(1987-03-22)
Nationality	Greek
Military service
Nickname(s)	General of the Generals
Service/branch	Hellenic Army
Rank	General, Chief of the Armed Forces
Battles/wars	Greco-Italian War, Greek civil war

Odysseas Angelis (Greek: Οδυσσέας Αγγελής, 1912–1987) was Vice President of Greece in 1973, during the "republican" period of the military junta of 1967–1974.

Along with most of those involved in the coup of April 1967, he was an officer of the Greek Army. At the time he held the rank of Lieutenant General and was appointed Chief of the Army General Staff following the coup. He was responsible, at least officially, for the Army Decree Nr. 13, which banned the musical works of Mikis Theodorakis. In the failed royal counter-coup of 13 December 1967, Angelis remained loyal to the junta, and was rewarded with promotion to full General and appointment as Chief of the Armed Forces Command. On 21 April 1967 Angelis passed a series of laws limiting protest, including a ban on public gatherings of more than five people, a ban on all private gatherings of a political nature, a ban on propaganda against the generals and a ban on civilians holding guns.^[1] Personally loyal to junta principal Georgios Papadopoulos, Angelis was chosen by the latter as his Vice President when he abolished the monarchy and declared Greece a Presidential Republic on 1 June 1973. Angelis served in this post until 25 November 1973, when Papadopoulos lost power to a hardliner coup.

Following the restoration of democratic rule in 1974, in the 1975 Junta Trials, he was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.^[2] Angelis committed suicide in his cell in the Korydallos Prison on 22 March 1987.

References

Chiefs of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff Papagos Grigoropoulos Kitrilakis Dovas Frontistis Pipilis Tsolakas Avgeris Angelis§ Zagorianakos§ Bonanos§ Arbouzis§ Davos§ Gratsios Degiannis Kouris Vellidis Veryvakis Skarvelis Lymberis Tzoganis Paragioudakis Antonakopoulos Chinofotis Grapsas Giagkos Kostarakos § Under the title "Chief of the Armed Forces"

Chiefs of the Hellenic Army General Staff Sapountzakis Danglis Nider§ Kontogiannis§ Dousmanis Metaxas† Moschopoulos Stratigos† Charalambis A. Vlachopoulos Dousmanis Gouvelis Exadaktylos§ Makrykostas N. Vlachopoulos Klados Mazarakis-Ainian Sarigiannis Mazarakis-Ainian N. Vlachopoulos Merentitis† Mazarakis-Ainian K. Manetas Th. Manetas Katheniotis Chasapidis Papagos Pallis Batas Maraveas Skoulas Bourdaras Laios† Liosis† Ventiris Liosis† Dromazos Spiliotopoulos Ventiris Giatzis Kosmas Grigoropoulos Tsakalotos Tsingounis Gikas Nikolopoulos Seiradakis Kardamakis Sakellariou Gennimatas Spandidakis Angelis ‡ Tsoumbas ‡ Zagorianakos ‡ Mastrantonis ‡ Galatsanos ‡ Davos ‡ Gratsios Karagiannis Panagopoulos Kourkafas Pentheroudakis Vellidis Veryvakis Skarvelis Kapravelos K. Voulgaris Paragioudakis Antonakopoulos Charvalas Douvas Grapsas D. Voulgaris Frangos Ziazias Ginis Tselios Manolas Tellidis § Substitute Chiefs of the General Staff for the Rear Areas/Interior (as opposed to the Field Staff) † Deputy Chiefs substituting during vacancies ‡ Under the title "Chief of the Army"

Greek military junta of 1967–74 People Georgios Papadopoulos Stylianos Pattakos Nikolaos Makarezos Dimitrios Ioannides Odysseas Angelis Konstantinos Kollias Georgios Zoitakis Grigorios Spandidakis Phaedon Gizikis Adamantios Androutsopoulos Events 21 April 1967 coup 13 December 1967 royal counter-coup 1968 constitutional referendum 1973 republic referendum Athens Polytechnic uprising 1974 Cypriot coup d'état Metapolitefsi Greek Junta Trials Symbols Phoenix Glossary of the Greek military junta Ideology and policies Anti-communism Familialism Greek nationalism Enosis Censorship Social order Stratocracy