Hellenic State ( el, Ελληνική Πολιτεία), also translated as Greek State, was used as the official name of the
modern Greek state
The history of modern Greece covers the history of Greece from the recognition by the Great Powers — Britain, France and Russia — of its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1828 to the present day.
Background
The Byzantine Empire had ...
three times in its history:
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First Hellenic Republic
The First Hellenic Republic ( grc-gre, Αʹ Ελληνική Δημοκρατία) was the provisional Greece, Greek state during the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. From 1822 until 1827, it was known as the Provisional Ad ...
during the period of governance by
Ioannis Kapodistrias
Count Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias (10 or 11 February 1776 – 9 October 1831), sometimes anglicized as John Capodistrias ( el, Κόμης Ιωάννης Αντώνιος Καποδίστριας, Komis Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias; russian: ...
in 1828–1832, when Greece was first constituted as a regular state after the
Greek War of Independence.
* the first few months of the
Second Hellenic Republic
The Second Hellenic Republic is a modern historiographical term used to refer to the Greek state during a period of republican governance between 1924 and 1935. To its contemporaries it was known officially as the Hellenic Republic ( el, Ἑλ ...
, after which the name was changed to ''Hellenic Republic'' on 24 May 1924.
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Hellenic State (1941–1944), during the period of
Axis occupation (1941–1944) of the country during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, when the collaborationist regime renamed the country in opposition to the internationally recognized
Kingdom of Greece, which remained
in exile in Egypt.
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Political history of Greece