Constantine Kollias (; 1901 – 13 July 1998) was a

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Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general (: attorneys general) or attorney-general (AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have executive responsibility for law enf ...

of the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court who was proclaimed

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by the far right-wing

military junta A military junta () is a system of government led by a committee of military leaders. The term ''Junta (governing body), junta'' means "meeting" or "committee" and originated in the Junta (Peninsular War), national and local junta organized by t ...

, which ruled the country from 1967 until 1974.

Biography

Kollias was born in 1901 in the village of Stylia,

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, in the province of Korinthia,

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. He died in

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on 13 July 1998. Kollias was Attorney General of Greece during the period 1941-1944 when Greece was occupied by three Axis forces (Germany, Italy and Bulgaria). He was responsible for persecuting resistance members during the occupation, and was indicted after liberation for his actions. According to a published study by Dimitris Kousouris (2014: p.155) Kousouris, D. (2014). From revolution to restoration. Transnational implications of the Greek purge of wartime collaborators. In Dealing with Wars and Dictatorships (pp. 145–161). TMC Asser Press, The Hague. Kollias was proclaimed Prime Minister by the far-right

on 21 April 1967, the very day of the coup d'état that overthrew

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' legitimate government. However, nearly eight months later, he was replaced by the head of the military coup d'état

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after the unsuccessful counter-coup of

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on 13 December 1967. Kollias died on 13 July 1998, at the age of 96.

References

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