The vice president of Greece was a senior administration official during the republican phase of the

Regime of the Colonels In politics, a regime (also spelled régime) is a system of government that determines access to public office, and the extent of power held by officials. The two broad categories of regimes are democratic and autocratic. A key similarity acros ...

in 1973. After the coup d'état of 21 April 1967, the

Hellenic Parliament The Parliament of the Hellenes (), commonly known as the Hellenic Parliament (), is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Greece, located in the Old Royal Palace, overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens. The parliament is the supreme demo ...

was dissolved and the nation was ruled by a series of

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for the next seven years. Colonel

Georgios Papadopoulos Georgios Papadopoulos (; ; 5 May 1919 – 27 June 1999) was a Greek military officer and dictator who led a coup d'etat in Greece in 1967 and became the country's Prime Minister from 1967 to 1973. He also was the President of Greece under th ...

, the self-appointed Regent of Greece, abolished the

Greek monarchy Monarchy of Greece () or Greek monarchy () is the constitutional form of government by which a hereditary sovereign (''Basileus'') reigns as the head of state of Greece. Monarchy in Greece lasted from 1832 to 1924 and from 1935 to 1973. Hi ...

in June 1973 and declared himself

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. Along with the new office of president, the office of vice president was also established and General

Odysseas Angelis Odysseas Angelis (; 12 February 1912 – 22 March 1987) was a Greek nationalist military officer of the Artillery eg. Number 19386 He reached the rank of four star General and served as Chief of the Greek Armed Forces and Vice President of the H ...

, then Chief of the Armed Forces, was chosen to occupy the seat. After less than six months, the Papadopoulos regime was ousted by hardliner Brigadier

Dimitrios Ioannidis Dimitrios Ioannidis ( ; 13 March 1923 – 16 August 2010), also known as Dimitris Ioannidis and as The Invisible Dictator, was a Greek military officer and one of the leading figures in the junta that ruled the country from 1967 to 1974. Ioanni ...

, who installed General

Phaedon Gizikis Phaedon Gizikis ( ; 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. Early life and military career Born in Volos, Kingdom of Greece, Gizikis was a career He ...

as the new (figurehead and not executive) president. The office of vice president, however, was abolished together with the 1973 Constitution following the regime change, and thus Angelis remains to date the only holder of the office of Vice President of Greece.

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