Dimitrios Ioannidis

Dimitrios Ioannidis
Δημήτριος Ιωαννίδης
De facto leader of Greece
In office 25 November 1973 – 17 December 1974
Preceded by	Georgios Papadopoulos (as President)
Succeeded by	Michail Stasinopoulos (as President)
Personal details
Born	(1923-03-13)13 March 1923 Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Died	16 August 2010(2010-08-16) (aged 87) Athens, Greece
Alma mater	Hellenic Military Academy
Awards	Cross of Valour
Nickname(s)	The invisible dictator (ο αόρατος δικτάτωρ, o aóratos diktátōr)
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Greece Greek junta
Branch/service	Hellenic Army EDES
Rank	Brigadier (stripped)
Commands	ESA
Wars	World War II Greco-Italian War Battle of Greece Greek Resistance Greek Civil War

Dimitrios Ioannidis (Greek: Δημήτριος Ιωαννίδης [ðiˈmitri.os i.oaˈniðis]; 13 March 1923 – 16 August 2010),^[1] 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. Ioannidis was considered a "purist and a moralist, a type of Greek Gaddafi".^[2]