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The monarchy of Greece was created by the London Conference of 1832 at which the First Hellenic Republic was abolished. [citation needed] The Greek crown was originally offered to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha but he declined, later being elected the king of the Belgians.
This committee later handed over its responsibilities to the legal representative of the royal family in Greece, retired admiral Mario Stavridis. [28] Thus, members of the royal family continued to declare their property as inherited and to file inheritance and income tax returns, and the tax administration continued to assess taxes and impose ...
monarchy abolished 70.45 29.55 90.1 [7] Greece: 1920 Greek referendum: 22 November 1920 monarchy restored - - Constantine I returned to the throne. [8] Greece: 1924 Greek republic referendum: 13 April 1924 monarchy abolished 69.98 30.02 On 25 March 1924, the Second Hellenic Republic was proclaimed. [9] Greece: 1935 Greek monarchy referendum: 3 ...
A military coup d'état restored the monarchy in 1935 and Greece became a kingdom again until 1973. [ note 1 ] [ note 2 ] The kingdom was finally dissolved in the aftermath of a seven-year military dictatorship (1967–1974) and the Third Hellenic Republic was established following a referendum held in 1974.
Greece faces new national elections as early as June 25, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis confirming Monday he would not try to build a coalition government — despite having dominated the ...
The monarchy was subsequently restored in the peace agreement of 1993. Other sovereign monarchies. Four monarchies do not fit into one of the above groups by virtue of geography or class of monarchy: Tonga, Eswatini, Lesotho and Vatican City. Of these, Lesotho and Tonga are constitutional monarchies, while Eswatini and Vatican City are absolute ...
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The royal coat of arms of Greece under the Glücksburg dynasty, created after the restoration of King George II to the throne in 1935. The Kingdom of Greece was ruled by the House of Wittelsbach from 1832 to 1862 and by the House of Glücksburg from 1863 to 1924 and, after being temporarily abolished in favor of the Second Hellenic Republic, again from 1935 to 1973, when it was once more ...