Dimitrios Ioannidis

Dimitrios Ioannidis
Δημήτριος Ιωαννίδης
Personal details
Born(1923-03-13)13 March 1923
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Died16 August 2010(2010-08-16) (aged 87)
Athens, Greece
Alma materHellenic 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)
CommandsESA
Wars

Dimitrios Ioannidis (Greek: Δημήτριος Ιωαννίδης [ðiˈmitri.os i.oaˈniðis]; 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. Ioannidis was considered a "purist and a moralist, a type of Greek Gaddafi".