Apostasia of 1965

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constitutional crisis political crisis

Apostasia of 1965 was a major Greek political crisis marked by the defection of key politicians from Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou’s government, triggering prolonged instability and paving the way for the 1967 military junta.

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Label	Occurrences
Apostasia of 1965 canonical	1

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instanceOf	constitutional crisis ⓘ political crisis ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Apostasy of 1965 NERFINISHED ⓘ Iouliana NERFINISHED ⓘ July events of 1965 NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	mass demonstrations ⓘ parliamentary defections ⓘ royal intervention in politics ⓘ street clashes ⓘ use of the term "apostates" for defecting MPs ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
followedBy	Greek military coup d’état of 21 April 1967 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause	conflict between Georgios Papandreou and King Constantine II over control of the Ministry of Defence ⓘ
hasEffect	erosion of public trust in parliamentary institutions ⓘ frequent changes of government between 1965 and 1967 ⓘ paving the way for the 1967 Greek military junta ⓘ prolonged political instability in Greece ⓘ weakening of the Centre Union government ⓘ
involves	Centre Union party NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgios Papandreou NERFINISHED ⓘ King Constantine II of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ New Democracy’s political predecessors ⓘ defector MPs from Centre Union ⓘ
location	Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellenic Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Centre Union voters ⓘ supporters of Georgios Papandreou ⓘ
politicalContext	Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ post–Greek Civil War polarization ⓘ
precededBy	1964 Greek legislative election ⓘ
relatedTo	Centre Union–New Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgios Papandreou government (1964–1965) NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek military junta of 1967–1974 NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek monarchy ⓘ History of modern Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn	formation of successive minority and short‑lived governments ⓘ strengthening of conservative and royalist forces ⓘ
significance	considered a key step in the breakdown of Greek parliamentary democracy before 1967 ⓘ seen as a major example of royal interference in a parliamentary system ⓘ
startDate	1965 ⓘ
timePeriod	1965–1967 ⓘ
triggeredBy	defection of key politicians from the government of Georgios Papandreou ⓘ

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Political crisis of 1965 in Greece → alsoKnownAs → Apostasia of 1965 ⓘ