Second Hellenic Republic

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The Second Hellenic Republic was the republican regime of Greece between the world wars, marked by political instability, military coups, and the eventual restoration of the monarchy.

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Second Hellenic Republic canonical 4
Interwar period in Greece 1

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instanceOf former republic
historical political regime
capital Athens
characterizedBy conflict between monarchists and republicans
frequent changes of government
military coups
political instability
constitution Constitution of 1927
constitutionalStatus parliamentary republic
conventionalLongName Greece
surface form: Hellenic Republic
country Greece
currency Greek drachma
demographicEvent population exchange between Greece and Turkey
dissolutionCause military coup and royalist restoration
economicCondition Great Depression impact
endTime 1935-11-03
establishedAfter abolition of the Greek monarchy in 1924
event 1924 Greek referendum on the monarchy
1935 Greek referendum on the monarchy
firstPresident Pavlos Kountouriotis
followedBy Kingdom of Greece
foreignPolicyIssue post–World War I territorial settlements
relations with Turkey after the Greco-Turkish War
governmentType republic
headOfStateTitle President of the Republic
historicalRegion Modern Greek state
legalForm parliamentary democracy
legislature Hellenic Parliament
locatedIn Balkans
locatedInTimePeriod interwar period
locatedOnContinent Europe
militaryEvent 1925–1926 coup and dictatorship of Theodoros Pangalos
Pangalos dictatorship
notablePresident Alexandros Zaimis
notablePrimeMinister Eleftherios Venizelos
Georgios Kondylis
officialLanguage Greek
opposedBy monarchist forces in Greece
politicalConflict National Schism legacy
politicalOrientation republicanism
precededBy Kingdom of Greece
reasonForEstablishment defeat in the Asia Minor Campaign
political crisis in the Kingdom of Greece
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
restorationOfMonarchy 1935
shortName Greece
startTime 1924-03-25
succeededByEvent coup of Georgios Kondylis in 1935

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Kingdom of Greece successor Second Hellenic Republic
Metaxas Regime precededBy Second Hellenic Republic
Greek government of Stylianos Gonatas partOf Second Hellenic Republic
this entity surface form: Interwar period in Greece
Pavlos Kountouriotis headOfStateOf Second Hellenic Republic
Greek Constitution of 1927 established Second Hellenic Republic