A few days before the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_election" id="mw-A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="General election">general election</a> in Greece, Colonel <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgios_Papadopoulos" id="mw-Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Georgios Papadopoulos">George Papadopoulos</a> leads a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d'état" id="mw-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Coup d'état">coup d'état</a>, establishing a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_junta" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Greek junta">military regime</a> that lasts for seven years.